If you're starting centers in elementary music class, then you may need some ideas. These are my favorite rhythm centers for general music!
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Always wanted to try music centers & workstations, but not sure where to start? We'll explore different ways to get students learning through centers!
I had done a few different centers in the past, mostly with my upper grades, and not very well thought out. This year though, one of my personal goals was to incorporate centers in a way that was well-planned, gave students lots of ways to practice a concept, and gave me more than one way to assess students. I'll have another blog post coming soon about the centers I did, or you can see a video of them on my Facebook page. Today though I want to talk about how to prepare your students for centers in the music room. Before really diving in to centers this year, I talked to some classroom teachers to learn more about how centers worked in their rooms. Each person I talked to said, take the time to go over each center with the whole group before ever dividing the class for centers. Since I don't have as much time as a classroom teacher (my classes are 30 minutes and are back to back), I decided that instead of trying to cram it into the beginning of a class period and then starting centers that day, I would take a class period to discuss all my centers. So I'm going to share with you how that day went. Since this was my first time doing centers at my new school with these students, I had no idea how long it would take to explain all of the centers and how everything would work. I figured if I have lots of extra time, we will play some singing games that I pulled patterns from for these centers, but this actually took about 25 minutes with both of my classes. I brought my classes in and had them go to their assigned seats in front of the board. I said that we would be doing something kind of new in music the next few times we have class so I wanted to share with them about it today so that we could spend all of our time in centers the next two times. Instead of having all of the centers spread out around the perimeter of the room, which is where I put them when we were actually doing centers, I lined up all my centers at the front of the room under the board. On my computer, I had the zip file that contained all of the PDFs for each file pulled up so that as I was going through them with the whole group, if I wanted them to be able to see something better, I could show them the PDF version instead of the tiny cards I was holding for some of the centers. We walked through all of the centers in order. I read through the directions and we "played" each center one or two turns. For some centers I would have a small group of students come up and be the demonstration group as the class watched. I asked if there were any questions about each center before moving on to the next one. My students knew that they needed to ask any questions they had on this day so that they wouldn't come up asking me questions on the actual center days. The students were really interested and engaged the whole time. I think there was a little bit of mystery to it, like "OOO, I wonder what is going to be at the next center" or "I wonder what those manipulatives are going to be for" and that kept them really focused on what we were doing. Students asked good clarifying questions about the individual centers. They also asked about their groups. I have about 28 kids in each class and set up 8 centers. Most of my groups had 4 students in a group, some had 3. I assigned all groups by typing up a list. I emailed the list to their teacher and asked their teacher to line them up in that order (so the four students in group 1 are first, followed by group 2 and so on....) the next time they came to music. I also had her double check my groups to see if there would be any issues that I maybe hadn't foreseen. This was a really good idea because the next time they came to music, I met them in the hallway and they were all in the right order. I had the centers so that center 1 was closest to the door and then they went in a circle around the perimeter of the music room, so as the students followed me in, I basically dropped off four at a time in the order they were in at each center as we went around the room and I was with the last 3 or 4 students at the "teacher center", center 8. I didn't have to waist any time putting kids in order or reviewing directions for any of the centers. I had directions for each center posted at each center in case they forgot or were absent when we went over the centers, but there seemed to be no issues with students knowing what to do at each center. I only had one student come up to me the entire two days of doing centers and it was because of an issue with a group member, so I think that is pretty darn good for our first time! I hope this gives you maybe a new idea about how to prepare your students for centers so that they feel set up to succeed at each one without needing to ask questions during centers. I feel like taking that day to go over them at a relaxed pace, sending the centers groups to the teacher, and having students come to music on centers day already in order really helped everything to go smoothly. Do you have other ideas that I haven't thought of? Share below! Wanting to take the guesswork out of creating centers? Here are centers sets I've created and used with my classes:
During back-to-school workshops, teachers from art, music, and P.E. often attend our training on work stations. Often, I’m pleasantly surprised by the creativity of these folks and how they a…
Please note: Rhythmically Yours is moving to a new shop location so processing times are longer than usual to accomodate. Thanks so much for understanding! Oh Fiddlesticks! This fun, educational music game would make a perfect rhythm center for your elementary music classroom. Students take turns picking a stick from a cup and revealing a rhythm-reading pattern at the bottom. Read it correctly to keep your stick. Watch out for the Fiddle stick though! You might lose 1, 2 or ALL of your sticks! This game would also be a great addition to your sub tub. A variety of rhythm levels available. **Colors will vary depending on stock.** All are 4-beat patterns unless otherwise specified. 20 rhythms + 4 Fiddlesticks included. Choose stick notation or noteheads. Written directions included. Stickers are produced on durable, water-resistant glossy sticker paper. Cup not included. Please message me if you have any questions!
