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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students to get a feel for different rhythms through throwing and catching. They are asked to throw to their partner keeping time with the beat of the music. The partner catch the ball and throw it back to their partner in rhythm. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students clap the beat to their favorite nursery rhyme and have the class guess what the rhyme is. To introduce the rest beat, have students use small drums or other percussion instruments to play hickory dickory dock. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students use the nursery rhyme "Pease Porridge Hot" to explore rhythm, beats and rests in music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students compare, contrast, and reflect on reggae, punk, and ska music, and how this relates to the music of the group The English Beat. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students distinguish between rhythm and beat as they perform a variety of rhythm patterns using "shimmy/pop". They echo the teacher's rhythms and create their own. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students determine through research and the study of literature what the Beat Generation was and how it has affected American society. Students keep journal responses to the literature they read, then write an essay and create a PowerPoint describing the Beat movement. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students talk about movement, music, and how to count out beats before watching movements that go with specific tape. Next, they listen and move to a recorded piece of music. Finally, they count out beats with no music and accompany the chant with music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students demonstrate keeping a steady beat to music. They sing melodic patterns and recognize the rhythm in a song. Students sing with accurate pitch and good breath support. They perform eighth, quarter, and half notes through movement. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students march to the patriotic song, "You're a Grand Ole Flag" to enable teacher to discover which children are on the steady beat. Students who have "found the beat" take turns holding American flags. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Higher Ed
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Students view the hand out, "The Importance of Being Ernest" script. They discuss the meaning of "beats" in that plays are divided into scenes, into beats, each with its beginning, middle, and end. They take turns playing the different roles of the play, stopping whenever they think a beat is over or a new one is beginning. Full Review »
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