Kodály Style Music Reading Song with Orff Accompaniments - Closet Key - Do Re Mi

Do you need a Kodály style music reading song to teach and practice Do Re Mi? Closet Key with melodic Orff accompaniments provides the perfect performance activities differentiated for multiple grade levels. Students are engaged in singing, reading ICONIC and STANDARD notation, solfege, playing Orff instruments and recorder, and more.

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Included in No-Prep Kodály Style Music Activities Bundle

• Hot Cross Buns with Rhythmic Orff Ostinato
• Hop Old Squirrel with Rhythmic Orff Ostinato
• Closet Key with 2 Melodic Ostinato Patterns
• Grandma Grunts with 2 Melodic Ostinato Patterns
• Sailor, Sailor with 2 Melodic Ostinato Patterns

✅ No Kodály training is necessary to teach these activities. Easy-to-use guided lessons lead teachers and students through all activities.

Music Elements Taught in this Ready-to-Use Lesson

• Rhythm: Quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter rest, (half note - optional)
• Solfege Pitches: Do, Re, Mi
• Recorder Pitches: B, A, G
• Movable Do: Song is notated in the keys of F, G, A

Included in This Versatile Resource

• Projectable lesson - PowerPoint version
• Simple directions for uploading as Google Slides version
• Song notation - iconic and standard notation
• Game
• Orff Melodic Ostinato Patterns
• Recorder notation (Key of G)
• Interactive drag and drop online Easel Activities
• Printable worksheets

How to Use Drag and Drop Online Music Activities

After completing the group lessons, follow up with optional Easel Activities to reinforce and check comprehension. Use activities as. . . . .

• Whole class activities
• Centers or stations
• 1:1 individual student activity
• Practice or Assessment

Easy-to-Use Lessons Teach Movable Do

Key changes are presented in a simple, easy-to-understand manner making the concept commonplace. This prepares students to read music in any key.

Includes Everything You Need to Teach an Effective Lesson

• Student Learning Outcomes
• Simple observational assessment options with rubric
• Learning Targets written as clear concise student-centered “I can” statements
• Teacher tips for teaching music reading concepts
• Step-by-step guided instruction
• Built-in student response
• Built-In Review
• Lyrics slide
• Rhythmic and melodic ICONIC and STANDARD notation
• Solfege hand signs
• Large easy-to-read music notation
• Two melodic Orff ostinato patterns (notated with and without prompts)
• Fun simple game to reinforce learning
• Recorder notation with and without prompts
• “Take it Home" pages which may be used as assessments
• "Steps for Reading Music" slide that may be printed as a classroom poster
• Blank template slide for customization of lesson, if desired

Differentiation Options

Differentiation options provide structured success for varied abilities and multiple grade levels. Recorder music is notated with the following note name prompts labeled in the noteheads.

• No note name prompts
• Changing note name prompts
• All note name prompts

Slides may be printed for students needing accommodations

Learn Through Play

This bundle includes activities and games to reinforce the concepts learned. Learning through play is important for young children and these music activities and games will become fast favorites.

Flexible Lessons are NOT Rhythm Syllable Specific

The activities in this easy-to-use Music Literacy Series do not dictate the use of any specific rhythm reading system. Our lessons are compatible with all rhythm reading syllables - Kodály, French Time, Gordon, Takadimi, or Numerical.

Interactive Lessons are Designed to Focus Students' Attention

Lessons present information “just-in-time” to focus student attention while built-in student response engages all students. Activities are designed sequentially making concepts easy for teachers to teach and simple for students to understand.

From Happy Teachers Using Resources in This Bundle

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cheryl K. - I own a few of these bundles and I know that I will be getting more in the future. They are so, so good! These lessons work perfectly on my Smartboard and they have really helped my students become more confident reading music. I love that they are virtually no prep for me and yet fun, engaging and informative for my students.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Heather B. - This was an excellent resource for practice reading notation and pitch on the staff - it made these concepts very approachable in a fun and engaging way.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mary - Very nice. Easy to use, multiple levels. I can't wait to use this with the same students next year to better play the melodic ostinati and then the following year for recorder.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Judith J. - I really love this as another recorder resource and to reinforce pitch. The learning targets are fantastic to use and all my work is done for me. Many thanks.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alissa R. - Students loved this activity! Very helpful song to teach do, re, mi, and key change! Students were very engaged. I also really liked the take-home activities to reinforce concepts. Thank you so much!

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