Build rhythm reading fluency with basic Rhythm Building Bricks · 2020. 8. 4. · RHYTHM BUILDING...
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Activity Guide by Mary Ann Stewart Rhythm Building Bricks ©2020 • Plano, Texas • 800-445-0649 • fax 972-943-8906 • www.musicmotion.com 3 3 3 3 3 3 RHYTHM BUILDING BRICKS Inspired by Gunild Keetman's Orff rhythm-building bricks, these 2 beat patterns include quarter notes and rests, half notes, and double eighths. Cut 9 silicone strips into 18 individual pieces. 6" x 21/2". Set of 18 28193 Purpose Build rhythm reading fluency with basic rhythms: quarter notes and rests, dou- ble eighths, and half notes. The 2-beat “rhythm bricks” allow teachers and students to easily build and re-arrange duple patterns, measures, and phrases, for practice in reading, ear training, dictation, movement, improvising, and composition. You’ll love the look and feel of our colorful manipulatives for learning music! The flexible silicone pieces cling to whiteboards, laminated charts, and any smooth surface. They offer endless opportunities for hands- on activities and games for the whole class, small groups, or music centers. Where & How to Use RHYTHM READING Rules for Success 1. ALWAYS TALK THE RHYTHMS Using whatever method you prefer, say aloud rhythm syllables or rhythm names as you perform rhythms. 2. KEEP A STEADY BEAT When you perform rhythms, tap the foot in a steady beat as you say and play rhythms. Separate into 3 tasks: first tap the beat with the foot and talk the rhythm; then clap and talk the rhythm; then combine the beat-tapping foot and the rhythm-clapping hands as you talk the rhythm. By always saying aloud the rhythm syllables or names, the voice helps synchronize the steady beat of the foot and the changing rhythms of the hands. 3. EXPLORE RHYTHMS WITH THE WHOLE BODY While talking the rhythms, explore rhythms using body percussion, movement in place, and movement in space (walking, running, etc.). 4. SLOWLY BUILD SKILLS ONE RHYTHM AT A TIME Master each new rhythm separately, one at a time, and through different modes of learning (body percussion, movement, instrument playing, etc.), before adding new rhythms or combining them. 5. AIM FOR MUSIC LITERACY To ensure that kids learn to “hear what they see” (to build sight-reading skills), “see what they hear” (to build ear-training and composition skills), and “feel what they see and hear,” (to build kinesthetic and expressive memory skills), alternate movement, reading, and ear training activities to reach the goal of music literacy. 6. EXPLORE RHYTHMS IN DIFFERENT TEMPOS Try a slow tempo at first, so kids can coordinate the moving parts: the beat-tapping foot, rhythm-clapping/ playing hands, and the vocalized rhythm syllables. Once kids are comfortable (over a period of time), try progressively faster tempos. As the beat and syllables become internalized over time (days, months, or years!), it will be easier to perform in faster tempos. But very slow tempos can be challenging too, so keep the voice/ foot/hands involved to keep the wheels from coming off the rhythm wagon. Also, when using body percussion to perform the rhythms, remember the tempo drastically changes the physical and emotional "feel" of the perfor- mance. Performing in different tempos is an essential musical skill, but remember to have patience as it's not as easy as it would seem! ECHO ME! Practice echo clapping with rhythm patterns before introducing the written patterns on the rhythm bricks. As kids master the “sound” of a pattern and can echo it correctly, place the brick on the board. After several patterns are secure (this may take place over several class periods), point to a given pattern and ask groups to perform it in different ways (with movement, body percussion, or instruments). FIND THE MISSING ECHO Place three Rhythm Bricks on the whiteboard. Clap one. Have students identify the pattern they heard. Then perform that pattern with Call and Response 4 times in a row. Continue the game with the same or new “bricks.” Remember to have students always say aloud the rhythms! Activities & Games
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Activity Guideby Mary Ann Stewart
Rhythm Building Bricks
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RHYTHM BUILDING BRICKSInspired by Gunild Keetman's Orff rhythm-building bricks, these 2 beat patterns include quarter notes and rests, half notes, and double eighths. Cut 9 silicone strips into 18 individual pieces. 6" x 21/2". Set of 18 28193
Purpose
Build rhythm reading fluency with basic rhythms: quarter notes and rests, dou-ble eighths, and half notes. The 2-beat “rhythm bricks” allow teachers and students to easily build and re-arrange duple patterns, measures, and phrases, for practice in reading, ear training, dictation, movement, improvising, and composition.
