Composing with Rhythms Bundle – music composition – rhythm lessons

Composing with Rhythms is a bundle of guided composition activities. Students will practice performing and reading rhythms via body percussion, the poison pattern game, and iconic and standard notation. Then, students will use the printable manipulatives to help them compose their own rhythms using half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, quarter rests, and syncopation. They’ll write down their finished pieces using the worksheets included.

 

This resource is perfect for:

✅ elementary music teachers

✅ middle school music teachers

 

WHAT YOU’LL GET WITH EACH DOWNLOAD

 

➤ PowerPoint Presentation

  • steady beat warm-up
  • rhythm warm-up
  • poison pattern game
  • rhythm reading practice
  • composition instructions
  • bonus challenge for early finishers

 

➤ Printable (black and white) rhythm cards, in standard and stick notation

➤ Worksheets (half-page) for students to write out their finished pieces

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