Rhythm Game Lesson Plan Rachael Holloway Setting 4th Grade General Music Rationale Students will learn

to count rhythms, as well as notate rhythms that are dicated to them, and create simple rhythmic compostitions using whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and quarter rests !hey will "egin to internali#e the $feeling% of each of the rhythmic &alues as they use the mo&ement of their own "odies to $play% music National and State Standards 2.0 Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music 2.1.1 Perform basic rhythmic patterns (half notes, quarter notes, paired eighth notes, quarter rests) 4.0 Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines 5.0 Students will read and notate music 5.1 Identify and explain symbols represented in rhythm and melody 5.2 se symbols to read, notate, and perform. Ob ectives! !he learner will' (e a"le to accurately write and count rhythms (e a"le to internali#e a steady "eat, as well as the difference "etween each of the rhythmic durations (e a"le to write down the rhythms they hear using standard notation "aterials Needed! )ry erase "oard )ry erase mar*ers #rocedures + ,rite a whole note, half note, - eighth notes, 4 sixteenth notes , and a quarter rest on the "oard - .nder each sym"ol, assign a mo&ement' ,hole note / $slide%' mo&e hands from shoulders to hips Half note / $"rush%' "rush hands from shoulder to el"ow 0uarter note / $clap%' clap hands for each note 1ighth notes / $snap snap% ' one snap for each eighth note, alternating hands Sixteenth notes / $Pat%' pat thighs for each note 0uarter rest / $palms up% 2 )raw each directi&e on the "oard with the note, and demonstrate the mo&ements to the students, then ha&e them do each mo&ement once with me 4 ,rite a 4 "eat rhythm on the "oard, as* students to su"stitute the percussi&e mo&ements for the example Possi"ly as* questions and ha&e them tell me which mo&ement is for which note, then ha&e them $play% the example on their "odies

together, and ha&e a few students do it indi&idually )o this with at least - examples, possi"ly 2 3 Ha&e a student &olunteer or - &olunteer 4or choose a student $randomly%5 to write their own rhythm on the "oard and then $play% it, using the mo&ements 6 (egin game )i&ide students into teams, - or 2 7 Ha&e one person from each team go up to the front 8ount off 4 "eats of prep, then $play% a 4 "eat example for them, using the percussi&e mo&ements assigned to each note &alue 9n $go% the three students go to the "oard and write the rhythm performed, using the actual notation Play each of their answers and as* the teams if they are accurate !he first team mem"er to get it right gets 2 points, second gets - points, and third gets + point !he team with the most points at the end wins $ssessments :nformal assessment will occur as the rhythms are re&iewed and introduced ;ormal assessment will occur during the game, as each of the students has an opportunity to note the rhythm they hear, as well as play it