Mix and match activities to create a fun lesson on intermediate rhythms. Integrate solfeg.io in teaching about dotted notes.
🎲 What's included in these activities:
💻 Materials:
🕐 Time: 7 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 10 min
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How long is a dot?
What is half of a quarter note?
By how much is a Dotted Quarter Note longer than a Quarter Note?
🕐 Time: 7 min
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🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa (Verse 1)
Timebomb by Walk The Moon (Chorus 2)
In the vocal line
In the 1st rhythm line
In the 2nd rhythm line
In the 3rd rhythm line
🕐 Time: 7 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 7 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
Did you learn something new? Explain.
What was easy? What was difficult? Explain.
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
This lesson is about dotted rhythms – students will learn the meaning of a dot in rhythm, determine the length of a dotted quarter note, learn to clap dotted quarter notes, and learn how to find them in a song. For additional learning about the dotted eighth note and more complex dotted rhythms, students can take the chatbot class “Intermediate Rhythms: Dotted Notes” as homework.
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons. If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Set up the classroom
🕐 7 min - Going Beyond the Rhythm Pyramid
Tip: Compare the “Rhythm Pyramid” to a dream world in which everything looks perfect and always fits, versus the real world where there are imperfect objects which make our everyday life more interesting and surprising – this is the role of dotted notes in music.
🕐 5 min - Theory of Dots
🕐 5 min - Dotted Quarter Note
How long is a dot?
What is half of a quarter note?
By how much is a Dotted Quarter Note longer than a Quarter Note?
🕐 3 min - Exercise 1: Clapping Dotted Quarter Notes
🕐 2 min - Q & A
🕐 4 min - Exercise 2: Finding Dotted Quarter Notes
Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa (Verse 1)
Blank Space by Taylor Swift (Bridge)
Timebomb by Walk The Moon (Chorus 2)
🕐 2 min - Q & A
In the Vocal line
In the 1st Rhythm Line
In the 2nd Rhythm Line
In the 3rd Rhythm Line
🕐 5 min - Exercise 3
🕐 2 min - Q & A
🕐 5 min - Q & A
Did you learn something new? Explain.
What was easy? What was difficult? Explain.
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
This lesson is about dotted rhythms – students will learn the meaning of a dot in rhythm, determine the length of a dotted quarter note, learn to clap dotted quarter notes, and learn how to find them in a song. For additional learning about the dotted eighth note and more complex dotted rhythms, students can take the chatbot class “Intermediate Rhythms: Dotted Notes” as homework.
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons. If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Set up the classroom
🕐 7 min - Going Beyond the Rhythm Pyramid
Tip: Compare the “Rhythm Pyramid” to a dream world in which everything looks perfect and always fits, versus the real world where there are imperfect objects which make our everyday life more interesting and surprising – this is the role of dotted notes in music.
🕐 5 min - Theory of Dots
🕐 5 min - Dotted Quarter Note
How long is a dot?
What is half of a quarter note?
By how much is a Dotted Quarter Note longer than a Quarter Note?
🕐 3 min - Exercise 1: Clapping Dotted Quarter Notes
🕐 2 min - Q & A
🕐 4 min - Exercise 2: Finding Dotted Quarter Notes
Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa (Verse 1)
Blank Space by Taylor Swift (Bridge)
Timebomb by Walk The Moon (Chorus 2)
🕐 2 min - Q & A
In the Vocal line
In the 1st Rhythm Line
In the 2nd Rhythm Line
In the 3rd Rhythm Line
🕐 5 min - Exercise 3
🕐 2 min - Q & A
🕐 5 min - Q & A
Did you learn something new? Explain.
What was easy? What was difficult? Explain.
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
This lesson is about dotted rhythms – students will learn the meaning of a dot in rhythm, determine the length of a dotted quarter note, learn to clap dotted quarter notes, and learn how to find them in a song. For additional learning about the dotted eighth note and more complex dotted rhythms, students can take the chatbot class “Intermediate Rhythms: Dotted Notes” as homework.
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons. If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Set up the classroom
🕐 7 min - Going Beyond the Rhythm Pyramid
Tip: Compare the “Rhythm Pyramid” to a dream world in which everything looks perfect and always fits, versus the real world where there are imperfect objects which make our everyday life more interesting and surprising – this is the role of dotted notes in music.
🕐 5 min - Theory of Dots
🕐 5 min - Dotted Quarter Note
How long is a dot?
What is half of a quarter note?
By how much is a Dotted Quarter Note longer than a Quarter Note?
🕐 3 min - Exercise 1: Clapping Dotted Quarter Notes
🕐 2 min - Q & A
🕐 4 min - Exercise 2: Finding Dotted Quarter Notes
Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa (Verse 1)
Blank Space by Taylor Swift (Bridge)
Timebomb by Walk The Moon (Chorus 2)
🕐 2 min - Q & A
In the Vocal line
In the 1st Rhythm Line
In the 2nd Rhythm Line
In the 3rd Rhythm Line
🕐 5 min - Exercise 3
🕐 2 min - Q & A
🕐 5 min - Q & A
Did you learn something new? Explain.
What was easy? What was difficult? Explain.
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...