a game that uses rhythm reading/ notation in pairs, and is differentiated
This is my idea:
Students pick a card of an appropriate difficulty level to them- with a one bar rhythm on it.
They work in pairs, and each student has to say/ sing/ clap the rhythm on their card for their partner to notate. They then swop over.
I have a couple of students in my class who I suspect will find this rather easy- in which case I will ask them to make up theyr own one or two bar rhythms in a time signature chosen by them.
You will find attached 5 A4 sheets each with 4 one bar rhythms in three difficulty levels (1a and 1b are the same difficulty level- just for clarification)
Each difficulty level would be copied unto a different colour card/ paper so that students will know that they can pick a level that is most helpful to them-
You could possibly laminate them and then they need to be cut into four- so that there is a card for each one bar rhythm.
The rhythms here are handdrawn- if you use this idea and make up your own rhythms, could I have a copy, pretty please?
Reflection on Teaching and Learning
This was popular with my students both of year 7 and 9 - more fun than a rhythm dictation from me from the front, and more engaging for the students- it also facilitates differentiation and allows students to practise both reading and writing a rhythm.
Furthermore it gets students reading rhythms individually rather than as a group- without it being too scarey!
Do you think it is relevant for students to learn to read and write rhythms? Why, why not?
If you have a go with this, I'd love to hear how it went!
