Read the rhythms for Cristian’s body percussion

Read the rhythms.

Practice reading the body percussion from the score.

Improvise your own Body Percussion with the music

There is a 4 beat intro, then the music plays for 16 measures.

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Read the words for “Walk, Run, Ride a Bike”

What is the song about?

How will walking or riding your bike instead of driving help the environment? Discuss.

Teach “Walk, Run, Ride a Bike”

Ask the students if they know what the greenhouse effect is and what causes it. Discuss ways that you could prevent this from happening (planting trees, burning fewer fossil fuels). Teach “Walk, Run, Ride a Bike” by rote - sing a measure and have the students echo. Sing the entire song.

Sing “Walk, Run, Ride a Bike”

Sing along with “Walk, Run, Ride a Bike”

Identify the time signatures in “Walk, Run, Ride a Bike”

Ask the students if they can tell how many beats are in a bar. Point out the meter change to them when the meter changes from 4/4 to 3/4. Ask the students to tell how the mood of the song changes when the meter changes. This song has four whole rests. Use this opportunity to review rest values with the students.

What does a time signature tell us?

Learn About Common Time

Compose Your Own Rhythm

Compose your own rhythm using the interactive rhythm composition tool.

Choose Level 2 to start.

You click on the notes or rest to enter them.

Then choose the instrument that you'd like to play them.

Press play, and try performing the new rhythm that you've created.

Try creating new rhythms and playing on new instruments.

Try other levels if you've learned more rhythms at school.

The song you will learn today uses both 4/4 and 3/4 meters.

To compose in 3/4 meter, try Level 5.

Teach “Tulip Round”

Read the note names and rhythms for “Tulip Round.” Sing the song in unison. When students can sing it successfully in unison, try the round in two parts. The round is recorded in two parts but may be sung in four parts.

This song is in common time.

Option 1: Play “Tulip Round” on Boomwhackers

Option 2: Play “Tulip Round” on Ukuleles or Guitars

Option 3: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Tulip Round”

Creative Ideas: If the round is too difficult for your students, use this as a song with an ostinato pattern instead. Have your students use ideas from the song to create a melodic ostinato that is 1-2 measures long using the notes CDE. There will be slight clashes of harmonies, but it will work for the most part. If you prefer, create a rhythmic ostinato on non-pitched and sing the melody with the rhythm ostinato.