Arts & Music · Grade 2

Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count

Distinguish the number of sounds from their total beat duration.

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Learning goals

Distinguish the number of sounds from their total beat duration.

Before you begin

Keep a steady beat and count one- and two-beat durations.

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Practice

Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count: Read and Compare

Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count — Model 1

Invented practice data for comparing records; not a report of a real investigation.

Each mark is one sound. The number on a mark gives its duration in steady beats. There are no rests in this model.

Read the model, then answer. You may explain aloud or draw; an adult may record your ideas.

1.How many sounds are shown?

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Grade 2

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Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count: Read and Compare

Practice · Adult guidance · 10 min

Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count: Read and Compare. Distinguish the number of sounds from their total beat duration. Includes three matched practice sets with answer guidance. Print on Letter or A4; save customized practice as PDF through browser printing.

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Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count: Explain and Extend

Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count — Model 1

Invented practice data for comparing records; not a report of a real investigation.

Each mark is one sound. The number on a mark gives its duration in steady beats. There are no rests in this model.

Read the model, then answer. You may explain aloud or draw; an adult may record your ideas.

1.Explain why counting sounds can give a different number from counting beats.

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Grade 2

Key

Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count: Explain and Extend

Apply · Adult guidance · 10 min

Separate Beat Duration and Sound Count: Explain and Extend. Distinguish the number of sounds from their total beat duration. Includes three matched practice sets with answer guidance. Print on Letter or A4; save customized practice as PDF through browser printing.

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Teaching and response guide

Read one label and connect it to the model.
Compare two records using their units.
Explain or revise one claim using the supplied evidence.

Watch for: Treating every sound as exactly one beat.

Check the answer criteria for each task. A supported explanation may have more than one acceptable response. These activities offer evidence to discuss; completing a sheet alone does not establish mastery.