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GiselGutierrez

Objective
Studentswillidentifyandunderstandthedifferenttypesofnotes,restsandtime
signatures.

112.13.Music,MiddleSchool1

(b)Knowledgeandskills.

(1)Foundations:musicliteracy.Thestudentdescribesandanalyzesmusicandmusical
sound.Thestudentexploresfundamentalskillsappropriateforadevelopingyoungmusician.
Thestudentisexpectedto:
(C)describemusicalelementsofrhythm,includingwholenotes,halfnotes,quarter
notes,pairedandsingleeighthnotes,sixteenthnotes,correspondingrests,andmeter,
including2/4,3/4,and4/4,usingstandardterminology

Materials
ConstructionPaper
WritingUtensil

Modeling
Theteacherwillshowthestudentshowtofoldtheconstructionpaperintothirdsand
thendivideitintofourths.Thenstudentswillunfoldthepaperandlabeleachsquare(12
total)withthemusicalelementsofrhytm.Theteacherwillpresentthelessontothe
studentswhiletheytakenotesforeachelement.Youcanfindthepresentationinthe
followinglink:
http://prezi.com/vqm32guh80l/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0shar
e
.Thestudentswilltakenotesandaskquestionsifneeded.Theteachercan
demonstratetheamountofbeatsanotegetsbyclappingthevalueofthenoteorrest
andcountingeachbeat.

Activity
Thestudentwillusetheknowledgegainedandusetheelementsofrhythmandusethe
followingwebsite:
http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_learning_theory/music_rhythms_and_rests1.ht
m
.Thestudentscanlistentothenotesin4/4timeandquizeachothermakingsurethe
personbeingquizzeddoesntseethenotethatisbeingplayed.Thestudentbeing
quizzedwillhavetowritedownthetypeofnoteitis.Youcanmakethisintoagameand
ifthepersonbeingquizzedgetsitwrong,theycantmoveonuntiltheanswerisright.

Assessment

GiselGutierrez

Theteacherwillassignthestudentsaprojectinwhichtheywillusetheknowledge
gainedandcomposeasongusingtherecentinformationonnotesandrestsafterwards
theywillperformittotheclass.Ifthestudentfailsthisassignment,thestudentwillbe
requiredtogetareteachandbeassignedasimilarassignment.

Resources
MusicTechTeacher
http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_learning_theory/music_rhythms_and_rests1.ht
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