2 High Quality 15-min student marked Dictation theory starters (+ Audio tracks)

2 Dictation Worksheets with Audio Tracks (4 sheets in total to download). Just play the pre-made Audio Track and let the student get on with the task!

Suits Elementary / Primary teachers and High School / Secondary School music teachers including piano instrumental tutors.

Progressively becoming more difficult from Easy to Medium.

For teachers who need a weekly high quality, minimal work, 15-minute starter (10 mins timed activity, 3 mins student or peer marking, 2 mins admin and handing out / collecting in of task). The worksheets are student marked with instructions on efficiently using them in the classroom. Worksheets can be resat regularly to demonstrate student progress or correct common misunderstandings as well as increasing speed.

Designed to make that all important link between music notation and where a note is on the keyboard. Also includes some photo-real worksheets of the common Yamaha keyboard to improve student understanding of an actual keyboard rather than just keyboard diagrams.
Very suitable for knowledge rich curriculum and designed to match the starter activities that Maths lessons use to settle the students, get them into a routine and help the teacher regularly check understanding with minimal effort. Also supports the ‘Teach Like a Champ’ and ‘Practice Perfect’ method by Doug Lemov with regular student testing and student mastery of a basic principle.