TO TEACH SIGHT READING YOU NEED...
Carefully and thoughtfully graded
material, and lots of it.
I would highly recommend buying these
five books and keeping them handy to have a steady supply of new
material to set in front of your students. Just a few minutes each
class, if done regularly and consistently, is bound to make them
better readers.
Kodaly: 333 Reading Exercises ISBN
9790060035661, Boosey
Kodaly created a beautiful series of
melodies of subtly increasing difficulty starting with super-easy.
A New Approach to Sight Singing
Berkowitz, et al., 1988, Norton, 361pp 0393091945
There are many editions out there. Look for a cheap used copy.
Huge book by three professors from
Queens College, NYC. sample below, page 4
Ear Training and Sight Singing, George
A Wedge, 1921, Schirmer, 188pp (Pub. Domain)
Free copy here: http://archive.org/details/advancedeartrain00georrich
Old school. Very usable. sample below, page
28
Rhythms Complete, Colin and Bowers,
Charles Colin Music, 1975, 48pp ASIN: B002OX5DX0
Under 10 bucks.
Excellent, esp. for jazz and rock
players. sample below, page 3
Piano Sight Reading (Book 1), Paul Harris, Faber
Music, 2008, ISBN 0571533116
Carefully graded, incremental steps.
(Grand staff; there are four volumes available) sample below, book 1, page 12
