Five instructional PowerPoints including apostrophes (possession and contraction), homophones 2, soft ‘g,’ and adding the ible and able suffixes. This pack also includes four games including bingo, Word Surgery, a crossword and Explosion! To help show progress there is a student quiz with teachers’ answer guide.
Line Lord is a block based note recognition game that challenges players to work together to create the most completed lines on the board.
Blocks of various shapes and sizes are randomly drawn, rotated to fit and placed on the grid of the game board. Each piece has a musical note on it and players must say the note’s letter name as they place the piece.
Versions are included for:
Treble clef lines and spaces
Bass clef lines and spaces
Alto clef lines and spaces
Tenor clef lines and spaces
Treble clef for five finger piano C4-G4
Bass clef for five finger piano F3-C4
Bass clef for five finger piano C4-G4
The pieces for more than one version can be combined if desired.
There are 10 game boards to choose from; skyscraper, tree, rabbit, house and six patterns.
Line Lord is played with a timer so you can select a length to fit your lesson perfectly. Five minutes is usually a good starting time.
Play Musical Four in a Row; it’s like the traditional game but has a special musical twist.
The aim of the game is to get four counters in a row (horizontally, vertically or diagonally). However, each spot has a musical note on it and players must name or find the note before they can place their counter.
This pack contains 16 game boards, with two from each of the following categories:
-Letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G
-Letters C,D,E
-Letters F,G,A,B
-Bass clef G2-C4
-Bass clef five finger C3-G3
-Bass clef five finger F3-C4
-Treble clef C4-F5
-Treble clef five finger C4-G4
For the letter boards, players should find and play the note on the piano. For the musical notation boards in treble or bass clef, players can either play the note on the piano or say the letter name.
This game is quick to play so can be easily included within a music lesson. Simply print the game boards and use either two colours of counters or felt tips/stickers in two colours.
Capture the most stars in Starcatcher, a two-player musical note recognition game.
Players place their stars on their own grid and then try to hunt down their opponent’s stars by giving spaces’ grid references and identifying the notes they contain. Each player is given their opponent’s answers so the game can be played by a student and teacher or by two students.
Set a timer to your required playing time (five to ten minutes is recommended) to ensure the game fits perfectly into your lessons.
This set contains treble and bass clef versions.
Who will have the most perfect crown before the time elapses?
Ideal for the King’s Coronation but suitable for any day of the year, this board game challenges players to name the musical note lengths or give the number of beats they represent. Players travel around the board collecting and colouring the gems on their crowns, with the most decorated crown winning. The game takes five to 10 minutes; you can choose how much time to put on the timer to suit your lesson.
There are two levels.
Level 1:
Crotchets/quarter notes
Minims/half notes
Dotted minims/dotted half notes
Semibreves/whole notes
Level 2:
Semiquavers/sixteenth notes
Quavers/eighth notes
Dotted quavers/dotted eighth notes
Crotchets/quarter notes
Dotted crotchets/dotted quarter notes
Minims/half notes
Dotted minims/dotted half notes
Semibreves/whole notes
Are you bored of note games about cabbage, beef and eggs? This matching game features animals whose names contain mostly musical letters, bringing in a new set of words.
Animal Equivalents, designed for two players, helps students practise their note reading skills. Players aim to create matching pairs of pictures and notes by asking their opponent for specific cards and picking up random cards. They will need to read the note letters on the stave to identify which animal name cards they hold. Featured animals include the badger, eagle and bear.
The game lasts for approximately 10 minutes. This download includes versions for treble, bass, alto and tenor clef – just select the one that is right for your student.
Santa needs you to collect the items he needs for his Christmas party, identifying the musical notes on your way.
This board game comes with versions for treble clef lines and spaces, bass clef lines and spaces, five finger piano treble clef C4 to G4, five finger piano bass clef C3 to G3 and five finger piano bass clef F3 to C4.
Simply print the game board and use a dice and counters to play.
These trick or treaters have given themselves spooky codenames for Halloween. Each of the nine trick or treaters has written their codename in musical notes. Decode the letters to work out their matching codenames.
This resource contains nine matching pairs in the treble clef set and an otherwise identical nine matching pairs in the bass clef.
Help the penguins skate and slide to the Christmas tree by identifying the musical notes along the way.
This board game comes with versions for treble clef lines and spaces, bass clef lines and spaces, five finger piano treble clef C4 to G4, five finger piano bass clef C3 to G3 and five finger piano bass clef F3 to C4.
Simply print the game board and use a dice and counters to play.
Race to draw your Easter chick first in this seasonal note recognition game.
Inspired by the traditional parlor game, Beetle Drive, students must take a card and add in the corresponding body part to their picture. Each card shows a musical note on the stave, which players identify to discover the linking body part. For example, when a B is shown, the player draws the head. The winner is the first player to draw a complete chick or, if you decide to play a timed game, the player who has drawn the most body parts when the time is up.
The game includes card sets for the treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs. Simply choose which cards you wish to use.
