Metronome Activity: Target Practice
Hello All! This week and next my students' metronome activity will be throwing velcro balls at a target to different rhythm patterns like the one from the picture above. I laminated the rhythm sheets, adhered two pieces of scotch tape on the inside of my front door before adding a velcro dot to it for easy removal, added a velcro dot to the backs of the rhythm sheets to stick on the door, and mounted the target onto a damage free hook . Step 1: I had my students clap and count their rhythm pattern out loud. Step 2: They repeated step one with a metronome beat. Step 3 : They grabbed the number of balls needed to throw at the target while counting out loud keeping in time with the metronome. I told them to stay focused on the rhythm while throwing the velcro balls and not to get distracted if some of the balls didn't stick. As long as they completed to pattern the balls that actually stuck to the target would count towards their ov...