Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.

Student Practice

Quadrant 3
Teacher Strategies/Roles
Teacher Role: The coach/facilitator.
Help students practice using what has been taught.
Overall goals and objectives
Practicing and personalizing.
Exercising student abilities.
Acting out ideas.

Left Mode – Practice
Objective: To practice what has been learned.
Activity(ies):
1. Students count in 2’s while marching to songs. Students count in 3’s while moving to songs in 3’s such as waltzes. Have students take turns leading the class in these movement activities.
2. Students play the beat in 2’s and 3’s on classroom instruments. Have students take turns leading class. (Standard 2)
3. Students draw 2’s and 3’s on a large piece of paper for class to music. Student then moves to neighbor’s and follows their drawing. (Standard 5)
4. Teacher claps, sings, or does body movements in 2’s or 3’s and students must tell which was performed by raising 2 or 3 fingers in air for correct answer.
Evaluation: Ability of students to accurately move or answer in groups of 2’s or 3’s.