You’ll love the look and feel of our colorful manipulatives for learning music! The flexible silicone pieces cling to whiteboards, laminated charts, and any smooth surface. They offer endless opportunities for hands-on activities and games for the whole class, small groups, or music centers.
Where & How to Use
RHYTHM READING Rules for Success 1. ALWAYS TALK THE RHYTHMSUsing whatever method you prefer, say aloud rhythmsyllables or rhythm names as you perform rhythms.
2. KEEP A STEADY BEATWhen you perform rhythms, tap the foot in a steadybeat as you say and play rhythms. Separate into 3tasks: first tap the beat with the foot and talk therhythm; then clap and talk the rhythm; then combinethe beat-tapping foot and the rhythm-clapping handsas you talk the rhythm. By always saying aloud therhythm syllables or names, the voice helps synchronizethe steady beat of the foot and the changing rhythmsof the hands.
3. EXPLORE RHYTHMS WITH THE WHOLE BODYWhile talking the rhythms, explore rhythms using bodypercussion, movement in place, and movement inspace (walking, running, etc.).
4. SLOWLY BUILD SKILLS ONE RHYTHM AT A TIMEMaster each new rhythm separately, one at a time, andthrough different modes of learning (body percussion,movement, instrument playing, etc.), before addingnew rhythms or combining them.
5. AIM FOR MUSIC LITERACYTo ensure that kids learn to “hear what they see” (tobuild sight-reading skills), “see what they hear” (to buildear-training and composition skills), and “feel whatthey see and hear,” (to build kinesthetic and expressivememory skills), alternate movement, reading, and eartraining activities to reach the goal of music literacy.
6. EXPLORE RHYTHMS IN DIFFERENT TEMPOSTry a slow tempo at first, so kids can coordinate themoving parts: the beat-tapping foot, rhythm-clapping/playing hands, and the vocalized rhythm syllables.Once kids are comfortable (over a period of time), tryprogressively faster tempos. As the beat and syllablesbecome internalized over time (days, months, or years!),it will be easier to perform in faster tempos. But veryslow tempos can be challenging too, so keep the voice/foot/hands involved to keep the wheels from coming offthe rhythm wagon. Also, when using body percussion toperform the rhythms, remember the tempo drasticallychanges the physical and emotional "feel" of the perfor-mance. Performing in different tempos is an essentialmusical skill, but remember to have patience as it's notas easy as it would seem!
ECHO ME! Practice echo clapping with rhythm patterns before introducing the written patterns on the rhythm bricks. As kids master the “sound” of a pattern and can echo it correctly, place the brick on the board. After several patterns are secure (this may take place over several class periods), point to a given pattern and ask groups to perform it in different ways (with movement, body percussion, or instruments).
FIND THE MISSING ECHOPlace three Rhythm Bricks on the whiteboard. Clap one. Have students identify the pattern they heard. Then perform that pattern with Call and Response 4 times in a row. Continue the game with the same or new “bricks.” Remember to have students always say aloud the rhythms!
Activities & Games
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RHYTHM ROBOTS
Pass out tunics for kids to wear, with a Rhythm Brick for each to place on the front of their tunic. Line up 8 kids in a row in front of the class, so the rest of the class can clap and chant the rhythm, reading from left to right. Then these 8 robots walk (like robots, of course) to tap someone new to take their place. Continue the activity with new groups of robots, until everyone has a turn at the front.
