RHYTHMS USED IN EACH GRADE
Starting in first grade, our district music teachers teach the students certain rhythms each year.
Our district is having us all work on learning targets this year. Read my post about it HERE. I am trying to do more assessments to be sure my students are understanding the posted learning targets. Although many of the kids love to play the competitive school bus rhythm game on the promethean, some kids don’t like to get up in front of people and although it is a good review, it is not the best way to assess whether each individual student can read the identify or read the rhythms. So I am using my manipulatives as both a small group game (same as the promethean but in small groups of about 3 students) and as an assessment. While some students are playing the game (one reads a rhythm and the other two compete), I can go around to the small groups and have each student identify one rhythm that I say to them and then have them read other rhythms to me.
I just added exit tickets so you can give pretests to see what your students know, use as an exit ticket to have students check which rhythm they hear (levels 1, 2, and 3) or use the colored exit ticket (laminated) to have students write the rhythm they hear.
Get 5 different levels of individual manipulatives (3 in each set), group PDF and powerpoints, 2 different exit tickets (1 for 3 levels), plus png files of the buses to make your own smart board or promethean charts. Get them HERE.