Although these seem pretty basic, younger students have a hard time keeping track of both the number of beats and the number of different drums at the same time. They can do just the beats, or the drums as a separate exercise, or the number of drums on the repeat (all are given twice). They can also use their fingers (Tip 1 below). What? Yes, fingers are manipulatives that can help work toward automaticity, and in this case students are counting something that is ephemeral, so the extra help may be needed. Also, this is a good memory technique in general. Making an association between an object (finger) and an idea to remember can be very useful (NTFTWT).* This is a good chance to teach “chunking” as well because some of the beats are in groups. They will see that a group of three and a group of two add up to five, connecting with their math skills.
The link to Round 2 is below.
Link to Check the Beat- Round 2
Blank Answer Sheet for Check the Beat:
Neurons That Fire Together Wire Together- See the Hebb principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbian_theory