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Table of Contents:
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Wristbands for Rhythm Practice

Amy Abbott

Spring Rhythms

Jena Hudson

Rhythm Clap Backs

Jennifer Foxx

RhythmPerform, Read and Write

Karla Cherwinski

Rhythm.. Create and Perform

Kim Maloney

Beat and Rhythm Pack

Linda Seamons

BUMP, Rhythm Cards

Malinda Phillips

Fun with Rhythm

Melody Payne

Rhythm and Poetry

Michelle Warshany

Rhythm Fun for Everyone!

Tina Jones

Rhythm eBook edited by:

Amy Abbott from Music a la Abbott
Please email amy.j.abbott@gmail.com with questions or concerns.

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Im always looking for new ways for my

students to practice reading and
performing rhythms; both extracted from
folk song literature and new patterns.
When I saw many classroom teachers
using wristbands for math and literacy I
thought, Hey! We could do that in the
music room too!. Heres the way it works,
download my sampler by clicking on the
picture on the right. Inside youll find
a set of wristbands that practice aqa.

Bundled Set

Sampler

Using the wristbands, your students can perform

their pattern. And from here the possibilities are
endless!
* They can get into groups that all have the same
pattern and put their rhythm on instruments and
play it as an ostinato to a known song.
* They can get into groups, as above, but instead
create body percussion as the ostinato.
* They can find others that dont have the same
pattern and perform all their wristbands
consecutively: with each person saying their own
or everyone reading all the bands.
* You can use the wristbands to group students
by having them color coded (printed on
different colors)
* Using the provided worksheets they will find
other people that have the rhythms on their
sheet or find a friend and practice rhythm
writing by writing their friends rhythm
* And MANY, MANY ways that you can invent!

If you like the sampler please check out my

rhythm set bundle of Wristbands at my Teachers
Pay Teacher Store!

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Teaching tip: The Target dollar

section is a music teachers best
friend! In the dollar section, I
often find tiny objects that I use
for rhythm manipulatives in my
classroom. The small plastic
pumpkins for fall table decorations,
tiny heart erasers, or jelly bean
candy can be used in the classroom
for reviewing and teaching rhythms.
Simply print a beat chart for your
students to use (like the one in my
freebie), pass out the small
objects, and have your students
create rhythmic patterns by
placing the correct objects in each
beat. And of course, once you are
finished with the candy, munch
away!

by Jena Hudson

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Celebrating
Music in our Schools Month!

Teaching Tip
Do you teach private lessons
at home? Help celebrate
MIOSM by holding a rhythm
party with your students.
Have students invite a
friend to join in on the fun!
Drum circles, rhythm clap
backs, rhythm cups and
other rhythm activities are
fun to do regardless
of music experience!
You may also be interested in
this rhythm game!

Download
FREEBIE

Dont teach at home

but know someone
who does?
Volunteer to be a
guest at a rhythm
party!
Rhythm parties are a
great way to celebrate
MUSIC IN OUR
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RHYTHM

perform, read and write!

Teaching Tip:

Building a solid foundation from the Ks on up is key to

developing rhythm and beat skills in our students. Look
for songs, games and activities that have clear simple
extractable rhythms, no harder than the element you are
working on (for example - if doing xxxc the song should have
no harder rhythms than xxxc
and no other unknown
rhythms).
Dont forget that while performing and reading rhythms is
important, so is writing. In my teaching, the lesson after
I present a new rhythm, I make sure to do a writing
activity. This activity can take many forms, a great place
to start is by copying patterns from flash cards to
worksheets.
Check out my freebie for a great way to practice those
writing skills! Have fun!
Karla from CMajorLearning

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music education resources to
use in your classroom!

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Create and Perform!
One of the most critical
aspects of teaching
rhythm to young
musicians is enabling
them to feel the beat!
The feeling of steady pulse is
an awareness that probably
develops best in a group
situation where students clap,
move, dance and play
instruments together!

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Celebrate
Music in Our Schools Month!

Listening to music ac.vates

parts of your brain, and ac.vely
par.cipa.ng in music through
tapping your body or an
i n s t r u m e n t o n t h e b e a t
ac.vates even more parts of
your brain. (Daniel Levitan, This
is your brain on music)

Showing steady beat, tempo,

and rhythm not only promotes
be?er math skills but leads to
be?er a?en.on and increased
engagement in young children.
(Geist, Geist, & Kuznik) I use
tons of beat, rhythm, and
rhythmic chants in my youngest
classes, and I believe it not only
makes my students be?er
musicians but be?er learners in
all areas.