First graders are exploring a variety of musical activities in stations as our school year comes to a close. In first grade we are old pros are reading quarter notes (ta) and barred eighth notes (titi). At the play dough station we practiced making them in a new way! We also worked on creating a treble clef which was quite difficult! Vocal Visualizations are fun! This set features a Star Wars theme. Students vocalized using "ooo", "aaah" and "zzzzzz" like a spaceship. They took turns being the leader and guiding their group to follow the path. So much fun! At another station we used craft sticks to create rhythm patterns using notes and rests that we know. Some groups we quite adventurous and built rhythms that stretched to 30 beats long! Later this summer I'll post a more complete list of the centers that we've worked on this year. Teachers: You can find the Star Wars vocalization activity HERE.
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Always wanted to try music centers & workstations, but not sure where to start? We'll explore different ways to get students learning through centers!
In this blog post I'm going to talk about what I think are the five best activities you can use in your learning centers rotations!
Hello Teachers, I'm really excited to share 4-Valentine activities that work well in my music class. Valentine's Day is such a fun holiday and my kiddos look forward to celebrating it with fun activities in music class. Musical Candy Note Game: 3rd & 4th graders love playing this game while learning the names of their treble clef notes. I use candy hearts or skittles as game markers to play this game. They have to match the treble clef note cards from the music staff with the letters on the game board. The first child to get to the end of the game board wins the game. I let the children eat the candy when they are done playing the game. If you would like to play this game with your class click here to learn more about it. Line Dancing (grades 4-8th) My class loves dancing to the cupid shuffle and request this dance every year. My 6th graders had so much fun with this dance that when they heard the Cupid Shuffle music playing during one of their school field trips, they all decided to stop bowling and show their dance moves right inside the bowling alley. I was thrilled when the classroom teachers told me about the flash dancing at the bowling alley. If you want to try this dance with your class, you can get the dance directions and a Valentine mini-music lesson by clicking here. 6th graders doing the Cupid Shuffle! Valentine Games: Lucy Locket Lost Her Valentine My younger student (grades k-2nd) love this game. One student leaves the room as another student hides a Valentine card. The student in the hall returns to the room to find the hidden Valentine card. The class sings Lucy Locket Lost Her Valentine to help this student find the hidden Valentine. The class will sing the song loudly when the student is close to the Valentine card and they will sing softly if the student is going away from the Valentine card. Here are the words to the song: Lucy Locket lost her Valentine, Kitty Fisher found it. Not a single candy in it, only ribbon 'round it (use same melody as the Lucy Locket game). This game is a favorite with young children. Playing Candy Rhythms Valentine's Day is not complete without candy. I place different candy bars on the whiteboard (see picture below). Then I point to each candy bar on the beat and have the class tap out the syllable names of each candy bar on percussion instruments. Then I have them echo play ta and ti-ti rhythms. Now I have them end the music by playing the candy bar rhythms again. My class loves playing candy bar rhythms on percussion instruments and it's fun to move the candy around to create new rhythms for them to play. Candy Bar Rhythms If you are looking for more fun activities and ideas for your music class? be sure to Sign-up by email on my side bar to claim freebies and teacher tips & tricks, Sherry :) Check out some of my favorite games and activities!
