M.CR.1: Generate musical ideas through reading, notating, and/or interpreting music.

K.M.CR.1.4 Explore rhythmic and melodic notation through icons and pictures.

Student Actions

Teacher Actions

• Say/clap/tap simple rhythmic and melodic patterns using icons, pictures, or manipulatives.

• Create their own simple rhythmic and melodic patterns using icons, pictures, or manipulatives.

• Present students with simple rhythmic and melodic patterns using icons, pictures, or manipulatives to read/perform.

Key Understandings

Teacher Insights

• One-to-one correspondence. 

• One-to-one correspondence is the concept that we count objects one at a time, with one touch per object. This is an early math skill that children must grasp before they are able to independently count objects or follow iconic notation. 

Resources

Lesson Ideas

Supporting Resources

• Create 4 beat rhythm strips using icons for each syllable. Model how to read the patterns, then invite students to join you.  Transfer to classroom instruments. Create a combination of patterns by displaying 2 or 4 cards side by side and perform.  Rearrange to create variety of patterns.

• What is Melody? Engaging Students, Exploring Sounds, Extending Learning - Your Classical Class Notes Lesson plan where students learn about melody by distinguishing it from beat or rhythm and explore melodic contour by vocalizing and drawing their own melodic shapes.

• Beat and Rhythm Charts - Amy Abbott Picture charts for tracking beat and rhythm.

• Giant Beat Strips - Amy Abbott Another take on picture charts for tracking beat and rhythm on a larger scale. 

• Leaves, A Melodic Direction Song - The Sweetest Melody Picture charts to show melodic contour.

• Melodic Contour-Beth’s Notes A collection of songs, visuals, and handouts for teaching melodic contour.

• Teaching Melodic Contour-Music with Mrs. Tanenblatt Tips and tricks for teaching melodic contour.