Snowball Pitches: Pentatonic – Solfége games – music games – do re mi so la

This winter melody game helps students in grades 3–5 practice pentatonic patterns with do, re, mi, so, and la. Mischievous squirrels have snatched things all over the neighborhood, and students “pitch snowballs” to knock each item out of the trees by matching or singing the patterns.

What’s included

• Match It, a game where students match the pentatonic pattern they hear to the pattern on the screen
• Sing It, a game where students sight-sing pentatonic patterns
• Audio in Match It, so students can check their answers
• Clickable icons for moving through the game
• Directions and ideas for use

Formats

• PDF
• Google Slides: A link to the Match It game is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive. Sing It doesn’t have a Google Slides link, but you can upload the PowerPoint to Google Drive and it works the same way.
• PowerPoint

Important

• The games must be in presentation mode, in PowerPoint or Google Slides, for the clickable icons and audio to work.

Ways to use it

• A winter review of the pentatonic scale
• Match It on a sub day, since students can check their own answers with the audio
• To have students compose with the pentatonic scale next, pair it with Composing in Pentatonic.

Standards (NCAS)

• Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)
• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

License & help

This purchase is for one teacher to use with their own students. Each teacher needs their own copy. See the full terms of sale →

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