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The 4th and 5th grade classes have been spending some time reviewing lines and spaces in preparation for our recorder unit. I love using centers to help students practice certain skills. It gives me a chance to assess the students as I observe. The students love centers because they get to play fun games! Here are the centers I chose for our treble clef study: 1) Staff Wars: A Smartboard Game - There are many online games like this but my students enjoy this one because it is all about speed and of course, it's play off of Star Wars. The students can play the game in a variety of ways. Some work together as a team to identify the notes and others compete against each other. I've had a few groups see which team member could get to the highest level or get the most consecutive right answers. While assessing, you can quickly see which students have the notes memorized and which are still relying on their mnemonic devices. 2) Board Games: Trouble and Connect Four - I got both of these games at the Dollar Tree, added some flashcards, and - voila! Students LOVE board games and I usually add a few "Lose a Turn," or "Move Ahead 3 Spaces" cards to make the game more exciting. 3) Staff Spelling Bee - We do this as a whole group activity in previous lessons so that the students understand the concept. I print off a bunch of words using letters from the musical alphabet (i.e. BEAD, ACE, BAG, etc.) and the students take turns drawing words and having the group "spell" them on their staff boards. The student that draws the word gets to be the "spell-checker" and some groups even chose to do speed rounds. You could even have them try to come up with a funny sentence. 4) Beanbag Toss - At this station, the students will take turns tossing a beanbag at the staff and identifying the note where it landed. After a few rounds, the students can try tossing more than one beanbag and identify all of the notes. 5) Boomwhacker Station - This station allows the students to put into practice the note-reading that they have been practicing. They divide the 8-note scale between the group members and work together to play the provide melodies. After all this practicing, my students are MORE than ready for recorders!! Now, the question is ... am I ready?? ;)
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See my earlier post about centers. Here's a few more center ideas and some visuals for you to right click and save as and print! Drawing...
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In this blog post I'm going to talk about what I think are the five best activities you can use in your learning centers rotations!
Hey all! Have I got another great game for you! It comes from a resources I shared about a year ago called Match Mine. This resource is filled with so many ways to play the same game. It's basically like Musical Battleship. You can do instruments (classroom or orchestra), rhythms, form, key signatures, orff bar set-ups, symbols, intervals, solfege, etc...this list goes on and on! Materials: Match Mine book (for game board and pieces) click here for where to purchase; file folders, paper clip, and a means to store materials (I used a small ziploc for the game pieces, and a large one to hold it all, and then a magazine box to store ALL the game boards. NOTE: The game boards are on white cardstock and the game pieces are in two colors for the players printed on colored cardstock for durability. Plus the pieces take some time to cut out and prep for the game. So plan for plenty of time to make materials! In this game I was having students practice identifying pitches on the staff with 3rd graders. I use the Freddie the Frog books by Sharon Burch. If you are unfamiliar with Freddie the Frog, please check it out at www.freddiethefrog.com. There are so many wonderful things that are in these books! I highly recommend them! In 3rd grade I am having the kids practice all the notes on "Treble Clef Island," but also learn the age old tricks (F-A-C-E and Every Good Boy Does Fine) to assist them in identifying pitches. It is my hope that these kiddos know their pitch names well so that in 4th grade they are prepared for recorder. So here's how you play! 1. Students need to set-up their game boards with the file folders acting as a barrier, using the paperclip to hold the top together. 2. They then need to lay on their bellies to be sure not to peek over the top! 3. Decide who will be the "Sender" and who will be the "Receiver." 4. The "Sender" places their pieces randomly on the game board (which is really the music staff) and then they need to tell their partner where to place their pieces. "Put your 1st one on line note E...Put your next one on space note A...etc." 5. The receiver then needs to place their pieces in the correct spots. 6. When they are finished they compare boards...hopefully the Sender was clear and correct on where to put things, and the Receiver knew where to place theirs and they Match! If they do not match, they need to figure out where they made mistakes. 7. They then switch jobs and play again. The challenge with this game is not only knowing where their notes are, but also in communicating them correctly and clearly! This resource comes from one that my ELL teachers shared with me. With how high my ELL population is, I try to do activities that helps develop their language skills (which in turn helps English speakers with their communication skills as well!) My students really enjoyed playing this game and when walking around, they really seemed to understand where the pitches were, but I found myself assisting on how to communicate to the partner clearly so they could have their game boards match at the end. This is a game that I did when I felt students could practice their knowledge of pitch names independently. It could work well as a center for kids to play together. This would also be a great game to use as a review prior to any assessment as well.
