Here are some Orff parts.
I put the students in 3 groups. The notes are in the shape of shoes, an idea I got from an old MacMillan series to go with the "Sore Foot March." The dotted rhythms can be likened to walking with a limp: loooong, short, looooong, short - instead of marching to a steady beat. While practicing these rhythms, we march around the room, play instruments - all on different days to practice the dotted quarter note- eighth note pattern.
The first group spoke these words while playing guiros.
The second group played this pattern on woodblocks and claves.
The third group said these words and played xylophones on a DA bordun.
On another day we use foot cards to do rhythmic dictation. I make these 5 cards for each student. I have flash cards with and without numbers on the bottom. They can be helpful to make sure all students have the right number of cards - and to check their answers with the PowerPoint - but they could be confusing.
