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Relay Races
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Flash® lesson plans!

Sample Flash® Lesson:
Sound and Silence


1st grade relay race
Great as a lesson, end of lesson activity, or beginning the day's lesson for Kg-5th . A great activity for the substitute teacher.
3rd grade relay race

Use relay races to INTRODUCE ALL symbols, K-5th. After seeing the symbol drawn, hearing the name, drawing it themselves, saying the name themselves, seeing and hearing it drawn and said by every member of the class, in a very exciting activity, well, they always seem to work! 

Divide the class into two teams.  Students race to the board drawing the music symbol, tagging the next person while
SAYING THE NAME OF THE SYMBOL THEY DREW! (everyone draws the same symbol)

TEACHING THE GAME

  • Count out the number of your turn, 1,2,3,4, etc. (FOR EACH SIDE)
  • "Tag yourself and say ..(staff)........"
  • "Tag your partner and say ...(staff)......"
  • "When I say GO, tag the board and then tag the next person and say GO." (Repeat until game is learned.)

*Points are given to the winning team AND to the team with the best looking symbols!

One can be as structured as needed. Team ONE can lose a point by being too loud, jumping out of chairs, mocking the losing team, etc. (we don't just teach music ya know.) 

Never stop the game for errors! At the end of the game check for the team with the best looking examples, they get another point. If there were too many problems, do it again, immediately! 

Suggested order of symbol introductions.

staff 
beat 
rest 
bar (go)
measure
double bar (stop)
quarter note/rest
tie

half note/rest 
whole note/rest 
scale (do<-> do) 
fermatta 
repeat 
clefs 
octave
d.c. al fine

MATH Curriculum Link

Upper grades can progress to notes on staves, 5yr. olds draw notes "around lines" or "in spaces", or, notes stepping up and down the staff, or, letter names of lines and spaces (not limited to just symbols.)

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