Centers: Musical Groceries

At the Musical Groceries center, students have two jobs. The first is to sort the plastic food items (purchased at Walmart) onto two plates: the Ta plate and the Ti-Ti plate (drawn with permanent marker onto two plastic dollar store plates).

Once they have sorted the groceries, they lay out four blank plastic plates and place one food item on each plate. On their worksheet, they draw or write the food items onto the plates. In the box underneath the plates, they notate the rhythm of their pattern. Next, they can play their patterns on an instrument, or even try layering patterns together and playing them simultaneously!

Click on the links below to download the materials:
Musical Groceries Poster
Musical Groceries Worksheet

To download a Smartboard version for demonstration, click here.

Centers: Dice Music

At the dice music center, students roll the dice (they can roll one die, two, three, etc - it doesn't really matter). They check the key on their worksheet to find out which note name is designated to the number they rolled. In the little heartbeats, they write the letter name (making sure to put a ' or a , beside the C to show that it is high or low C. Once they have rolled all of their note names, they can add a rhythm to their song in the boxes beneath the heartbeats (I just asked for Ta's and Ti-Ti's, but you can always add other rhythms as well). Then they practice playing their final product until they can play it off by heart!

If students are in grades 4 and 5, I have them notate their song on the music staff.

To download the materials for this center, click the links below:
Dice Music Poster
                                                                  Dice Music Worksheets

Centers: Fly Swat

Click on picture to download poster PDF

At the Fly Swat center, one student claps the rhythm from the wings of one of the flies. The other two students try to find the correct fly - the first one to swat it gets a point (see tally sheet). 

To make the fly swat posters, print off the flies for each level, cut them out, and glue them to poster board (and, of course, laminate!). I also wrote on each poster Level 1, Level 2, etc.

To download the flies for printing, click on the links below:
Level 1 Flies
Level 2 Flies
Level 3 Flies
Level 4 Flies
Level 5 Flies
Level 6 Flies
*Fly clipart template made by http://www.mycutegraphics.com/

Other printables:
Fly Center Poster
Fly Center Tally Sheet

Click on the picture to download worksheet PDF

Removed Resources

Hey there!
I have removed the Smartboard resources I had made to be used with some of the lessons from books by Kriske & DeLelles. I have just learned that sharing a Smarboard file that points to a resource by someone else is against copyright. Learning as I go!
Happy Friday everyone! :)

LEGO Rhythms

 

Rhythm Lego Gallery

Download this gallery of Lego blocks with rhythms that correspond to the Lego length to be used for rhythm writing/reading! Also included are Lego time signatures and rhythmic pattern templates in 4/5, 3/4 and 2/4. Click here to download. 

Lego Rhythm Builders

Use these Smartboard files to compose rhythm patterns with students using Lego blocks! The number of beats each block is worth corresponds with the length of the lego block. For example, a quarter note uses a "one-lump" block, while a half note uses a "two-lump" block, and so on. Templates are made in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. Down load the Rhythm Lego Gallery to make your own templates and worksheets too!

Click on the links below to download!


Lego Rhythm Template Grade 1 (2 measures in 4/4 time) 
Lego Rhythm Template Grade 1 (4 measures in 4/4 time)
Lego Rhythm Template Grade 1 (8 measures in 4/4 time)
Lego Rhythm Template Grade 2 (8 measures in 4/4 time)
Lego Rhythm Template Grade 2 (8 measures in 2/4 time)
Lego Rhythm Template Grade 2 (4 measures in 3/4 time)
Lego Rhythm Template Grade 2 (8 measures in 3/4 time)
Lego Rhythm Template Grade 3 (8 measures in 4/4 time)

 

Candy Rhythms Koosh Ball Game

*This file is not working properly right now - I will post again when it is fixed!

For some reason the file is not saving properly...I used the Activity Builder to have the bags "accept" or "reject" the candies (based on the rhythm). It works when I make it, but when I close it and open the file again they do not work. Any thoughts on how to make it save properly??

Candy Rhythms: Koosh Ball Game

For a little MORE fun, I have turned my candy rhythm game into a koosh ball game. My kids love these games! Click here or on a picture to download!