A New Rhythm Note!

Too

Grade Two students have just learned ANOTHER rhythm note!  

This note has an empty note head (the circle part of the note) and it lasts for two whole beats.  We represent this note by clapping our hands and then sliding one hand up to our shoulder.  The name of this rhythm syllable is "too".

This note happens over and over again in the familiar music "In the Hall of the Mountain King."  This week, we told the story of the little boy Peer and his attempts to escape from the trolls under the mountain.  At the end of the story, students played the rhythm below, which represents the sound of our hero's footsteps as he sneaks away. 

But the story is a little frustrating because the ending is told only with the music below.  Does Peer escape?  Is he captured?  What happens ?!?!  Click on the link below to listen to the music and create your own ending to the story. . .

Click HERE to listen to the end of the story!