By Second Grade, students begin to really understand basic rhythm concepts. We got a lot of mileage out of the "Create A Rhythm" activity done at the beginning of the year. First of all, every student contributed to it. We have used it for reading rhythms. We have selected a line and created an ostinato out of it. Students did some writing, too. At first we used stick notation and then we changed that into actual quarter notes and eighth notes by adding the noteheads:
This is all part of music literacy. But that is only a small part of what we do in Music Class. Students always begin with a song, dance, or play party. We then can incorporate instruments to accompany the songs. Here is slideshow of some of our activities we have done this fall:
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