This concept came to me from Joan Fyfe, a fabulous music teacher from New York. I have adapted and reused this idea for years. This site offers some of my original worksheets to other music educators who like the Do A Design concept. Please feel free to adapt the ideas to your needs but don't "lift" my worksheets and sell them to anyone. They are copyrighted material.
The concept? Students color in a segment of a design to identify an answer. The teacher justs looks at the finished design and knows how accurate the answers are - goofs kinda stick out.
The design for each workshop is based on a real quilt
block.
The content of the worksheet is identified next.
Each worksheet can be downloaded by clicking the
link.
The color block download is the answer key. It displays
a single block and several blocks joined so you can see the optical
magic that occurs when you put blocks together as in a real quilt.
This can be very attractive in a classroom display. Be sure to
cut off the excess worksheet before you start joining students'
worksheets together.
The blackline template is available for only two
blocks. It's just the uncolored, unlabeled outlines of the design.
You can use it to make your own design, if desired.
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Quilt Block Content Worksheet Template Color Block |
| Blazing Star | identify
quarter, two-eights, half note and quarter rest |
worksheet (.pdf ) | blackline template (.pdf) |
colorblock (.pdf) |
| World's Fair Star | identify
treble clef pitches of d, e, g, a, b |
worksheet (.pdf) | blackline template (.doc) |
color block (.pdf) |
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g, a, b |
same above except using Boomwhacker colors |
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| Interlocking Pinwheels | classify orchestral instrument instrument names by family | worksheet (.pdf) | not available | color block (.pdf) |
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classify world instruments by Sachs-Hornhostel system | worksheet (.pdf) | not available | color block (.pdf) |
| Kitty Korner | identify
rests, whole through sixteenth |
worksheet (.pdf) | not available | color block (.pdf) |
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August 14, 2007 Contact webmaster |