Clarifying Activity Students listen to a rhythm instrument pattern demonstrated by the teacher, describe the pattern, and use rhythm instruments to extend the pattern and create their own rhythm patterns. As an extension, some students might want to invent symbols to record their rhythm patterns. Clarifying Activity Students work in pairs. One partner creates a physical movement pattern such as hopping three times on the left foot and two times on the right foot. The other partner identifies, copies, and extends the pattern.
Students select a pattern to identify and extend.
The student uses patterns to make predictions. Then they predict who will come next and continue lining up following the established pattern. During calendar time students predict, based upon the weather and what has happened previously on days with similar weather, whether P.E. will be held inside or outside. The student uses patterns to make predictions. Clarifying Activity Students count the number of elapsed school days recorded each day during calendar time, with the goal being a celebration on the hundredth day of school.