1st Grade So-Mi Composition

9/16/15 ***See information on this post on my new website at https://artsintersection.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/floor-staff-strategy-for-teaching-sol-and-mi/


1st grade has been practicing the pitches "so" and "mi" (high and low). We read the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" After some practice composing so-mi pitches for the words of the book as a class and singing them, we split into groups to compose our own animal melodies. We used Zoo Pal plates on 2-line staffs taped to the floor of the music room, and some of us even earned "I Sang By Myself" certificates for singing their compositions for the class! See our work below!