Divide the classroom in half. Draw categories on the board and place number amounts ranging from $100 to $500 under each category. Toss a coin to determine which team gets to pick a category and a question value first. Then have one student from each side stand at a time and answer a question from a category and value. If one of the students wants to answer the question, he must raise his hand. The first one to raise his hand gets to answer the question. If the question is answered correctly, that team stays in control of which category and value is picked for the next question, just like in real Jeopardy. The team with the most amount of money at the end wins the game.
Tic Tac Tones is a game which all students can participate in and learn more about musical tones. Divide students into two teams and name them. For example, you can name them the "Treble Clef Team" and the "Bass Clef Team." Draw a Tic Tac Toe board on the chalkboard. Call up three students at a time from each team. Ask a true or false question about tones. When one team decides an answer, they must raise their hands. If their answer is correct, they should draw their team's mark or note, in a spot of their choice on the tic tac tone board. If they are wrong, then their opponents will place their mark on the board. The first team to have their symbol in a row across, up and down or diagonal wins the game.
Make Bingo cards using the word "MUSIC" across the top instead of "BINGO." The middle square should be a free, open square with no words in it. Fill up the rest of the squares with notes, music terms, names of instruments or whatever you are teaching the students in class. Make small pieces of paper for yourself with the terms you have used on the cards. Pass out the cards and small pieces of paper for the students to use as chips. Randomly draw your pieces of paper with terms from a hat and call them out in class for the students to find on their music cards. The first student who has matches going across must yell out "MUSIC" in order to win.
The Musical Notes Pyramid game will teach students about the values of notes. Before you begin, you will need to make flash cards. The cards will have different notes on them. For a whole note, use one card, use two for two half notes, use four for four quarter notes and four sets of two eight notes for each and four sets of four sixteenth notes for each and one for a dotted half note. Start with the whole note card. Show it to the students and tell them about it and then place it on the floor. Explain to the students that it gets four beats and then show the students how to clap out the beats. Review it with them until they understand. Do the same with the half notes, quarter notes, sixteenth notes and the half dotted line, explaining how many beats or claps each gets. Place the notes in shape of a pyramid with the whole notes up top and the sixteenth notes at the bottom. Have the students clap out the beats to each note or set of notes. The teacher should observe and look for participation to see who understands and who may need more help.