Reading Music Notes

Introduction

Calling all musicians!! 

I need your help reading notes in order to complete my music activity! Please watch the videos in order to help you label and match the music notes. 

Task

The task for students is to be able to understand the music note name and the music note placement on the staff. Students should be able to match the music note to the correct letter name. Students will watch two videos to introduce reading music. 

Process

1. Watch the two videos: 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsnR9AoSPTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMk-q5LCiAs

 

2. Play the music note matching game: 

http://www.musicfun.net.au/pdf_files/note_names_flash.pdf

 

3. Label the music notes on the staff: 

Image result for labeling music notes on staff

 

Extra: Go to https://create.kahoot.it/details/name-those-notes/ffbf3a0a-f53b-4a33-a089-55e854060bf9 to take the quiz! 

Evaluation

Students will be evaluated based off of a 1-4 scale. Both the matching game and the worksheet will be graded. If they get a note matched with the wrong letter, the problem will be considered incorrect. 

1: not proficient

 2: nearing proficient 

3: proficient

4: advanced

 

1: Students were not able to label the notes correctly on the worksheet. They did not complete the matching puzzle correctly. 

2. Students got 69% or lower correct on the matching game and worksheet. 

3: Students got 75% or higher correct on the matching game and worksheet. 

4: Students scored 100% on the matching game and worksheet. They also scored 100% on the Kahoot! game. 

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have learned how to read music notes on a staff, and how to match music notes with their letter names. Continue practicing reading music notes so that you can become fluent musicians! 

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