During the month of September, the 4th grade music students will begin a new unit on musical rhythms. There will be a unit test over rhythms at the end of September. This rhythm unit will directly address Standard E-1.b Demonstrate learned melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns using expressive elements; Standard E-2.a Demonstrate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with attention to tempo, dynamics, and articulation learned from notation; Standard C-1.a Create and document melodic and/or rhythmic composition in known form using known rhythms and pitches; Standard T-1.b Rhythm: Identify and demonstrate dotted quarter/eighth, eighth note triplets; and Standard T-3.b Meter/Beat Groupings: Identify and demonstrate music in 6/8.