Learning Quarter Notes, Eighth Note pairs and Quarter rests

Mrs. Townzen, Mrs. Keller and Mrs. Shield's classes (First Grade) learned about quarter notes, eighth note pairs and Quarter rests today.  They were beyond excited to learn their first music notes!!

We sang the song "Bow Wow Wow" and used an incredible resource created by two of my friends and colleagues Debbie Anderson and Phyllis Thomas.  The resource is called "Interactive Now!"  There are a variety of places to get it.  Here is one link if you want to order their materials.  SOOO worth it!

http://www.musick8.com/store/alphadetail.php?product_group=3240#.UlRqzxY2_zI

The students love seeing the dogs and tapping the dogs.  Using the SmartBoard, students came up to write lines to show that there was one sound on each beat when all the dogs were the same.

They were excited to write their first notes.  As one student said "Hey!  It's like writing the letter d and then coloring it in!"  The students were very successful in writing their notes and finding where there was a rest in the song.

I always start them out learning rests as the letter Z (since the dog is sleeping and when you sleep, you make zzzzz's).  Though we talk about how this letter Z doesn't snore.  It's just silent!  No sound, but there is still a dog (beat).

So proud of all of their hard work!