5th Grade Place Value Raps
One 5th grade class at Trevvett wanted to do place value raps. They had been listening to a song from a CD called “Rockin’ the Standards” which you can download on iTunes by clicking here. However, this class wanted to create their own remixes of the song. So their teacher gave them a copy of the lyrics and I showed them how to create different beats in GarageBand. Then with a partner they rehearsed and recorded their raps, trying to keep up with the beat they had selected. A cool thing to do with your students after they create a rap like this is to watch it in iTunes with the visualizer turned on. Click here to see one of the student examples. If you would like a tutorial and a handout for creating a rap with your class, click here to go to my website.