Treasure Hunt: Grade 1

Ahoy Mateys! Make your way around a rhythm pattern treasure map to find the pirate's treasure!

Students will love this bingo-style game! Each of the 26 sheets are different, but contain six of fourteen different rhythm patterns. The Grade 1 version includes 4-beat rhythm patterns using Ta, Ti-Ti and Shh.

The file also includes a blank map for other gameplay options! One example: print off the blank map and laminate. Students use dry erase markers to notate rhythms that are clapped.

 

To download this activity, click here!

Centers: Name That Tune

I got this idea from Katie Traxler's site.
Students look at a folder that has notes on the music staff. They need to find the following pieces (each cut into laminated strips) and add them to the folder:
- the song title
- the note names
- the lyrics

They may want to find those pieces first and then play, or the may want to play the notes first to help them figure it out!

Click on the link below to download materials:
Name That Tune Poster




Again, I used the same scanned music from this book:

After laminating, I cut each song into pieces:
1) the notes on the staff
2) the note names
3) the lyrics
4) the titles
In each folder I glued the notes on the staff, leaving spaces for the note name strips, lyric strips and title strips.

Centers: Graphic Notation Station

At the Graphic Notation Station, students choose instruments and playing methods to represent the graphic notation (made by myself). Once they have done a couple of pre-made graphic scores, they can use the paper provided to create their own graphic notation score.

Click on the links below to download materials:
Graphic Notation Station Poster
Graphic Notation Station Worksheet