Lesson Plans from Edumate

Grade 1

Term 1
Unit 1 – Rhythm is Fun
Overview
Understanding
Students will understand that...

  Some tasks should be done with consistency and regularity

 Steady beat is the foundation for all rhythmic patterns.
 Steady beat helps keep performers together when they play. 
 Steady beat makes the music more enjoyable to listen. 

Essential Questions
Students will keep considering ...

 Why is it important to keep a steady beat while singing or dancing?

 What other things in my life needs a steady beat? 
 How does consistency help achieve  good results?

Knowledge
Student will know...

 That beat is the regularly repeated sound in a song. 

  The  musical symbol for beat or beatmark is a vertical line.
  Music Vocabularies; Steady Beat, Vertical Line, Beatmark
 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Acwf97rLzU-
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 The different kinds of percussion instrument and how they are played. 

Skills
The students will be skilled at...

 Clapping and stomping with a regular timing.

 Singing simple songs  following regular beat.
 Drawing a beatmark.
 Marching , swaying, and dancing  with a regular pace.
  Playing different percussion instruments with steady beat.

EVIDENCE – PERFORMANCE TASKS

Playing Different Percussion Instruments with Steady Beat

Playing different percussion instruments to the beat will demonstrate the students' abillity to recognize the
steady beat in a song.  With the sound they produce, they could show that they can feel the regular pulse
or heatbeat of the song. This activity will also show their skill in creating sounds with consistency using the
various percussion instruments.

Other Evidence
 Singing to the beat
 Whiteboard activity
 Marching 
 Movement with a steady beat.
 Matching Games about Percussion Instruments.