4th Grade Music Composition Centers

Switching gears into November, we present to you "Thanksgiving Rhythm Compositions" for your students!

Included are two printable and reproducable 8.5x11" sheets with 9 thanksgiving themed rhythms on them. Print these out and use to have students, groups of students, or even teachers and interns compose their own rhythms!

• Compose the rhythms however you wish... 2 beats long, 4 beats long, 8 beats long, etc
  • Speak it out (to themselves and the class)
  • Play it out (rhythm sticks, drums, etc)
  • Mix it up
  • Collaborate with others
  • Turn it into a round, a canon, a two part, etc

Print, cut, and go! Included rhythms are quarter note, eighth note pairs, triplets, and four sixteenth note