Late SeptemberFOCUS: Rhythm patterns --- lessons from Mrs. Reed & Mrs. Jones Create your own rhythm patterns and play them using body percussion or homemade percussion instruments (buckets, trash cans, plastic eggs or water bottles filled with rocks/beans/rice. Write your rhythm patterns using standard notation (ta, ta-di, rest, etc.), with pictures or symbols, or using items from around your house (stickers, legos, etc.) VIDEO FOR ALL GRADES, but activities specific for grades k-3 Kinder and First Grade Video Part 1 Kinder and First Grade Video Part 2 Ms. Jones made a video for you to watch! 1st grade rhythm game RHYTHM EXTENSIONS FOR GRADES 3-5 Poison Rhythm game/practice FOCUS: Ostinato patterns Ostinato: a repeated pattern == ideally we represent it with music notes but it can be with symbols: O X O X Create an ostinato, then play it using something from your house (water bottles, trash cans, buckets, plastic eggs filled with beans/rice/rocks) Create a 4 or 8 beat ostinato that you can perform while singing your favorite song or play along while listening to your favorite song. Draw your ostinato for other family members to play along with you! You can use shapes or letters to make your graphic representation. Ms. Jones’ Virtual lesson-Ostinato click the link below for your grade level to submit a photo/video of your ostinato activity 3rd or 4th grade ostinato activity 5th grade ostinato activity OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS: Challenge--Write a different ostinato pattern for each member of your family. Assign instruments (or use body percussion), put on a favorite song, and jam with the "fam"! Practice your rhythm skills with this super cool fun body percussion video! from Alpha Four Go to Try your hand at rhythm composition Musicplayonline.com was free to students in the spring! They might offer a free trial now, if so try out all the rhythm games--choose your level and see how far you can go! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rhythm Patterns - check out LAYTON MUSIC Wordpress at https://laytonmusic.wordpress.com/ for many rhythms! All grades should be able to do these. There are fun candy bar rhythms on the left side of the page. Can you clap them or use your home made instrument with these?
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