Batching Rhythm Activities | 008

1) Teaching Rhythm Activities in your Classroom (Using Echo for Example)

• Vary the length of the Echo. (5:06)
• Echoed by the whole class, half the class, small group or individual. (5:25)
• Teacher plays pattern on untuned percussion instrument (claves, castanet, triangle, etc) (6:10)
• Teacher performs on tuned instrument – recorder, piano, xylophone…(6:27)
• Body percussion (10:19)

Using this list, you have enough different rhythm activities for every week for a term. Go ahead and plug one of these rhythm activities into each lesson for a term. 

2) Batching Rhythm Activities across the year levels. Use the same activity but practice the elements each year level knows. (13:00)

3) Think about how to record your rhythm activities brainstorming ideas. (14:37)

4) Rhythm Activities Exercises: (16:34)

• Read
• Inner hear specific elements
• Half the class claps forwards, half the class claps backwards
• Memorise
• Rhythm percussion on different parts of the body
• Teacher changes one beat, students identify
• Perform with rhythmic ostinato
• Perform one bar or one beat each around the group

5) Composing Rhythm Activities

• Give number of bars and elements to use
• Use a template/worksheet
• Use manipulatives – paddle pop or match sticks
• Use paper plates to represent beats 

Different is good for you too! It helps keep you inspired, motivated!

Episode 2: Introduction to Batching

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Ep 8: Batching Rhythm Activities : this mp3 audio file was automatically transcribed by Sonix with the best speech-to-text algorithms. This transcript may contain errors.

Debbie: Here is the Crescendo Music Education Podcast Episode #8. Hi everyone, in this episode, we’re going to be talking about batching again. I thought I’d start just talking about rhythm activities first. Teachers tend to feel a bit more comfortable when teaching rhythmic elements. It’s a bit easier in