Music and Movement

2021-2022 Lesson Plan

Pre-K General Music

Week of: Week 5: October 4th

Teacher’s Name Gie Su Ahn

Grade Level Pre-K (BMELC & Washington)

1.3A.2.Cr1a: Explore, create and improvise musical ideas using rhythmic and melodic patterns
NJSLS-VPA:
in various meters and tonalities.

Unit: Steady Beat; Fast or Slow

Learning Goals: Using our voices to sing and keeping a steady beat with our motions

Potential
What is the heart of music? Did my beat get faster or stay the same? How many steady beats can you keep?
Questions:

Assessments: No formal assessments will be conducted.

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- Mini-lessons
- How-to sheets
- Technology lessons and integrated activities
- Individual work: solo practice
- Cross-content integration
- Peer tutoring: instrumental modeling, vocal modeling
Modifications:
- Collaborative groups
- Student choice of repertoire or instrument during class
- Seating preferences
- Simplified reading materials
- Solo opportunities for advanced students

Note: It is understood that all lesson plans will include appropriate 504/IEP support accommodations where applicable.

**(Leave list as-is, or highlight per lesson. These are from the “National SEL standards”)**
Self-management
Social-Emotion Self-awareness
al Learning: Social awareness
Relationship skills
Responsible decision making

Technology: Smartboard, YouTube, Laptop

Lesson Title: STEADY BEAT stays the SAME, but can be SLOW or FAST

Time Instructional
Lesson Activities/Procedures Resources
Estimate Approach

Hello There (ukulele)

2 minutes Hello
Hello, Welcome - greeting all the students

The Warm Up Song

3 minutes Warm Up Bouncing Up and Down
Shake Your Sillies Out

Students will sing-along to songs played on the Ukulele

Ukulele Songs *Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
*when *If You’re Wearing...
necessary *The Wheels on the Bus
*If You’re Happy and You Know It

Music has a Steady Beat - students will go over the movements

3 minutes Quaver Music before the song is played; they will answer the question “What has
a steady beat? Where can we find a steady beat?”

Beat Beat Feel the Beat - “Steady Beat stays the same, but can
7 minutes be slow or fast”; students will get a chance to show their steady
beat to the class and have everyone follow them

4 minutes Listen and Move - students will listen and move - walk, run,
 robot, tap dance, fly, tiptoe, march

Move (SuperSimple)
(1) Have Fun and Freeze
Listen and
6 minutes (1) If I Were An Animal
Dance Songs
I Can Move My Body Like Anything
(1) STOP Follow Directions Dance

(1) Who is Fast? Who is Slow? - students will choose according to

6 minutes Quaver Music question and figure out which side is fast or slow
(2) Jumpin’ Jacks - students will listen and move

(highlight as needed)
-shakers
6 minutes Instruments -scarfs - listen to music sung by Shakira (Latin Artist); Waka
Waka and Try Everything (from Zootopia) and dance
-drums

Smartboard Feel the Beat - taking turns to choose a movement

10 minutes
Interactive Autumn Vibe Music - feeling the steady beat

Goodbye, Farewell - song that will be used to say goodbye at the

2 minutes
end of class