10 High Quality 10-min student marked Rhythm etc. theory starters

10 worksheets (some two sided/ 26 sheets in total to download) to test rhythm, duration, time signatures and bar lines understanding. Suits Elementary / Primary teachers and High School / Secondary School music teachers. Includes answer pack for student self-marking.

Progressively becoming more difficult from Easy (basic duration notes) to Hard (adding up more challenging note durations).

For teachers who need weekly high quality, minimal work, 10-minute timed starter work sheets (4 mins timed activity, 3 mins student or peer marking, 3 mins admin and handing out / collecting in of task). The worksheets are student marked with instructions on efficiently using them in the classroom. Worksheets can be resat regularly to demonstrate student progress or correct common misunderstandings as well as increasing their speed each time.

Very suitable for a knowledge rich curriculum approach and designed to match the starter activities that Maths lessons use to settle the students, get them into a routine and help the teacher regularly check understanding with minimal effort. Allows the teacher silent time to complete the register as well. These worksheets are designed to match the high-quality starter activities that maths teachers are able to purchase and use that result in a quiet start to the lesson. Also supports the ‘Teach Like a Champ’ and ‘Practice Perfect’ method by Doug Lemov with regular student testing and student mastery of a basic principle.