Grade:Second

Subject:GeneralMusic
Focus:SteadyBeat
RelatedSubject:Goingtoschool
Lessonadaptedfrom:SharetheMusic,2,pg.T1G
Objective:Studentswillpattodetermineifmusicandapoemhavesteadybeatorno
steadybeatandpatwiththebeattodevelopskillinkeepingabeat.
Standards:Creating,Performing,andParticipatinginthearts

Materials:
HandDrum
PoemTheWaytoStartaDaybyByrdBaylor
SongSongTimebyLynnFreemanOlson
SpeechPieceSayYouName
Differentiation:

Somechildrenmaystillneedhelpinfindingorkeepingasteadybeat.Watchandnote
thosehavingtrouble.Therewillbemanyopportunitiestopractice.Onebeatkeeping
gameistouseasteadybeattopatdifferentbodypartsforeightbeatseach.Firstlead
childrenasyoupat,countingaloudfromonetoeight.Then,letchildrentaketurns
leading.
Toreinforcesteadymaintainingasteadybeat,havechildrenusethepatclappatternwith
knownsongsandshortpoemsuntilmostaredoingthepatterntogether.Ifafewhave
difficulty,itmayhelptopairthemwithproficientchildrenwhotapthebeatgentlyon
partnershouldersastheydothepatclappattern.

Lesson:

GetSet:
Tellstudents,Todaybeginsanewyearofmusicalfunandlearnandlearning.Everyday
isanewbeginning.Whenyoustartyourday,howdoyoumoveyourbody?Perhapsyou
stretchanddosomeexercises.Pretendyouarewakingup,andlisten.Havechildren
Listentothepoemwhiletheyarepretendingtowakeup
Listentothepoemagainkeepingstill
Asksomequestionstohelpstudentsexpresswhattheyfeelaboutit
Howdoyouthinkthewriterofthepoemfeelsaboutthebeginningoftheday?(happy,
quiet,thoughtful,peaceful)
Doyoueverymakeupwordstosing?

Whatmightyouwriteasongabout?
Howmanyofyoudoexerciseseachmorning?

Havechildrendoexerciseswithyoutomusicthathasnosteadybeatandmusicthat
hasasteadybeat
Tellchildren,didyouknowthatyoujustmovedwithasteadybeatwhileyouwere
exercising?Listeningforasteadybeat,andmovingtoit,canhelpyouinmusicandits
lotsoffun!Inthislesson,youllhavemorechancestomovewiththesteadybeat.
Develop:1.IntroduceSongTime.Learnthesong.Havechildren
Listentothesong,pattingwiththesteadybeat
Readthehandout,thenlistentothesongagain,tappingthesunsonthesteadybeat.
Lookatverse2andidentifytheopposites
Findthewordthatrhymeswithaway
Listentothesongagain,pointingtothepicturesbelowthesongthatrepresentkeywords.
2.IdentifythesteadybeatinSongTime.Havechildren:
Patwiththebeatastheysingthesong
InformalAssessment:ClosetheireyesandtrypattingwiththebeatasyoureadThe
WaytoStartaDaytodecideifithasasteadybeat.(Itdoesnot.)Thenhavethempat
withthebeatwhilelisteningtoSongTimetodecideifithasasteadybeat.(Itdoes.)

Apply:IntroduceSayYourNamePracticekeepingthesteadybeat.Havechildren
PatandclapthesteadybeatasyouplaySayYourName

Close:Tellwhatthetermsteadybeatmeansinyourownwords.(Listenforthewords
steady,regular,staysthesame.)Doyouagreewiththeanswersyouveheard?Canyou
addmore?Howdidyoushowthesteadybeatduringclasstoday?(pattedwiththebeat
toSongTimeandpatclappedwiththebeattoSayYourName.)Havechildren
SingSongTimeoncemore.Chooseawaytokeepthebeat.