2nd Graders are beginning to learn about music literacy - that is learning to read and write music! We are starting with rhythms in duple meter (groups of two). One of the songs we are learning to meet this goal is Yankee Doodle.First, students listened to the song. Using the whole song approach (listening to the whole song multiple times until they could sing it themselves), they were able to gain independence on the song. They sang it as a whole class, in small groups, and even solo! Almost all of our brave second graders have sung this song for the class all by themselves and added their star to the "Solo Singing Super Stars" wall!We also did a simple circle folk dance to this song, internalizing the rhythm even further.After many weeks of singing and dancing to this song, students surprised themselves by decoding the rhythm using rhythm syllables. They were able to hear the rhythm and sing it back. We will continue this work by next seeing what the rhythm looks like.Hear Ms. McCance's class doing a great job singing and decoding the song here:Yankee DoodleYankee Doodle RhythmDid your child sing this song for you? Let Mrs. Hiltz know by filling out this form.
