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One beat, two beats
Mridang: Unit 3, Chapter 2
GoalClap the beats in food words.
New words
beat · one clap in a wordclap · hit your hands togetherword · letters that mean somethingone · 1two · 2
Explanation
Words have beats. Clap for each beat. Rice has one beat. Apple has two beats: ap-ple. Say the word slowly. Clap as you say it.
| One clap | Two claps |
|---|---|
| rice | apple |
| milk | butter |
| soup | noodles |
| fish | curry |
Worked examples
rice – one.
apple – ap-ple – two.
soup – one.
noodles – noo-dles – two.
Look. Say the name and clap.
Clap your name. Meera has two claps: Mee-ra. Imran has two claps: Im-ran.
Class activity
Clap parade. March around the room. Say a food word and clap each beat. Make a line: all one-beat words go left, all two-beat words go right. Try: jam, sugar, bread, pickle.
Practice
1
Clap the word. How many claps?
One.
2
Clap the word ‘pancakes’. How many claps?
Two (pan-cakes).
3
Which word has two claps? (jam / sugar)
Sugar.
4
Listen. How many claps?
…
Three.
5
Writing: write one food word with one beat.
For example: rice, tea, fish.