Grade 5 - Rhythm Identification and Number of Beats Unit

Lesson 1 -

• Warm Ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms and Note Values PreAsessment
• Mallets and Play Rhythms on the Xylophones  or Classroom Instruments - "This is a Quarter Note, we say Tah - Tah, Tah, Tah, Tah."  Repeat with other rhythms

Lesson 2 - 

• Warm Ups
• Staff Wars
• Quick Review Rhythms and Note Names
• Quintet Music Dice Game

Lesson 3 - 

• Warm Ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms
• Quiz, Quiz Trade - double circle with note cards.  Quiz a partner, trade cards and rotate to a new partner.
• Perform the notes on classroom instrument
• Poison Rhythm
• Exit:  I'm thinking of a note that.....what is the name?

Lesson 4 - 

• Question of the Day - Name the Note; How Many Beats
• Warm Ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms
• Discuss / Anchor Chart Terms
• Time Signature, Bar Lines, Measure, Double Bar Lines
• Team Discovery
• Provide copies of sheet music from several known songs - I used 4
• Cover the time signature
• As a team, students discover answers to teacher created questions such as:
• how many quarter notes?
• how many quarter rests?
• what is the missing time signature?
• how many bar lines.
• Discuss answers the next day

Lesson 5 - 

• Question of the Day - Name the Note.  How many beats?
• Warm Ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms and Note Names
• Review terms from lesson 5
• Student Choice - Select a student to pick a song from Lesson 4's Team Discovery
• As a class, review the questions for that song
• Perform the song / activity / game
• Add a 2 measure coda to the end - solicit student input on rhythms to use
• Rhythm Jeopardy - 
• Divide into teams
• Teacher draws a note
• Students earn points by answering correctly - verbally or write on a marker board to answer
• Exit Question: I'm thinking of a note or Buzz (give rhythm cards to a student, they show the card and call on a classmate to tell the name of the note).

Lesson 6 - TO BE COMPLETED SOON

• Question of the Day - Name the Note.  How many beats?
• Warm Ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms and Note Names
• Focus on Names and Beats - 
• Centers - Teacher Station, Match Rhythm and Number of Beats, Music Word Problems (2 Whole Notes were walking down the street with a quarter note.  A whole note got got eaten by a Music Monster, how many beats were left?  Draw a picture.  Write the answer), Match rhythm and the Note Name, Card with Rhythm Name on Front and drawing on back - show front and draw on marker board - turn over card to check if correct, math flash cards)
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Lesson 7 - TO BE COMPLETED SOON

• Question of the Day - Name the Note.  How many beats?
• Warm Ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms and Note Names
• Review Names and Beats - 
• Take the Post Assessment

Lesson 8 - TO BE COMPLETED SOON - Group Rhythm Composition

• Question of the Day - Name the note.  How many beats?
• Warm ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms and Note Names
• Review Names and Beats
• Review Musical Terms
• Create Group Music to go with Popular Song - What will the fox say?
• Perform with Popular Song as the background.
• Perform songs from Discovery Packet

Lesson 9 - TO BE COMPLETED SOON - Individual Rhythm Composition

Lesson 10 - TO BE COMPLETED SOON - Introduce New Rhythms - TaTayFeh and Syncopation

• Question of the Day - Name the note.  How many beats?
• Warm ups
• Staff Wars
• Rhythms and Note Names
• Review Names and Beats
• Perform a few Individual Student Compositions
• Sing songs from new rhythms