3rd graders did a lesson on body percussion last week. This week they started drumming on the konga drums.
They used our new rhythm dice to compose a rhythm that they performed for the class. I created the rhythm dice by writing a rhythm on each side of a foam cube (beat-e-t-a, beat-t, beat, & rest).
The 2nd graders are starting boomwhackers this week. Boomwhackers are plastic tubes that make different notes/sounds based on how long or short they are. The longer the tube the lower the sound.
Here is Ms. Sallade's class performing a fun song called "Wait to Eat the Donut." When their color boomwhacker comes onto the screen they play they rhythm "wait to eat the donut".
Here are some students from Mrs. DeLuca's class performing rhythms that they composed using our new rhythm dice (I wrote rhythms in sharpie on each side of foam cubes).
The third and final week of our boomwhacker unit is boomwhacker stations! We have 5 stations that last 5 minutes each. Students work together for two stations and individually for three.
Ms. Down's Sstudent playing his "beat, beat-and" composition using colored squares.
Last week 1st graders learned about the sound opposites forte (loud) and piano (soft). They watched and danced to the song "Forte Piano":
This week students are learning about long sounds and short sounds. The song "Pizzicato" uses very short sounds. We learned a cute little poem about a froggy in disguise eating flies. I read the poem along with the rhythm of the music and students responded with "catch flies!" They played the guiros and tone blocks. Poem credit= Activate Music Magazine.
Staulcup's Class
Greene's Class
Then students learned the rhythms "beat" (quarter note), "beat-t" (paired eighth notes), and "rest" (quarter rest). They used our new foam hearts with rhythms on them to compose 4 beat rhythms. Then they got to combine their hearts with 2-3 friends to create a "super long rhythm".
