TIC TAC TOE Cont.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge At Cummings

On Thursday, the 1st graders at Cummings Elementary were given a challenge to complete at home!

I am so excited to go to work tomorrow and see which one of my students have completed the music challenge. Each first grader created their own tic tac toe board, and were suppose to bring it home and play it with a family member! 

So who won? Cats game??

Please comment and share!!

2nd Grade and 1,2,3 CPLC Compositions

In music class I am always trying to spark the childrens creative side and allow them to compose and play instruments as much as possible.

 

In this activity the students were given a chart and had to work as a group to compose a composition that they would play in front of the whole class. This project took about two-three music classes due to practicing, composing, and playing with new instruments.

 

 

For the first and second graders they drew pictures of each instrument in the boxes according to how many beats each one recieved. For instance, if they wanted to use a TI TI which is two eighth notes  they would have to draw two instruments in one box, because it has two sounds. If they wanted a TA which is one quarter note they would need to draw one instrument. If they wanted to use a Z which is a quarter rest they would need to draw a Z and say "sh" instead of playing a sound.

 

The third graders I challeneged them in two different ways: 1. They had to write the correct notation out (not draw pictures) 2. Color code them for each instrument. This was tricky for them and at first they did struggle but it was amazing once they got the instruments in their hands they excelled with this activity so well! I loved to watch all the smiles on their faces when they would practice their piece slow, fast, or even backwards!

 

Here are some pictures in action!

Action Shot!! Clapping out the rhythm as a group!

 

 

CPLC third grader writing out his rhythms!

 

 

2nd graders creating wonderful compositions! NICE WORK!

 



Tic Tac Toe!

The first graders this week are reviewing rhythms in music class. So far they have learned

Ta= Quarter Note Ti Ti = Two Eighth Notes Z = Quarter Rest (shh) and Ti Ri Ti Ri = Four Sixteenth Notes

 

We first started out as a class playing boys vs. girls rhythm tic tac toe!

 

 

The next class students paired up with a partner and played four games of tic tac toe! It was great to walk around the class and listen to the students help each other say the correct rhythms!