Slideshow For Lines, Rays, Angles...(Do Re Mi)

A couple of years ago, I found a cool song to help teach lines, line segments, rays, angles, points, parallel lines, and perpendicular lines (not in my curriculum, but it fit with the song). The song is "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music.

http://screenmom.com/2013/03/24/bring-us-back-to-do-the-sound-of-music-and-the-beauty-of-scene-selection/ ©20th Century Fox

I love the opportunity to throw some music into my lessons, so I found the clip from the movie on YouTube and practiced singing the song myself. First, I show the class the clip so they can be familiar with the tune, which many of them have never heard before.

Then, I show the slideshow while I sing the song. Then, my students and I sing along with the slideshow. It's catchy, so my students soon learn to sing it without me or the slideshow. It helps them understand the vocabulary so we can dive deeper into geometry.

Enjoy!