Music Lesson “Clap-Pat-Snap” Body Percussion Activities K-6

WOW your elementary music class students with these interactive and engaging materials to practice, perform and create body percussion patterns. Music Class will never be the same after students use the google drag & drop create a pattern activity, play along with the video, create and practice body percussion patterns using the flashcards, color their own patterns… and MORE!
Lesson plan with goals and questions, step by step and activities for 6 or more lessons.
I know your students will love these interactive body percussion activities that can be used with or without music.
K-6 applications with Ideas for Stations, Lessons, Small and Large groups. Great for beginning or end of year classes and building classroom community. Perfect for K-6.

LEARNING GOALS:
Play the Steady Beat
Play a Rhythm Pattern (4 and 8 beats)
Create a Rhythm Pattern
Tempo
This resource is part of the Music Class Essentials Bundle
INTERACTIVE and FLEXIBLE materials you can use in your K-6 Classroom. Use the lessons as part of your Steady Beat or Rhythm Units or as stand a lone lessons.
TEACHING VIDEOS for 5 Basic Patterns.  “I Can Do it Alone” Body Percussion patterns. Students can do in their own personal space.  Color Posters and Color Flashcards
Vocal and Accompaniment Track for “Lou, Lou Skip to My Lou” play along.  Color Posters of each individual body percussion action that you can use in your own presentations, to create new patterns, to print and use in your lessons and stations. Use them as classroom Decor!

RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Teaching Video
“Skip to My Lou” song adaptation (Keep the Beat & Feel the Beat) Mp3 Track
Teaching Presentation in PPT and PDF Files
Flash Cards- Poster, Quarter, Eighth sizes in Color.
Flash Cards-Quarter & Mini size for worksheets in Black/White
WORKSHEETS “Create a Body Percussion Pattern” Students use the mini flashcards to create body percussion patterns.
(7 Versions)
Google Slides Activity & Digital Graphics
Unit Overview: Teaching Steps, Activity Directions
Teaching Steps, Learning Goals, Essential Questions
Body Percussion Guide for each pattern.
Printables of all body percussion patterns. (53 pages)
VIDEO- Video includes 1 pattern from each section. Each patterns is played 4 times. There is a 4 beat count in for each pattern.
GOOGLE SLIDES- DRAG & DROP IMAGES and a CREATE YOUR OWN BODY PERCUSSION ACTIVITY (1 Template for each section: ACTIONS/2 ACTIONS/3 ACTIONS/4 ACTIONS/8 BEAT PATTERNS) 8 pages
Audio Files “Lou, Lou Skip to My Lou” Lyrics Changed to Feel the Beat and Keep the Beat.

DETAILS:
TEACHER GUIDE
Teaching Directions, Activities, Unit Steps
Body Percussion Patterns Outline
7 Worksheets
Flash Cards in black and white- 2 styles of each image
Flash Cards in Color- 3 styles of each image
PRINTABLES

All Patterns in Black & White to use as worksheets (53 pages)
POWER POINT & PDF TEACHING PRESENTATION

54 Slides TOTAL
Individual actions (9 slides)
1 ACTION PATTERNS (8 slides)
2 ACTION PATTERNS
2 SECTIONS (14 slides)
3 ACTION PATTERNS (4 slides)
4 ACTION PATTERNS (4 slides)
4 ACTION 8 BEAT PATTERNS (4 slides)
1 CREATE A PATTERN teaching slide
1 WOW! slide
VIDEO

Video includes 1 pattern from each section. Each patterns is played 4 times. There is a 4 beat count in for each pattern.

GOOGLE SLIDES- DRAG & DROP IMAGES and a CREATE YOUR OWN BODY PERCUSSION ACTIVITY (1 Template for each section: ACTIONS/2 ACTIONS/3 ACTIONS/4 ACTIONS/8 BEAT PATTERNS)

Audio Files “Lou, Lou Skip to My Lou” Lyrics Changed to Feel the Beat and Keep the Beat.

HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE:

Students love to Clap Pat and Snap using these original and engaging activities.
Build Beat and rhythm skills as students try to beat the monster to get to the next level.
Use the Video in your Online or Distance Teaching Settings, or in the classroom. The Video is a great way to introduce playing 4 beat patterns with Clap, Pat and Snap actions.
5 lessons and extension ideas including IDEAS FOR STATIONS with FLASH CARDS, posters, and WORKSHEETS for student practice.
Body percussion activities for students K-6. A flexible and Fun set of Activities for your Music Class.