Sight singing is a difficult skill to learn. Almost the equivalent of learning a new language. What I recommend is learning scales with solfege first. Once you have the skill of solfege and know the sound of the scales in both major and minor, then you need to learn how to identify "Do" on sheet music. In the above example you can see several notes. I'll give you a clue that the first one is "Do." All you have to do at that point is follow along with the lines and each time the note goes up move up (Do to Re) and when it goes down move down the scale (Re to Do).
Our brains don't often like singing the scales out of order so you will likely fail a few time when trying this. It may be beneficial to write down below or above each note whether its Do Re Mi Fa Sol La or Ti. This will be more important to do once the notes skip lines or spaces and aren't all next to each other.
If you are able to sing through the above phrase, I recommend trying it with a song that moves by steps like this. The first song I do with all of my students learning to sight sing is a song called "Falling Slowly" from the musical Once. Its an easy song to sight sing for the first page or so of sheet music, and most people don't know it so they can't just lean on their ear for it. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE SONG FIRST.
If this kind of thing is helpful for you, leave a comment and I can make a post with several dozen sight singing exercises of increasing difficulty. Otherwise, sign up for singing lessons by clicking here and I can work with you on this one on one!
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