Musical Math

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Musical Math

• By Annie Welsh

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Learner Objectives

• After this activity, you will be able to
  recognize and count quarter notes, half notes,
  and whole notes.

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Standards of Learning

• Tennessee State Standards
• First Grade
• Standard 5.0 Reading and notating
• Students will be able to read and notate music.
• 5.1 Student will demonstrate an understanding of
  symbols which represent beat and rhythmic
  patterns
• NETS Standards
• Pre K-2
• 10. Demonstrate the ability to navigate in
  virtual environments such as electronic books,
  simulation software, and websites.

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Directions

• Use these pictures to help you find your way in
  this slideshow.
• This takes you to the next slide
• This takes you to the previous slide
• This takes you to the main menu
• This takes you to the directions
• page
• This takes you to the quiz

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What do you want to learn about?

• Whole notes
• Half notes
• Quarter notes

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Whole Notes

• Whole notes are long notes
• They look like this

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Whole Notes

• When you play or sing a whole note, count
• 1,2,3,4,
• in your head

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Whole notes

• REMEMBER
• A whole note has a hole in it like a donut!

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Half Notes

• A half note is long but not as long as a whole
  note
• It looks like this

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Half Notes

• Two half notes make a whole note
• Half Half Whole

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Half Notes

• When you play or sing a half note, count
• 1,2
• in your head

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Half Notes

• REMEMBER
• A half note looks like a whole note being sliced
  with a knife!

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Quarter Notes

• A quarter note is even shorter than a half note
• It looks like this

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Quarter Notes

• Two Quarter notes make a half note
• Four quarter notes make a whole note

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Quarter Notes

• When playing or singing a quarter note, count
• 1
• in your head

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Quarter Notes

• Remember
• Four Quarter notes make a whole note just like
  four quarters
• make a dollar!

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Summary
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Are you ready to take the quiz?

• YES! Click me!
• No, I want to review. Click me!

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Question One

• How many counts is a quarter note?
• One (1)
• Two (2)
• Three (3)
• Four (4)

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CORRECT!

• When we play or sing a quarter note, we count 1
  in our heads!
• Next Question

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Try again

• Hint Remember, a quarter note is smaller than a
  half note and a whole note!
• Question One (1)

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Question 2

• ?
• A whole note
• A half note
• A quarter note

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CORRECT!

• You remembered that you need two half notes to
  make a whole note!
• Next Question

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Try again

• Hint What do we slice to make a half note?
• Question Two (2)

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Question 3

• How many quarter notes are in a whole note?
• One (1)
• Two (2)
• Three (3)
• Four (4)

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CORRECT!

• You remembered that four quarter notes make a
  whole note!
• Next Question

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Try again

• Hint How many quarters make a dollar?
• Question Three (3)

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Question 4

• How many counts does a half note get?
• Zero (0)
• One (1)
• Two (2)
• Five (5)

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CORRECT!

• When we play or sing a half note we count 1,2
  in our heads!
• ALL DONE!

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Resources

• All clip art was taken from Microsoft Office or
  SK Designs (http//skdesigns.com/internet/music/).
  
• Silver Burdette Music MakersFirst Grade
  Edition

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Try again

• Hint Remember, a half note is smaller than a
  whole note and bigger than a quarter note.
• Question Four (4)

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THE END!

• Great Job! Now you know all about quarter notes,
  half notes and whole notes! Youre ready to start
  playing rhythms!