Music Multiples #5: Algebraic Expressions
Create algebraic expressions generated from patterns of numeric multiples that the students have experienced aurally, orally, visually, and kinesthetically.
Resources
- One or more recordings of music at a steady tempo in meters that match the factors being studied.
- Music playback equipment
- White board or document camera
- Optional: simple percussion instruments to emphasize the skip counting numbers.
Fine Art Standards
SINGING Keep a steady beat in patterns of strong and weak beats
Integrated Standards
MATH (5) Operations & Algebraic thinking or (6) Expressions and Equations
Objectives
Students will generate algebraic expressions to describe patterns found in a table of multiples.