Valentine Heart Game

Lesson Author: Susan Moorefield

Subject: Music

Grade Level: 1

Time Required: 35 minutes

Learning Objectives:

The learner will:

clap rhythm patterns notated on board then make up his/her own on percussion instruments;
answer addition and subtraction problems.

Materials:

set of 25 numbered large hearts
set of 25 numbered small hearts
board/dry erase marker
candy hearts
percussion instruments (drum, maraca, sticks, guiro, cabasa, jingle bells, tambourine)
music to "Love Somebody"
small container for small set of hearts

Procedure:

Pre-Activities:

Students must know:

Activities:

Students will sing "Love Somebody."
Students will clap steady beat to song.
Students will clap rhythm patterns from board in stick notation.
Students will improvise their own patterns to go with song.
Place large set of numbered hearts on floor in a large circle numbered side up.
Students stand behind a number.
Play "Love Somebody" while students march around circle of hearts stepping to the steady beat.
Students stop when music stops.
Select a student to draw a numbered heart from the container.
The person standing behind the number drawn will answer a question about math (an addition or subtraction problem).
When students answers correctly they receive a candy heart with a slogan on it which they will read to class. They then choose a percussion instrument and sit in the middle of the circle and improvise a rhythm pattern to go with the song. Continue game adding instruments until all seven are playing then rotate students back into the circle for game. If student answers incorrectly another number is drawn. If a student is chosen that has already won another number is drawn.
End with everyone receiving a candy heart.

Assessment:

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