Drag rhythmic values into up to 8 beat blocks per line to build a drum groove, or click a tile then click a block to place it — handy on a trackpad.
Math skill: Classify Shapes in a Hierarchy (5.G.B.3-4)
How the beat teaches it: Every slot names a shape from a chain of categories (square → rectangle → parallelogram → quadrilateral) — every shape in the chain shares the feature being asked about; build that many quarter notes anywhere in the kit.
This is lesson 22 of 24 in RockBlocks Math, Grade 5, a free course where every lesson turns a math idea into something you can count, hear, and play. The previous lesson, “Coordinate Plane: Plotting Points,” covered plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane (5.G.A.1-2). Next is Lesson 23, “Multi-Step Word Problems.”
Every slot above (A, B, C, D) is its own question, and it’s a real, blank RockBlocks beat the whole time — the same drag-and-drop tiles, kit, tempo, sheet music, and drummer view as anywhere else on the site. Tap ❓ Questionin the corner to read the current slot’s problem, build your answer right in the grid, then tap ✓ Check Answerto grade it. Once you’re done, keep going: expand the beat, drop it into a Stack, or save a copy to your own page — nothing here overwrites the lesson itself, so every visitor still starts from the same blank slots.