Boxing Quarter, 8^th & 16^th Notes Rhythms                                                       Lesson #27

Objective:

Each student will correctly play and count Quarter, 8th &16th Notes.

            “I can count 8^tth and 16^th Notes.”

            Thoughtful Ed:             Memory Word    Mississippi = 16^th notes Baby= 8^th notes

Targeted Standards:  

Arts and Humanities: 

AH-E.1.1.31  Rhythm: meter (duple, triple), time (meter) signature (2/4, 3/4, 4/4), bar lines, rhythmic durations (whole, half, quarter, and 8th notes and rests), fermata

Context:

New learning and rhythm lesson extension.

Materials/Resources Needed:

Boxing Gloves, Dice, Marker Board, Rhythm Sticks, Boxing Gloves

Technology Needed:

Electronic Piano and Midi Sound Module

Lesson/Procedure:                                

            I. Opening Procedures:           Call Role using memory word for Kinder and 1^st.

                                                            Call Role using rhythm chants and claps with 8^th and 16^th notes.

                                                            Body Rhythm:  feet quarter notes, hands 8^th and 16^th notes.

            II. Main Lesson:                        Define 8^th and 16^th notes…..Draw examples of each.

                                                            Focus on the use of fractions to make 16^th notes.

                                                            Demonstrate the rhythm counting process using Eastman

                                                                        System and the Word System.

                                                            Rehearse class in call and response format.

             III Activity:

                  Kinder – 1^st:                         Students play joia tubes and rhythm sticks to various examples.

                 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th :                           Explain and Demonstrate the Boxing 16^th Note Rhythms.

                                                                Students roll dice to select an example to perform in a mock

                                                                                  Boxing Match using quarter, 8^th and 16^th note rhythms.

            IV. Written Work:                       Students copy examples from the board and write the correct                                                                                                counts underneath.

Assessment Type:

Performance activity:                             reproducing & performing rhythms with hands.

Written:                                                  work sheet #3