Submitted by Pamela Rezach, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Idea posted May 15, 2003
Take a transparency sheet and divide it into how many even divisions you desire. In each box, draw a music symbol (or whatever you are focusing upon). Of course, you will want to draw each picture two times somewhere on the transparency so that all symbols can be matched.
Number each box. I numbered them moving from left to right. I put the numbers in the bottom right corner of each box.
Cover the answer with something. I use little plastic circles that I already use for notes on my overhead. Any little circle will work - even pennies! The point of the circles is to cover the symbols. As the students select boxes, you take off the "penny" and play the game. If there is no match, you cover the symbol again.
This sure makes life simple! It takes up very little room and is easy to store. Keep an answer sheet with the transparencies and, BINGO!, you have a great lesson plan for a sub who knows nothing about music.
Every time a penny is moved, I say the symbol and the students must say the symbol. Lots of repetition in one class period!! If the student makes a match, he/she receives one sticker for making the match. If the student can tell me the name of the symbol, he/she gets two stickers. If the student can tell me what the symbol does, he/she gets three stickers. The students love this: First grade through fifth grade.