The 4th and 5th grade classes have been spending some time reviewing lines and spaces in preparation for our recorder unit. I love using centers to help students practice certain skills. It gives me a chance to assess the students as I observe. The students love centers because they get to play fun games! Here are the centers I chose for our treble clef study: 1) Staff Wars: A Smartboard Game - There are many online games like this but my students enjoy this one because it is all about speed and of course, it's play off of Star Wars. The students can play the game in a variety of ways. Some work together as a team to identify the notes and others compete against each other. I've had a few groups see which team member could get to the highest level or get the most consecutive right answers. While assessing, you can quickly see which students have the notes memorized and which are still relying on their mnemonic devices. 2) Board Games: Trouble and Connect Four - I got both of these games at the Dollar Tree, added some flashcards, and - voila! Students LOVE board games and I usually add a few "Lose a Turn," or "Move Ahead 3 Spaces" cards to make the game more exciting. 3) Staff Spelling Bee - We do this as a whole group activity in previous lessons so that the students understand the concept. I print off a bunch of words using letters from the musical alphabet (i.e. BEAD, ACE, BAG, etc.) and the students take turns drawing words and having the group "spell" them on their staff boards. The student that draws the word gets to be the "spell-checker" and some groups even chose to do speed rounds. You could even have them try to come up with a funny sentence. 4) Beanbag Toss - At this station, the students will take turns tossing a beanbag at the staff and identifying the note where it landed. After a few rounds, the students can try tossing more than one beanbag and identify all of the notes. 5) Boomwhacker Station - This station allows the students to put into practice the note-reading that they have been practicing. They divide the 8-note scale between the group members and work together to play the provide melodies. After all this practicing, my students are MORE than ready for recorders!! Now, the question is ... am I ready?? ;)
My favorite thing to do with my sudents is centers. I try to do them for one week at least one or two times a quarter after my students have a solid foundation of the concepts described at each ce…
I found this idea on another blog but made the sheet myself- great idea; can't remember whose blog it was on.. I would love to give credit where it is due... I LOVE Boomwhackers and use them often even though I have a full compliment of Orff instruments... the kiddos love them, too! This is great creative composition practice! Here's what the direction sheet at the station will say: Heart Chart and Boomwhacker Station Each person in your group is responsible for 2 boomwhackers that are the SAME color- you may use red, orange, yellow, or green Boomwhackers ONLY!!! You have a 4 heart beat and an 8 heart beat chart included and dry erase markers. Start with the 4 beat heart chart. You can use quarter notes, eighth notes, or rests to compose your rhythm. Once you have worked TOGETHER to create your rhythm, you can play it on the boomwhackers. You will need to decide who plays what; do red and yellow play quarter notes and orange and green play eighth notes or does everyone play everything? Try it different ways and create new rhythms and songs! Another one I'm working on is called Kaboom, again, not sure who developed it, but it's another keeper: on popsicle sticks write 2 rhythmic notes (quarter note on one top, then immediately below it write a half note, etc.). I think I'll make about 20-25 sticks with various rhythms. On five or 6 sticks I'll write the word, "KABOOM". Here's what the instruction sheet for the station will say: Popsicle Stick Kaboom: You have a set of popsicle sticks with rhythms and on some of the popsicle sticks you will see the word, "KABOOM". You will need to work in a groupsof 2-4 people. When it's your turn, you pull out a stick. You add the rhythm values and tell the total number of beats (for example, a quarter note, TA, plus a quarter note equals 2 beats). If your group members agree with you, you get to keep the stick! If you pull a Kaboom stick you have to put all of your sticks back in the cup. Have fun with these- I'm developing a set of 5 stations for K/Grade 1 and another set of 5 stations for Grades 2-4. I also teach JrKindergarten, but they're a slightly different animal! Hee hee!
