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Students will create a word rhythm pattern. They will say the word rhythm pattern while A)maintaining a steady beat (patting on knees) and B) clapping the rhythm.

Use rhythm cards to compose rhythms in different time signatures, assign musical instruments to each note value, and perform your composition for the class.

This rubric is to evaluate the student's proficiency at pitch matching within an improvised musical response consisting of 4 counts by echo singing the first 2 notes (a descending minor 3rd (G4-E4)) of the teacher’s musical melody “question” beginning with the minor 3rd as the first two pitches but improvising the rest of their “answer,” resulting in resolution. These skills are based upon the Academic Standards for Music - Caddo Parish Music Department: PERFORM (Mus1.3.1 - Sing a cappella and accompanied songs with attention to pitch, diction, tone quality, and posture – correlated with National Music Standard 1) and CREATE (Mus3.3.1 - Sing or play extended responses to teacher or student musical questions – correlated with National Music Standard 3).

Students will perform 8 beat rhythms from notation by clapping. Rhythms will consist of quartet notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes.

I can perform a given rhythm by clapping and speaking the rhythm syllables.