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For 4th – 5th gr: “The Bomb Song” is a song from “Tik Tok” and the kids have loved it.

The Bomb Song Rhythm Play Along - https://youtu.be/xYi28DtaBz8

This one has the same idea as the activity above and you can make it easier for kids by doing the same following levels:

Level 1 - Play the Steady Beat with the song.

Level 2 - Play the rhythms that you see on the slide on your sticks

Level 3 - Play the way that it is written:

normal oval notes = hit the floor

notes with X = hit sticks

Ms. Flatebo is the teacher that makes all these cool play along videos.  You can search her on Youtube, and  she also has lots of body percussion videos as well.

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I found these following activities very engaging and fun for kids in the Rhythm Unit and wanted to share:

After you teach or review quarter note & rest, and 8th notes, I found this rhythm stick play along very fun and engaging for my students.

I didn’t think playing rhythm sticks can be this fun but most of my students loved it.

For 2nd – 3rd gr : “My Own Drum” is a song from the Netflix Movie called “Vivo” and the music was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and he also is the voice of the character Vivo

It may be challenging for the kids to play this correctly so I followed these steps which made it easier for them.

My Own Drum Rhythm Sticks Play Along   https://youtu.be/Ps46TtrG4Q8

Level 1 - Play the Steady Beat with the song.

Level 2 - Play the rhythms that you see on the slide on your sticks

Level 3 - Play the way that it is written:

normal oval notes = hit the floor

notes with X = hit sticks

Then if you have more time,  you can introduce the kids to Lin-Manuel Miranda since it’s Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Rhythm Dice Activity

Each student will need one dice, a pencil, and a Rhythm Dice Activity worksheet

Level 1: Roll dice and fill in rhythm patterns.

Level 2: Read your rhythm patterns.

Level 3: Clap your rhythm patterns while saying the patterns in your head (not out loud.)

Level 4: Practice playing your patterns on drum sticks.

Level 5: Select one line to perform for the class!

Once the activity is completed, we all sit in a circle with our papers and drum sticks and go around the circle performing our patterns!

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My First Graders and Second Graders have been "cooking with rhythms". If you haven't seen the rhythm episode on Quaver, there is a portion of the episode called "Cooking with Rhythms".

We adapted that idea, giving the students a workboard and four boxes. They take the dough and make notes to go into their boxes.

First grade: Quarter Note, Barred Eighth Note, Quarter Rest

Second Grade: Quarter Note, Barred Eighth Notes, Quarter Rest, Half Note, Half Rest *Depending on the class I also introduce 16th notes*

*Excuse the slippers, it was Pajama Day in celebration of National Arts in Education Week!*

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Kinder- "Going to the Farm" adapted from Game Plan. S's play the sounds and silences on rhythm instruments and "sing" the sounds and silences with different animal voices.
https://twitter.com/PeppyPettyMusic/status/1436677014916935689

1st Grade - "Walk the Dog" adapted from Artie Almeida's Mallet Madness. S's click and walk the beat during the song, but then 1 soloist gets to improvise a rhythm pattern while the rest of the class echos. https://twitter.com/PeppyPettyMusic/status/1436679708343771139

2nd Grade - "Hop Old Squirrel" adapted from Game Plan. S's perform a mixer dance where they can play familiar Ta/Tadi rhythms but they have certain special moves to do on the Half note rhythms in the song. Then we learned accompaniment patterns that used half notes to play on instruments. https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.601ba349-ef7e-42f4-b024-d0e895886b18&share_token=TfttKkaaT4qz6gXJiQ3MzQ&mode=share

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3rd Grade - "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - learning 16th notes.

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One of my favorite activities I have used this month has been our sight-reading challenge with grades 4 and 5. Students start off in easy mode and use rhythm sticks to play along to the play-along video. Then the videos get progressively harder. We have a chance to discuss what has changed, discuss the rhythms they are playing, and how to say them. Then we play and keep going until it gets to its hardest level.

Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOTsPUUvsY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxWPvSp1_qA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ouGEgSF9MM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVdgaJzVyY8

Medium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJg2Ogq_zM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfsbOK7dcvk&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUr57AMJTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CixMNPbHik&t=14s

Hard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drzvpPziDWQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSHWM5TIF30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reLU7rF7N_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyYDKJrqBZg

You can use any instruments you have. My students prefer to use the light-up drum sticks or just plain rhythm sticks.

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Rhythm Play Along: Easy [Among Us Version]

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Attached are a few more rhythm activities that I use with my kiddos anywhere, anytime.

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I saw this somewhere on the internet, but I modified it to work for introducing and teaching the use of the 4 voices (Whisper, Talk, Shout, Sing) while in Unit 1.

K/1 are doing this chant as a call/echo Warm-up. We do this a total of 6 times (it goes by quickly!):

Leader: H-E-L-L-O (Rhythm - Ta, ta, ti-ti, ta)

Echo: H-E-L-L-O

Leader: This is how we say hello! (Rhythm – Ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, Ta) (Wave your hand)

Echo: This is how we say hello!

Leader: Move your feet to the beat! (Rhythm – Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta) (March in place)

Echo: Move your feet to the beat!

Leader: Can you feel my heartbeat? (Rhythm – Ti-ti, Ti-ti, Ta, Ta) (Pat your chest like a heartbeat – steady beat)

Echo: Can you feel my heartbeat?

1st time: I use my speaking voice

2nd time: Whisper voice

3rd time: Singing voice (Sol-mi-la) (ex. H-E-L-L-O – Sol, mi, sol-sol, me/ This is how we say hello- Sol-sol, mi, la, sol-sol, mi, etc.)

4th: Shouting voice

5th time: Whisper voice

6th time: Singing Voice

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I’m doing this without music, but I feel like you could add an instrumental track to it at a comfortable tempo and change the volume as you go along. I also could teach dynamics to it as well and review it when we get to Unit 3.

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Alligator Pie With 3rd grade! We practiced 16th notes.

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3rd Grade Lesson Plan Unit 1-Week 6 (Sept. 14-20)

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PDF of Alligator Pie