Here are some handouts I use for Freshman Ear Training and some documentation of
my little tricks.
(Also known as the "Sight-singing Super Bonanza.") I've found that the melodies
in sight-singing textbooks tend to become too long-winded and complicated to be useful
for actual in-class sight-reading. These are short and usually pretty easy,
allowing you to pick up the pace and hear lots of people in a short period of time.
Same philosophy for rhythms. A bountiful supply of short, easy passages for students with the
weakest rhythm (i.e. voice majors.)
This is an alternate homework assignment that I used for first-semester students
who couldn't hold a sense of key. If they practice this seriously they should have
no problem catching up.