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Rhythm and Rhyme

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Students compare the given rhyme to another rhyme that they already know (I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly). Students listen and identify the similar rhyme pattern of the two rhymes and apply those concepts to a group creation of the new rhyme.

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music beats, rhymes

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beat, rhyme, rhythm, visual and performing arts
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Grade
2nd - 4th
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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Resource Type
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Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning

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