Major and Minor Thirds
Students use "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" song to learn the difference between a major third (itsy bitsy spider) and a minor third (itsy bitsy spi).
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"Daily Do" with Do Re Mi Cards – Circle
The do re mi cards are arranged horizontally in a circle like a keyboard, and students touch each other's cards when singing the minor section
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Puzzle Notes and Rests
Students add a puzzle piece to each note to create the next one
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Tracing Clefs – GGG and FFF
Students trace the clefs in a direction that ends on the clef lines. Little animals trace the lines while riding on magic notes.
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Major and Minor Thirds Fiesta on Paper Pianos
Students create many sizes of thirds (B D F A C E G or ti re fa la do mi so) on paper pianos. They learn that intervals spelled in thirds are thirds no matter how many half steps they contain.
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Head and Tail
Intervals in "Daily Do" are labeled and sung with do re mi cards. They are also played on a rainbow xylophone
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Snake – Dynamics
Play Fine with the 11 dynamics cards. It's amazing that there are so many possibilities that work.
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Ho Ho Laugh – C Major Scale
Students use natural half steps EF and BC to discover the whole and half step sequence of the major scale
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Major and Minor Thirds Fiesta on Staff Slates
Students create many sizes of thirds (B D F A C E G or ti re fa la do mi so) on staff slates. They learn that intervals spelled in thirds are thirds no matter how many half steps they contain.
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