FIND YOUR RHYTHM TWINEach student puts on a tunic. The teacher places a rhythm brick on the back of the each tunic, so the kids can see oth-ers' rhythms but not their own. Have kids move about the room looking for their rhythm twin. Two students approach each other and in turn clap the rhythm on the back of the other one's tunic. If the rhythms match, they've found their twin! After finding a twin match, the twins sit down side by side. The teacher walks by the sitting pairs and verifies that the twins are correctly matched. If not, those students stand and continue the search.
To increase the challenge, add 2 bricks to the back of each tunic, so kids have to find their twins based on 4-beat pat-terns.
FIND THE IMPOSTERPlace 4 bricks in a horizontal row on the whiteboard and the rest of them on the side or bottom. Perform 3 of them correctly, but alter the pattern on one of them. Ask students to identify and remove the imposter, replacing it with the correct pattern. Continue with new bricks, or rearrange the existing bricks for new rounds.
DISAPPEARING RHYTHMS:Inner Hearing Game
Place 4 bricks in a horizontal row on the whiteboard. Have students clap, play, and talk the rhythms several times. After they have mastered it, challenge them to perform all 4 bricks, then repeat them but only “silently” play the final brick; repeat it all playing the last 2 bricks “silently;” repeat again with the last 3 bricks silent; then repeat with all 4 bricks silent; and finally repeat the 4 bricks audibly, ending with a loud clap. To help internalize and feel the missing rhythms, encourage kids to "silently" clap and say the “disappearing rhythms” in their heads, and encourage them to softly tap the foot to keep the "silent" beats steady. You might want to prepare this inner hearing game with a singing game like John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. Singers get softer on each repetition, until they finally are singing it only in the head, but always singing loudly on the chorus of John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt! Da Da Da Da Da Da Da!
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DRY-ERASE TUNICSKids become the game pieces! Color-coded tunics help group kids quickly, or let you call out directions by color. 8" x 24½". Set of 20 in 5 colors 28062
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MINI ALPHADOTS Set 2 Matches Boomwhackers and more.
16 of each letter. Set of 112 28156
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COMPOSE A RHYTHM CHANT
Use Rhythm Bricks to compose a short rhythm chant in 2/4 or 4/4 time. Perform it. Then add words, and maybe even a rhyme!
FROM CHANT TO MELODY Add melodic pitches to your rhythm chants and perform with tone-bar instruments or Boomwhackers. Notate your tunes on the whiteboard by writing or placing Music-Go-Rounds MINI AlphaDots over the rhythm bricks.
Extend this idea in a "Compose a Melody" music center. Use the Music-Go-Round Rhythm Bricks and MINI AlphaDots on laminated charts or mini whiteboards.
RHYTHM CHOREOGRAPHY & BODY PERCUSSION Place a 4-brick pattern on the whiteboard. Divide kids into small groups. Ask them to come up with improvised movement and/or body percussion to perform the pattern. Then point to the groups in random order to perform their improvisations. As they build confidence, expand the improvisations to 8 bricks.
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Bug, cric-ket, spi-der, bee,
Please, stay a - way from me!
Bug, cric-ket, spi-der, bee,
Please, stay a - way from me!
28136 Single WIPE-OFF STAFF CHARTS. Use with Music-Go-Rounds
and MGR MINIs, or an erasable marker. MINI AlphaDots fit the musical staff, and the blank back side is good for rhythms. Laminated, blank on back. 17" x 22" Set of 6
BODY PERCUSSION Explore steady beat from head to toe! Snap fingers, clap hands, pat legs, stomp/tap feet, make mouth or vocal sounds, and open hands for silence (rest). Play Follow the Leader in echo or canon games. Divide the class and perform body percussion grooves. The PDF Guide offers fun, whole-body activities and games to boost listening, movement, steady beat, and rhythm skills. 3¾" silicone dots. Set of 24 (6 of each) 28194
Use body percussion
for rhythm reading!
Bug, cric-ket, spi-der, bee,
Please, stay a - way from me!
