Essential Question:

HOW CAN MUSIC POSSIBLY HELP YOU IN

MATH?

Can Music and Math Play Together?

Teaching Math Teaching Math Patterns by using Patterns by using Music ActivitiesMusic Activities

OverviewOverview

• Develop patterns

• Create patterns

• Predict patterns

• Translate patterns

Develop the patternsDevelop the patterns

• Students will figure out a name pattern

• Each student claps or beats the # of syllables in their names.

EXAMPLES

KA TIE

CLAP CLAP

A MAN DA

CLAP CLAP CLAP

DAWN

CLAP

• HOW MANY HAVE 3 SYLLABLES IN YOUR NAME?

• HOW MANY HAVE 2 SYLLABLES IN YOUR NAME?

• HOW MANY HAVE ONE SYLLABLE IN YOUR NAME?

CREATE THE PATTERNCREATE THE PATTERN

• TEACHER BEATS A NUMBER OF SYLLABLES ON A DRUM

• STUDENTS ARRANGE THEMSELVES INTO A PATTERN OF THE # OF SYLLABLES IN THEIR NAMES

• TEACHER GIVES EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS

EXAMPLE: 3-2-3-2 OR 1-2-3-2

PREDICT THE PATTERNPREDICT THE PATTERN

• TEACHER ASSIGNS COLORS TO CERTAIN # OF SYLLABLES

• STUDENTS SELECT THE COLOR OF PAPER ASSIGNED TO THE # OF SYLLABLES IN THEIR NAME

• STUDENTS CREATE A GRAPH WITH THEIR COLORED PAPER

OUR CLASSOUR CLASS

1 2 3

TRANSLATE A PATTERNTRANSLATE A PATTERN

• SAME RULE OF THE PATTERNS USING A DIFFERENT MEDIUM

• ONE-TWO BECOMES SKIP-HOP

• PREPARES STUDENTS FOR NUMBER PATTERNS LIKE SEQUENCES OF ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS

SUMMARYSUMMARY

• MUSIC AND MATH CAN HELP EACH OTHER

• PATTERNS OF RHYTHMS CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO PATTERNS OF NUMBERS

• FOR MORE INFO GO TO WWW.NCTM.ORG FOR MATH OR WWW.TI-ME.ORG FOR MUSIC