Songs and Activities to Teach Low Sol for the Music Room

Are you looking for ways to teach low sol/ low so in the music classroom, while engaging your students in fun songs and activities? Wanting to save time preparing to teach melody to your third, fourth, and fifth graders? If so, this unit for low sol is perfect!

This comprehensive set will improve your students understanding of melody and music theory, will give you opportunities to assess students, AND will save you time! The set includes:

• Songs to teach low sol (Scotland's Burning, Freddy Oaka, I've been to Haarlem, Our Old Sow, To Stop the Train, Big Fat Biscuit)
• Cup game directions for "I've been to Haarlem"
• Lesson plan for presenting low sol: 35 minute lesson, aligned with NCAS
• Listening lesson for low sol ("Promenade" from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition")
• Low sol learning center activities
• “Scotland's Burning" stick notation sheet, for use in centers
• Strategies for teaching low sol (physical, visual, and aural)
• Strategies for staff work
• Solfa manipulative visuals, with directions on how to use
• Melodic flashcards: staff and stick notation
• Poison pattern mini-set for preparing low sol
• Pattern match game: Students match up stick notation cards to staff notation
• Slideshow for "Our Old Sow"
• “Solfa Street” PowerPoint: Can be used to present low sol (PowerPoint and Google Slides)
• Staff writing file in Google Slides
• "Pick a Card" game for low sol: Students listen, then choose the corresponding pattern (Google Slides and PowerPoint)
• Could it be dl,s, game for visually identifying staff patterns (Google Slides and Easel assessment, which allows you to track individual student data AND gives students immediate feedback!)
• Worksheets: Two writing worksheets for low sol, Composition worksheet for low sol, Lines and spaces worksheet, Could it be dl,s, worksheet, Song match worksheet

Frequently asked questions (FAQ's)

Question: Does this set require lots of prep?

Answer: I created this set so that it would require little prep. The worksheets can be easily printed to use with students, and the games can simply be opened up. The manipulatives do require some prep, but then you will have them for years to come!

Question: Does this bundle require technology?

Answer: Many of the materials in this set can be used without technology. The games can be used with simply a LCD projector and/or interactive white board. There are Easel assessments included as an option; information is included in each set about how to use Easel.

Question: Which programs do I need to open up the files?

Answer: The materials come in a zipped folder. Once you unzip, you'll need the following programs to open:

• Adobe Reader
• PowerPoint
• Google Slides

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Check out these sets:

• Songs and Activities to Teach Low La in the Music Room

• No Prep Staff Writing Low La Worksheets

• Songs and Activities to Teach Re in the Music Room

You can purchase this set at a discount with these bundles:

Low Sol Mega-Set

Second and Third Grade Music Mega-Set

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