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COMPOSE A “CHANCE” PIECE Composers in the past have created aleatory or “chance” music, leaving the order of musical measures up to the performer or to a random device like musical dice, a game Mozart created. (Did you guess that “alea” means dice in Latin?) Create your own “chance” composition using Rhythm Bricks and our magnetic Spinner. Students in turn spin the spinner, then place a matching brick on the whiteboard in a hori-zontal row. Continue until you have a 4, 8, 12, or 16-brick composition! Then perform your “chance” music.
RHYTHM BRICKS IN MOTION Form a big circle and walk (or run for 8th notes) in rhythm patterns based on the rhythm bricks. Always have them “talk” the rhythms too.
For rests, students should stand still but extend both arms to express the beat. For half notes, they might step then bend their knees as they say “half note.”
Play music to keep a steady beat, or play the pattern on a drum as students move.
EXPAND YOUR RHYTHM VOCABULARY
Add our MGR Basic Rhythms to create longer and more varied patterns, grooves and chants, adding sixteenth notes and a whole note into the mix. Add body percussion and mouth sounds for timbre. Change the meter to 3/4. How does that change the feeling? How would movements differ from 4/4 to 3/4?
Magnetic Whiteboard Spinners 11"Set of 3 28002
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BASIC RHYTHMS These proportionally sized manipulatives introduce rhythms according to their duration, and extend the rhythm-making possibilities when combined with MGR Rhythm Bricks. Cut 9 silicone strips into 35 individual pieces. 21/2" tall, with PDF Activity Guide. Set of 35 28183
Learn concepts of note values and relationships, counting, meter, and time signatures. Colors and length of strips show relative durations.
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Rhythm N'Counters are another great addition to Rhythm Bricks.
RHYTHM N’COUNTERSA great way to visualize note values and meter! Arrange and perform patterns in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4. Cut 19 silicone strips (12" x 2½") along guide-lines into 64 individual pieces. With PDF Activity Guide. Set of 64 28054
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RHYTHMS CAN HAVE FEELINGS TOO! Add dynamics to your rhythm reading to explore expression! Perform patterns playing Loud and Soft for echo effects. Or repeat multiple times, each time changing the dynamic level from pp to ff, or vice versa. Or try a crescendo or de-crescendo. Notate rhythm patterns with Rhythm Bricks on the white-board, and write in the dynamics or use Music-Go-Rounds Dynamics.
ADD PERSONALITY WITH ARTICULATIONS Articulations are the expressive ways rhythms can be played. Combine Music-Go-Rounds Articulations with Rhythm Bricks to see how the personalities of rhythms can change! Have students move around in a circle like ice skat-ers in steady quarter-note beats, while smoothly saying the rhythm syllables. Then introduce the legato term and sym-bol. To experience staccato, students hop around the circle on the beat like kangaroos, while saying the rhythms with detached voices. Sing, move, or play Rhythm Brick patterns legato then staccato. Pause and hold on a fermata. Try an unexpected accent in a rhythm pattern. Use vocal sounds or body movements to express grace notes or add glissandos to a rhythm. March to rhythms in a heavy-footed marcato, and more!
MOOD-CHANGING TEMPOSTry performing Rhythm Brick patterns in different tempos. Watch how the mood changes! Music-Go-Rounds Tempos are fun to combine with Rhythm Bricks to challenge and hone reading skills.
Sing a familiar song in different tempos to experience how the mood changes!
Perform Rhythm Bricks patterns in fast, slow, and moderate tempos. (Keeping a steady beat at a very slow tempo can be more challenging for kids than keeping a fast beat.)
On students’ original rhythm compositions, have them add words and perform in different tempos. Ask them to choose which tempo best suits their work.
ARTICULATION 3¾" silicone dots,
with PDF guide. Set of 14 28120
TEMPO 3¾" silicone dots,
with PDF guide. Set of 15 28119
DYNAMICS 3¾" silicone dots,
with PDF guide. Set of 10 28083
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