Escape the cavern with the help of the Halloween bats. This seasonal board game challenges players to name the notes they see on the staff or to find the notes on the piano. All you need is the printed game board, a counter for each player (two or more players) and a dice.
This pack includes six boards:
– Treble clef lines and spaces
– Bass clef lines and spaces
– Alto clef lines and spaces
– Tenor clef lines and spaces
– Treble clef C4-G4 and bass clef C3-G3 for five finger piano
– Treble clef C4-G4 and bass clef F3-C4 for five finger piano
This is a pictorial game of matching pairs with words spelled with on the stave using the letters A-G and corresponding image cards. It has been designed to give students further practice in identifying note pitches.
There are 14 pairs with versions for the treble and bass clefs using the notes on the lines and spaces in a variety of rhythms.
The game has two versions, either with colourful backs or with plain low-ink cards so you can choose the set that best suits your printing requirements. The cards have straight edges and have been carefully aligned so you can cut them out easily before either folding and laminating, or folding and gluing them.
Race to collect your trick or treating costume and props with this spooktacular board game.
Players randomly select a collection card that lists four items they need to pick up around the board. They must name the notes as they travel around the board.
This pack includes six boards:
– Treble clef lines and spaces
– Bass clef lines and spaces
– Alto clef lines and spaces
– Tenor clef lines and spaces
– Treble clef C4-G4 and bass clef C3-G3 for five finger piano
– Treble clef C4-G4 and bass clef F3-C4 for five finger piano
Try this resource for free! You can download the treble clef version for free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-spooktacular-treble-clef-12192192
Do your students have trouble remembering the notes in different scales and arpeggios? This set of flashcards will help them recall which key signatures and accidentals are in which scales.
Major scale cards have the sharps or flats in the key signature listed, whilst minor scale cards include the key signature and any adjustments to the sharps or flats as dictated by the type of minor scale - harmonic, melodic and natural minors are featured. The arpeggio cards show the three notes in the arpeggio.
For ease of printing, the scales and arpeggios have been arranged in the following sections:
Major scales
Harmonic, melodic and natural minor scales for each key
Harmonic minor scales only
Melodic minor scales only
Natural minor scales only
Major arpeggios
Minor arpeggios
These flashcards can be used in lessons or as homework. Simply choose which pages to print for your student, cut them out then fold them in half and stick or laminate the halves together.
Suggestion: Print on to coloured paper or stick an additional sheet of white paper to the back of the page before cutting if you find you can see through the cards.
Each set of mini triangles fits together to create one large triangle. This pack contains 3 sets.
Fantastic for consolidating parts of speech knowledge. Use as:
- Morning registration starters
- Lesson starters
- Plenaries
- Intervention activities
Perfect for Years 5 and 6, or as a challenge activity for Year 4.
Top tip: These triangles work brilliantly in conjunction with our grammatical terminology game, Definition Bingo!
Improve your beginner music students' note value recognition skills with this game of musical snap.
It includes:
- Quavers/eighth notes
- Crotchets/quarter notes
- Minims/half notes
- Dotted minims/dotted half notes
- Semibreves/whole notes
Each card contains a series of notes adding up to 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 beats. Players can snap any two cards that add up to the same number of beats. Each card has an exact duplicate as well as cards with other combinations that add up to the same number of beats. Once they can play this game successfully, pupils will have a solid grounding in note values and their equivalents.
Note Value Snap can be played as a quick 5 or 10-minute game during lessons or your pupils can spend longer playing it at home as part of their practice time. Encourage children to reinforce their knowledge by showing their sibling or parent how to play - they'll love taking on the role of teacher.
These cards can also be used as flashcards with adults.
The pack includes two versions. Version one has a patterned back. Fold over each card and laminate it for a hardwearing copy that can be used in every lesson. Version two has no back so you can print it directly on to card.
As Christmas approaches, get your children into the festive spirit from the moment they enter the classroom. These festive morning starters, which can also be used as time fillers in other spare moments during the day, are closely aligned with the UK National Curriculum for Years 3 and 4.
The PowerPoint features 19 English morning starters and 19 maths morning starters. Answers are included on the following slide so pupils can self-mark.
This resource is also available as part of the Christmas Pack for Lower Key Stage 2.
Players must use their knowledge of musical note letter names to match the dominoes. Work individually or in pairs to place every domino in order from start to finish.
Includes:
Mini treble clef dominoes
Large treble clef dominoes
Mini bass clef dominoes
Large bass clef dominoes
And solutions for each set.
Liven up old displays with these parts of speech posters covering common and proper nouns, abstract and collective nouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, interjections and conjunctions.
These treble and bass clef flashcards are ideal for checking your students’ knowledge in lessons and for giving them their own copies to practise their note recognition skills between lessons.
The treble clef cards go from the G below the stave to the D above the stave (G2-D6). The bass clef cards go from the B below the stave to the F above the stave (B1-F4).
Simply cut out the cards, fold them and either stick them together or, for a more hard-wearing copy, laminate them.