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There is a Level 1 which is MUCH easier- students write in ONE letter to play for each beat of rhythmic values. Level 2 students have to write (and practice) playing different notes for EACH rhythmic value- much harder. It's a great way to differentiate for your "superstars".
See my earlier post about centers. Here's a few more center ideas and some visuals for you to right click and save as and print! Drawing Notes Center sign and an extra blank sign: Here is the grid- we are using the 4x4 for this activity. I copied a bunch and put them in a folder and then in a large ziploc bbag with pencils included. Could easily put a few of them in plastic protective pages and add dry erase markers.! http://www.marthabeesmusic.com/the-mighty-music-grid.html Another activity with them is thanks to mrs. King's music room blog- GREAT ideas here, folks! This is a composition activity using the grids- I have yet to make the sign up for this one but will definitely be adding it to my bucket of centers! http://mrskingrocks.blogspot.com/2012/10/composing-for-instruments-in-1st-grade.html Heart Chart and Instrument Match Up See earlier post for heart charts! Instrument Match Up original idea is from here: http://www.katietraxler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=466 Here is my version you can download, save, and print: Rhythm of Burgers and KABOOM! Sign Rhythm of Burgers is here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Theory-12-RHYTHM-Worksheets Kaboom idea is here- I just wrote 2 music notes on the large foam popsicle sticks from Dollar Tree: http://secondgradestyle.blogspot.com/2011/12/money-money-money.html Boomwhacker Name That Tune (I hand wrote that title across the top of each page) and put each one in a plastic protective page. Write across the top so students know which way the music goes! These are just some of the centers I have had fun getting ready for! Enjoy!!
This music dominos game is a great reinforcement activity for categorizing instruments into brass, percussion, string, and woodwind families. Players will need to match the instrument side to the correct instrument family side of the dominos. This game is perfect to use for a music center or substitute activity. This download includes a full color and black & white line set of 64 dominos each and an instruction card. Also included are 4 family reference cards with basic definitions for each and 1 large reference sheet including definitions of each family and corresponding instruments found in the game. There are 4 instruments featured in each family: trumpet french horn trombone tuba flute clarinet oboe bassoon violin viola cello string bass bass drum timpani tubular bells marimba If you enjoy this resource, please follow me and leave feedback! I appreciate hearing from you! If you like this product, please see my other items. Instrument Family Spoons Game Instrument Crazy 8th's Game Instrument Who Is It
I love games and so do my kiddos! During the month of June, I included this fun game in our primary centre rotation. BUSTED! What you need: A container of some sort. I used empty Lysol wipe containers. Coloured tongue dipressers. I got mine from Michaels. A thin permanent marker that you will write rhythms with. Don't forget to include some BUSTED sticks! I did 1/5 eighth notes, 1/5 quarter notes, 1/5 quarter rests, 1/5 half notes, and 1/5 Busted!. I made a nifty label! For the upper elementary ones that I will do next year, I think I'll make a vertical label... Put all of the sticks inside the container, with the rhythm side of each stick at the bottom. And voila! Your game is ready to be played! Click HERE for the game instructions and HERE the FREE printable label!
Centers are the "in" things in education, but how do you implement them into the music room? Especially if you have some bad classes in the music room?
Here are three steps you need to take to ensure a successful and enjoyable experience in music centers for you and your students.
Give students the opportunity to review rhythmic vocabulary and notation with an easy matching game! Dominos is a simple yet effective way for students to link music vocabulary with music notation. Your students will connect rhythmic symbols with rhythm names in Rhythm Dominos! Click HERE and SAVE 20% by buying 10 Rhythm games to review reading & performing rhythms in one Rhythm Centers Bundle. This game is designed to connect rhythm names with rhythmic notation. On their turn, players match one of their domino tiles to either end of the played domino track. Matches must be one symbol to the rhythm's name. This game can be used for: music centers small group work sub plans early finisher activity This fun, engaging card game includes in full color and black & white: 64 double-sided rhythm domino tiles 4 rhythm reference cards Gameplay directions page For more practice with rhythm identification and reading, try these games: Rhythm Go Fish Card Game Bundle Rhythm Capture Leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TpT purchases! I love hearing from you! Also, click here to follow me so you are notified when new products are uploaded!
