Staff Wars: Reading Note Names on the Staff
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Author:
Carrie Cruz
System: Jefferson County School: Jefferson County Board Of Education
General Activity Information
Activity ID:
2076
Title: Staff Wars: Reading Note Names on the Staff
Digital Tool/Resource: The Music Interactive
Web Address – URL:
Overview: Students will review, practice, and assess note reading on the staff.
This activity was created as a result of the Art COS Resource Development Summit.
Associated Standards and Objectives
Content Standard(s):
Arts Education 9) Read and perform with increased fluency, using iconic and/or standard notation.
Unpacked Content
Artistic Process: Performing
Anchor Standards:
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Process Components: Analyze
Essential Questions:
EU: Analyzing creators' context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance.
Concepts & Vocabulary:
Rhythm
Conducting patterns in
Syncopation
Melody
Pitch set: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, Ti
Treble clef reading (La, So, Mi, Re, Do)
Middle C through High B
Create melodic sequences
Half-step
Whole step
Harmony
Canons
Chord components
Chord progression (I, V)
Crossover bordun
Form
Phrasing: antecedent and consequent
D.C. al codaFine
Expression
Other
Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Orchestra instruments within the 4 families
Age-appropriate pitch matching (A3-E5) Skill Examples:
Performing
Sing, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers.
Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm, pitch and expressive qualities individually and with others.
Creating
With limited guidance, Improvise and compose short compositions using a variety of classroom instruments and sound sources.
Reading/ Writing
Read, write and perform using rhythm patterns that include syncopated rhythms, in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter.
Responding/ Evaluating
Use the head voice to produce a light, clear sound employing breath support and maintaining appropriate posture.
Use student developed criteria to critique their own performances and the performances of others.
Learning Objectives: Students will read note names on a 5 line treble clef staff with increased fluency.
Strategies, Preparations and Variations
Phase: After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity: The Music Interactive website has a game that the students can play to practice and assess reading music on the staff.
Download Staff Wars to your computer or device.
As the students play the game, the game moves faster, requiring the students to answer quickly. The game helps to practice and assess music note reading fluency. The game can be played by the students pressing the answer with a mouse, or playing the correct note on an instrument.
Assessment Strategies: The game increases in levels and speed as the students give correct answers. The students are given 3 chances to make a wrong answer before the game is over. The teacher can assess the students' fluency by seeing how many levels they are able to complete. The students and teachers can also see growth by playing the game on more than one occasion to see if they are able to complete more levels.
Advanced Preparation: The teacher should view the website to make sure the game works on the computer. The teacher can show the game by projecting it or use it as a center.
Variation Tips (optional): The game can also be downloaded to a tablet.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
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