Thanksgiving Dinner Rhythms | Level 2 | Rhythm Decoding Activity and Cards DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

🦃 Thanksgiving Dinner Rhythms | Level 2 | Rhythm Decoding Activity and Card Set 🎶 🍽️

Spice up your Thanksgiving music lessons with Musically Minted’s Thanksgiving Dinner Rhythms – Level 2! This engaging seasonal activity challenges students to “decode” the rhythms of Thanksgiving foods using more advanced rhythmic patterns. Perfect for upper elementary or middle school learners, this set helps students strengthen rhythm reading skills in a fun, hands-on way.

🎶 Students will identify and notate the rhythms of Thanksgiving-themed food words using quarter notes, eighth note pairs, and combined sixteenth–eighth note patterns. As they work through the student response worksheet, they’ll connect rhythmic syllables to familiar holiday vocabulary — a playful yet purposeful approach to rhythm decoding.

🍂 Ideal for rhythm centers, sub plans, or pre-holiday review days, this no-prep printable adds a festive twist to music learning while reinforcing rhythm fluency and listening skills.

How to use this resource:

• Review or introduce intermediate rhythmic values

• Have students read, clap, or write the rhythms of Thanksgiving food names

• Use the response sheet for independent work, partner practice, or exit tickets

What’s included:

• 1 student response worksheet featuring quarter notes, eighth note pairs, and sixteenth–eighth note combinations

• A list of Thanksgiving-themed rhythm words for decoding

• Rhythm Cards featuring Thanksgiving foods Multiple Patterns and Color choices

• Clean, print-ready format ideal for classroom or sub use

Perfect for:

• Upper elementary and middle school music students (grades 3–8)

• November or Thanksgiving-themed music lessons

• Rhythm centers, group activities, or sub plans

🦃 Make rhythm review a feast for the ears with Thanksgiving Dinner Rhythms – Level 2! Low-prep, engaging, and full of festive fun, it’s the perfect way to keep your students learning right up to the holiday.