Rhythm & Meter
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Exploring Long and Short Rhythmic Patterns
Students create movements to represent long and short rhythmic patterns and compose patterns using non-traditional notation.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Rhythm & Meter
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Exploring Steady Beat with Percussion Instruments
Students explore steady beat and instruments of the percussion family.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Rhythm & Meter, Instrumental
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Performing and Composing Four Beat Patterns
Students read, perform, and compose four-beat rhythmic patterns.
Grade: 1st
Concept: Rhythm & Meter
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Seat on the Beat
Students perform and create rhythmic patterns using their bodies.
Grade: 1st
Concept: Rhythm & Meter
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Composing in Common Time
Students compose and notate short 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 rhythms across multiple class periods.
Grade: 2nd
Concept: Rhythm & Meter
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating
Composing in Simple and Compound Meters
Students compose and notate short rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 meters across multiple class periods.
Grade: 3rd
Concept: Rhythm & Meter, Form
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating
The Language of Rhythm
Students explore and create rhythms through language and body percussion.
Grade: 3rd
Concept: Rhythm & Meter
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Composing a Melody
Students compose and notate short melodies using their names.
Grade: 4th
Concept: Rhythm & Meter, Pitch
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating
Improvising with Brazilian Samba
Students use samba rhythms and percussion to improvise in rondo form.
Grade: 5th
Concept: Rhythm & Meter, Form
Artistic Process: Responding, Connecting
Rhythms from Around the World
Students explore a variety of rhythms from around the world.
Grade: 5th
Concept: Rhythm & Meter
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding, Connecting
