This is a what?!

When I was in my church youth group, we played a game called "This is a Pencil".

While sitting in a circle...
Person 1 holds out a pencil "This is a pencil"
Person 2 responds "A what?"
Person 1 says "A pencil" and hands it to person 2.
Person 2 would then go through the same process with Person 3 until the pencil makes it all the way around the circle.
As we got the idea, more items were added. This is a ruler, no this is some paper, this is a what?!

I made some flash cards with various music symbols (notes, rests, bar line, repeat sign, treble clef, etc) and  we played the game with those. The students were repeating the vocabulary and putting the names with the symbols all while playing a game. 2nd and 3rd grade loved it!!!

There's a FACE in my space!

What better way to remember something than to do a fun art craft?! Mrs. Q had this great idea to have students decorate plates as faces to remember the spaces in the treble clef staff. What a cute bulletin board idea!

School #1

School #2 - We only meet every other week, so I made the bulletin board myself. I hate that I have to cut activities! #smallschoolproblems

Bonus Activities

This school year is a bit hectic. I am at two different schools (as always), but my schedules are totally different. One of the biggest differences is in my upper grades. At one school I see each class every week. At school number two, I see each class every other week. Because of this, one school is getting to do some extra activities. Namely centers.

First graders practice drawing notes.

2nd graders roll the dice to write their own song.

3rd graders do a textbook scavenger hunt.

4th graders try to figure out a boomwhacker mystery song.

2nd graders play music hangman.

4th graders practice their treble clef with FACE.

5th graders play Sing or Dare