ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MUS (3) 2 :

2) Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter.

Example: Perform rhythmic accompaniments using pitched instruments or body percussion.

[ARTS] MUS (3) 3 :

3) Demonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition to express intent and describe connection to a specific purpose and context.

Students will create a sound story using a children's book, Punk Farm, by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.  They will choose rhythm instruments that complement the important words in the book.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MUS (3) 2 :

2) Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter.

Example: Perform rhythmic accompaniments using pitched instruments or body percussion.

[ARTS] MUS (3) 6 :

6) Present the final version of personally created music to others and describe its expressive intent.

Students will choose a haiku to create a sound story.  They will add rhythm instruments to represent important words in the haiku.  The students will perform their haiku and sound story accompaniment for the class.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MUS (3) 2 :

2) Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter.

Example: Perform rhythmic accompaniments using pitched instruments or body percussion.

[ARTS] MUS (3) 4 :

4) Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic and melodic musical ideas.

Students will create, read, and listen to four-beat rhythm ostinato patterns using quarter notes, quarter rests, pairs of eighth notes, and four sixteenth notes at various tempos. As the students interact with the game, they will practice reading and composing four-beat rhythm patterns and experience the tempos largo, andante, allegro, and presto.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.