Music of Me.

Six short slides, each building on the last:

1. Identify each note and rest as a fraction of a whole measure, in simplest form.
2. Halve a note — pick the note that completes the split into two equal halves.
3. Divide a note other ways — into 4, 8, or 16 equal notes.
4. Decompose a note into smaller notes, then write the expression and the sum.
5. Group equal notes as multiplication — like 2(1/4) — find the product, then pick the one note that lasts just as long.
6. Complete a measure that's missing one note — sum what's shown, subtract from the time signature, and pick the note that completes it.

Halving is dividing. Grouping is multiplying. Completing a measure is subtracting. Every music move is a fraction move.

Part 1 is six short slides, each with a worked example and a printable blank worksheet. It front-loads the vocabulary — whole/half/quarter/eighth/sixteenth, dotted notes, rests, time signatures — so the composing in Part 2 is grounded in the math.

Standalone practice modules (Notes as Fractions, Completing the Measure, Grouping Notes, and more) let you drill any single skill before or alongside the project.

Build your own melody on a real staff. Name it, pick a time signature and tempo, and place notes and rests. Add chords, dotted notes, and lyrics, and choose your instrument — piano or acoustic guitar. Press play to hear it.

A live checklist keeps you honest: at least 10 filled measures, several note lengths, a range of pitches, a chord, a dotted note, some rests, and a rhythm you repeat — like the way London Bridge or Happy Birthday repeat.

This is the heart of the project and it's open from day one. The requirements are enforced in real time — green checks appear as each rule is met — so students self-assess and you spend less time chasing missing pieces.

Now analyze your own song, one measure at a time. Group the same-length notes as multiplication — like 2(1/4) — add the groups, rewrite them with common denominators, and show that each measure follows the mathematical rule set by the time signature.

Part 3 turns a student's composition into their own worked problem set — every measure is a fraction sum they have to justify. This is where 7.NS.A.1 and 7.NS.A.2 come together on work they're personally invested in.

Your finished project assembles itself: a cover page with your song's title, tempo, and score; a scannable QR code that plays it aloud; a Common Core standards page; and all your Part 1–3 work — ready to print as clean sheet music.

One print button produces a portfolio-quality packet. Hang the scores on the wall, and anyone with a phone can scan the QR code to hear the composition — a built-in showcase with zero extra setup.

A teacher dashboard shows each student's progress through Parts 1–3 — song title, measure count, and note count — searchable by name and filterable by class period.