Check out my full

Beat/Rhythm
Mega Pack

Get a free
beat/rhythm sampler
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Cards
So much more than flashcards!
After students have read known rhythms numerous times, they can:
Read the cards while performing on unpitched percussion
instruments such as drums, rhythm sticks, etc.
Improvise on pitched percussion set up in your
favorite pentatonic scale
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Play the Post Office game where each
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student has an identical set of rhythm
cards, the teacher says or plays one and students
show the matching card
Have rhythm races where the class is broken into two or more
groups; each group has a set of rhythm cards set up on the floor or
across the room; the teachers says or plays a rhythm and one
person from each group races to get the correct rhythm
Students can play rhythm memory where they silently read a
rhythm, the teacher takes away the card and students read it from
memory while they are silently
reading the next rhythm

Check out my
sampler for
more fun
rhythm ideas!

*Fun with Rhythm*

Kids learn quickly and securely when experiencing
rhythm in a fun and exciting way. What better way
to experience rhythm than by performing it actively!
Guiding your students to use
their imaginations when
performing the rhythms
included in this free sampler of
Rhythm Bee will ensure that
the rhythms your students are
studying will come to life.

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Let your students have fun

being active when exploring
rhythms! Marching, tapping,
snapping, dancing, cheering,
performing in the style of the
Cup
Game,
using
Boomwhackers, playing along
on classroom percussion
instruments, the piano, and
playing a clapping game are
only a few of the fun and
imaginative ways students
can move to a variety of
rhythm patterns.

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Give your students

creative licenses and
enjoy watching their
rhythm patterns come
to life. Your room will
be buzzing with fun in
no time!
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Rhythm & Poetry

By Michelle Warshany from
Music with Miss W
Using poetry while teaching
rhythmic concepts is a
great way to bring a cross
curricular activity into your
classroom. I like to use
haikus because they are
short and easy for
students to understand.
Start by explaining each word has a
certain number of sounds, which are
called syllables. One syllable per word
translates to a quarter note and two
syllables per word translates to eighth
notes. Follow the 5-7-5 syllable pattern
and youre on your way to becoming a
rhythm poet!

Incorporate rhythm
haikus into your classroom
with this freebie!

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Rhythm Fun for Everyone!
My thought on truly engaging
students when practicing concepts
like rhythm:
The more they believe its a game,
the more engaged they will be.

Grab my
Freebie!

Teaching Tip

Want to play?
Another game:
Post flashcards, but
tell your students they are
rhythm detectives and they
must find the pattern you
clap! Remind them to listen
for clues as you clap the
pattern. Click my Rhythm
Freebie above to try it out!
Sing-cerely, Tina Jones

Present a game with a goal:

Below, we played Build a
Snowman. Simply print a
picture of a fun character,
cut it into pieces, add magnets Blog
to each piece and youve got a
game! Write a pattern: If
they accurately clap/speak
the pattern, they earn a piece
of the snowman!

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Melody on March 23, 2015
Edited by Sara Bibee

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Rhythm eBook contributors

Amy Abbott, editor
Jena Hudson
Jennifer Foxx
Karla Cherwinski
Kim Maloney
Linda Seamons
Malinda Phillips
Melody Payne
Michelle Warshany

Month

Melody eBook contributors

Sara Bibee, editor
Alison Cabello
Joyce Moore
Brittany De Laruelle
Jamie Parker
Linda McPherson
Lindsay Jervis

Tina Jones

Lori Sweet

Instruments of the Orchestra

Shelley Tomich

eBook contributors
Tracy King, editor
Amy Banas
Chrissy Hutzel
Claire Burns
David Row
Elaine Ford
Ginny Capps
Jen Filipiak
Nancy Frazee Otto
Rachel Tanenblatt
Sally Utley

Melissa Stouffer

Listening Lessons eBook

contributors

Aileen Miracle, editor

Angie Kelton
Cori Bloom
Elizabeth Caldwell
Erin Kuchta
Jennifer Hibbard
Katie Robertson

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