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Want to have students begging you for more rhythm reading practice? Rhythm Spoons will have your students identifying rhythms & understanding rhythmic duration without even realizing it! Your students will enjoy reviewing rhythm notation with this fast-paced, competitive card game! Click HERE and SAVE 20% by buying ALL 10 Spoons Cards Games to review music concepts in one Music Spoons Bundle. Click HERE and SAVE 20% by buying 10 Rhythm games to review reading & performing rhythms in one Rhythm Centers Bundle. This game is designed to identify rhythmic notation and beat duration quickly. Players pass cards at the same time and need to rapidly identify their rhythms and beat duration in order to complete their 4-card collection. Each card includes rhythm(s) with a value of 1-4 beats. Rhythms featured in this game include: 4 beats - whole note, whole rest, half note tied to half note, dotted half note tied to quarter note 3 beats - dotted half note, half note tied to quarter note, quarter note tied to half note, quarter rest & half rest 2 beats - half note, half rest, quarter note tied to quarter note, dotted quarter note tied to eighth note 1 1/2 beats - dotted quarter note, eighth note tied to quarter note, quarter note tied to eighth note, dotted quarter rest 1 beat - quarter note, quarter rest, beamed eighth notes, beamed sixteenth notes This game can be used for: · music centers · small group work · sub plans · early finisher activity This fun, engaging card game includes in full color and black & white: 80 double-sided Rhythm Spoons cards 4 Rhythm & Beat Duration Reference Cards Gameplay directions with 2 playing options - single-hand games or elimination rounds Leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TpT purchases! I love hearing from you! Also, click here to follow me so you are notified when new products are uploaded! #musiccrewstressrelief
Another one for composing with Boomwhackers with the colored dice I mentioned in an earlier post (scroll down to see other uses for these!):
I wish I could remember who had originally given me this idea but all I can say for now is that it isn't my original idea. I played this game during the last few weeks of school as a center. My classroom was in disarray because of performances and I had to quickly come up with something that would keep the kids engaged but we could do with limited resources (i.e. instruments). This center worked with 2-5 students. The rules are the same as regular Twister except for using the colors. Instead of calling out a color, students had to call out the note name the spinner had landed on. This is a great game to help reinforce note names.
As the culmination of our "Musical Terms" unit, the second graders are participating in centers. I love using centers to help my students practice particular skills or concepts and also to assess their knowledge at the end of a unit. They love it because they get to play fun games! Station 1: Simon Says Symbols - The students take turns choosing a question... And circle/highlight/underline the correct symbol on the musical example using a creative pen! Station 2: Musical Terms Board Game - Students will draw a card and answer the question about a musical term. If they answer correctly, they can roll the dice and move their game piece. I put the questions on the outside of an envelope and the answer on an index card inside the envelope so that they can check their answers easily. By the way, I found this board game at the Dollar Tree. It's a great place to get ideas for centers. :) Station 3: Musical Terms Scavenger Hunt - The students work together to find musical symbols in their music textbook and record the page number on their worksheet. Station 4: Musical Terms Hangman - The students draw a card and write the correct number of blanks on their dry erase board. The other students in the group take turns guessing letters until they figure it out! Most of the students already know how to play hangman and any time you can get a dry erase board in their hands it is a good thing! Station 5: Musical Terms Bingo - I created a "playlist" of music passages using Audacity where each clip features a particular term. When the students identify the term that they heard, they place a Bingo chip on that symbol. For example, if the students identified the musical clip as being loud, they would cover up "forte" on their Bingo card. I hope you enjoyed a sneak peak of some of our fun music games! Check back soon for more musical centers!
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