Lesson Plan: Quarter Note/Rest Introduction

Grades
Lesson Plan
Type
Estimated Time
Author

Grades 1
(4MAT Style) Introduction to Rhythm Unit
One 45 Minute Class
Czarina Francisco

Overview & Objectives

Following the Kodaly Method of teaching rhythm, this lesson will
provide students with an opportunity to understand the concept of
quarter notes/rests.
Students will:
Play games to reinforce the connection between the steady beat
and rhythm
Learn to read quarter notes and quarter rests in various patterns
Create their own rhythm patterns using these notes
Standards INTS
INTS - Teacher
1a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative
thinking and inventiveness
2a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that
incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student
learning and creativity
2d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and
summative assessments aligned with content and technology
standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and
teaching
3c. Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to
students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media
and formats
INTS -Student
1b. Create original works as a means of personal or group
expression
2a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or
others employing a variety of digital environments and media
5b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that
supports collaboration, learning, and productivity
6a. Understand and use technology systems
6d. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

Resources and Preparation

Materials/Technology
Computer
Overhead Projector
Class iPad(s)
Metronome
Print-outs/Manipulatives
Steady beat strips
(https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Color-Your-OwnSteady-Beat-Charts-1430597) or
(https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Train-Beat-Strip1464311)
Quarter Note/Rest manipulatives or flash cards (I use paperclips,
MnMs, or flash cards)

Websites/Apps
Rhythm 1 Quarter Note/Rest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=JkHRidqCk1c)
Give it a Rest Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=XRG0LFNLcCA&index=2&list=PLbnfVGHsxrvcrZI9kwR3NpH4e
68QfH_84)
Educreation for iPad
(https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/educreations-interactivewhiteboard/id478617061?mt=8)
Preparation
Charge iPad and download apps
Make copies of PDF hand-outs and count out rhythm
manipulatives for each student
Have examples of student work for final project to show students
Make sure all classroom technology is set up and running
Load YouTube Videos
Activities
Q1 (5 Minutes)
Students will sing an upbeat
song of choice while
marching around the

Evaluation
Participation
Ability to discern a steady
beat from the rhythm

Q2

Q3

Q4

classroom to a steady beat

Teacher will sing a verse 4
times, while clapping a
steady beat or the rhythm
(use metronome)
Students will answer each
time whether or not the
teacher was keeping a
steady beat
Students will sing song
again, this time tapping the
steady beat
(10 Minutes)
Students will watch YouTube
video presentation Rhythm
1 Quarter Note/Rest
Teacher will answer any
questions, reinforce
concepts, and ask students
to reiterate what theyve
learned from the video
Teacher will then teach
students the song Give it a
Rest
Students will watch and sing
along with YouTube video for
Give it a Rest and raise
their hand for each rest they
see
(15 Minutes)
Teacher will clap or speak
various quarter note/rest
patterns increasing in
difficulty
Students will listen and then
dictate the patterns using
the steady beat charts and
note manipulatives
Students will then
speak/clap the pattern
theyve dictated back to the
teacher
(15 Minutes)
In small groups will create

Participation
Ability to discern a quarter
note from a rest
Ability to keep silent during
a quarter rest

Ability to listen carefully for

the rhythm patterns
Correct dictation of rhythm
Proper

Ability to properly
speak/clap the rhythm they

their own 4-beat quarter

note/rest patterns and write
it on Educreation iPad appeach student will have the
chance to write a rhythm
pattern
Students will then record
themselves clapping or
speaking the rhythm they
constucted
Teacher will share students
work on classroom website
and present their slides
again next week for them to
review from

created
Collaboration and teamwork
with classmates

Extensions
Students can record and layer rhythms into a looping app like BBox Looper
Students can use classroom instruments to record the rhythms
they create
Students can play rhythm telephone using the rhythms theyve
learned
Advanced students can attempt to follow this rhythm drill
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=1bX9i22cH9k&index=1&list=PLbnfVGHsxrvcrZI9kwR3NpH4e6
8QfH_84)