Students explore the music of the Pacific islands of Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga, including their instruments and cultural similarities. Practice musical notation by transcribing rhythmic and melodic contour. Identify the instruments used and their significance.
In this lesson, students learn to use different types of pies to recognize and notate rhythms in standard notation. Students participate in rhythm dictation trough use of popsicle sticks to illustrate rhythms clapped. Further, students will use standard notation to notate simple melodic patterns that have been performed for melodic dictation.
Students will get into groups and compose with simple rhythms/pizza toppings to complete the Pizza Man, Pizza Man rap, and then perform their piece with non-pitched percussion instruments.
Simple yet adaptable activity to teach or review rhyhtm patterns in a clock format. Use the provided rhythms or create your own; this can also be turned into a composition activity.
Students will gain an understanding of a musical round by participating in a follow-the-leader activity using body percussion. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #2 and #3 of the National Standards for Music: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music: and Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
This activity requires students to select the rhythm they hear. Each rhythm is 1 measure and there are 10 questions with audio. This resource is a Google Form. It is designed as a mini activity to be used within a larger lesson plan. It can also be used in a virtual/distance learning situation.
This resource consists of 8 rhythmic patterns which can be used as mini activities within your lessons. There are a total of eight rhythmic patterns for you to use as you see fit. This resource can be used in face to face or virtual/distance learning situation.
In this lesson, students will read and echo rhythms and also create their own.
Students will be introduced to syncopation through a wacky Thanksgiving song told from the perspective of the turkey. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical form canon. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #1 of the National Standards for Music: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music; and Standard #6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
Students will learn and drill basic rhythmic values including the whole note, half note, and quarter note. Rest values could be substituted for rhythmic values. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of simple rhythms by reading and performing rhythms to win squares in this musical twist on the classic "Tic-Tac-Toe" game. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical form AABA form through dance. Students learn the musical form of "Trashin' the Camp" as they dance a different step to each section.
Students understand the relationships between whole, halves, and quarters, and internalize and the relationships between the parts through interaction with musical notation and rhythm. Additionally, students will apply abstract thinking skills to process, read and create musical notations and compositions using their knowledge of fractions.
Students will review the life of Beethoven leading to a discussion about Beethoven"™s Moonlight Sonata. Students will learn to waltz and will practice skip-counting by 3"™s to Moonlight Sonata.
Students learn to keep a steady beat in a fun-filled jumprope activity/contest. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #2 of the National Standards for Music: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
With these segments, teachers are offered opportunities to use children’s music from Ghana,
West Africa, to gain experience with basic polyrhythmic ensembles. Singing, chanting,
dancing and playing instruments are included throughout the unit.
Students experience children's music from Ghana, West Africa, to gain experience with basic polyrhythmic ensembles. Singing, chanting,
dancing and playing instruments are included throughout the unit.
Students will understand and perform three basic rhythm symbols (quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note), and perform the rhythm of a rhyme with non-pitched percussion instruments. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.