I've been away from my students for a few days while I attended a conference. Since I don't really know what (or how) they've been playing while I was away, I want to do an activity to reinforce good behavior and good practice.
I just designed this game called ORCHESTRA STARS. In this game, the 'heart' icons are lives and students lose them if they are plucking or playing out of turn. It's a fun way to reinforce proper rehearsal protocols if you have students who ever play when they are not supposed to... :) Students earn bonus points (stars) for playing with proper posture and with quality intonation.
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FREE for a limited time! Simply use the template to fill in your own warm-ups, method book lines, or measure numbers from your concert music. Students play the assigned music for each round 3 times. They earn one star for each time they play correctly. Student with the most stars wins! Games like this really help students stay focused during rehearsals.
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Hello Angela! I love this particular activity because in my class I have a lot of problems with the children's behaviour. I have a question, when it comes to assessing behaviour and giving lives or taking them away, do you have them play everyone one at a time? Or do you just keep an eye on each of them as they play at the same time? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWe all play at once and they assess themselves as I watch carefully .
DeleteDo you do prizes for winning?
ReplyDeleteI rarely do prizes. They get used to playing for the challenge and fun. Sometimes I have small pieces of candy.
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