Second graders are working on Steady Beat. We have been discussing strong beat and weak beats. We watched the Quaver Music episode on Steady beat then we went to the Quaver Music website (www.quavermusic.com) to do the Interactive White board activity "Find That Beat".
In this activity you play on of the music tracks then you have to figure out the number of beats (2, 3, or 4). When you figure it out you drag the strong and weak beats out of the beat jar and place them in the measure. When you're done you click on "check my answer".
To help keep all students engaged in the activity I gave every students a beat strip and a bag of strong and weak beats. Each bag had one strong beat (plastic chip with a heart on it) and 3 weak beats (small plastic bingo chips).
To help keep all students engaged in the activity I gave every students a beat strip and a bag of strong and weak beats. Each bag had one strong beat (plastic chip with a heart on it) and 3 weak beats (small plastic bingo chips).
As the music played every student tried to figure out if the music was grouped in 2, 3 or 4. Then I would pick one student to go up to the board to show us what they think it is.
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