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Are you looking to add more composition into your music lessons? This set of Christmas Music Composition Cards and Beat Strips is a great manipulative to use for rhythmic notation and dictation in your elementary music classroom!

There are many ways to use these composition cards including: rhythm reading, rhythm writing, rhythmic dictation, rhythm composition, improvisation and more! When you purchase, you'll also receive a bonus Christmas rhythm composition worksheet that students can use to write out their creations!

Included:

• Cards with Rhythms (listed below)
• "Easy" 2-Beat Christmas Themed Rhythm Cards (using only quarter and eighth notes)
• "Hard" 1-Beat Christmas Themed Rhythm Cards (using eighth and sixteenth note combinations)
• Christmas Themed Beat Strips
• BONUS: Christmas Composition Worksheet

Rhythms Included:

1. Quarter Note and Barred Eighths (Ta and Titi)
2. Quarter Rest (Shh)
3. Half Note (Ta-a)
4. Sixteenth Notes (Tika Tika)
5. Eighth/Sixteenth Combinations (Ti Tika and Tika Ti)

*Note: No actual syllables are used in this resource, so it can be used with any pedagogy!

This set of Composition Cards & Beat Strips is perfect for:

• Independent Work
• Small Groups
• Rhythm Stations
• Early Finishers
• Rhythm Assessment
• Rhythmic Dictation