STRUCTURED CURRICULUM LESSON PLAN

Week: 1 Subject: Music Grade Level: K-3

Correlations: 25A1c; 26A1c, Blc

Unit Focus/Foci

Steady Beat

Instructional Focus/Foci

Patting and clapping with the beat to develop skill in keeping a beat

Materials

A written copy of the name game, Speak Your Name

The human body (clapping and patting)

Educational Strategies/Instructional Procedure

Lesson 1: Tell the children that they will learn to play a name game. The name of the
game is Speak Your Name. One of the requirements is that the children be able to
establish and maintain a steady beat. For the game, children are to speak the rhyme once
in unison, then take turns saying their names in rhythm. The class echoes each name,
while keeping the beat going. The rhyme should be repeated after five children say their
names. Prepare the children for the game by having them establish a steady beat using a
pat-clap combination. When this is accomplished, have them keep the steady beat and
say the rhyme at the same time. Tell the children that when one child says his or her
name in rhythm, that person is speaking a solo. The children should be told to speak
clearly and loudly enough to be heard.

Lesson 2: Notice that some names have more the one syllable. To prepare the children
for this, have them practice clapping the sounds of words that they can pronounce.
Examples might include words such as table, bottle, paper, and pencil. Pronounce these
words, clapping your hands for each syllable. Instruct the class to repeat after you.

ta - ble bot - tle pa - per pen - cil

pat clap pat clap pat clap pat clap

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 Integration with Core Subject(s)

LA: Understand explicit, factual information

MA: Understanding number systems
SC: Analyze and interpret data

Connection(s)

Enrichment: Check that the children have grasped the idea of no steady beat. Provide
opportunities for them to say and practice complete sentences since sentences have no
steady beat. Examples include: (a) My last name is _________; (b) I do not know what
my new teacher’s name is. Help the children compare phrases from Speak Your Name
with other sentences to find out whether there is a steady beat.

Home: Tell the children to practice the name game with family members and friends.

Remediation: Have the children use the pat-clap pattern with songs and poems that they
already know. Pair children who need more practice with those who have grasped the
concept. Have them tap the beat softly on their partners’ shoulders as they do the pat-
clap pattern.

Technology:

Assessment

Assess how well the children keep a steady beat using the pat-clap pattern.
Assess how well the children show recognition of no steady beat by using full sentences
along with the pat-clap pattern.

Homework

Teacher Notes

Mc Graw Hill publishes a music series entitled Share the Music. This series was written
for grades Kindergarten through 8. Other songs similar to the one used in this lesson are
available in several formats ( Print, compact disk, etc.).

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 SPEAK YOUR NAME

Speak your name and when you do (rest)

pat clap pat clap pat clap pat clap

We will speak it af-ter you (rest)

pat clap pat clap pat clap pat clap

(student) Ma-ry (class) Ma-ry (student) Ma-ry (class) Ma-ry

pat clap pat clap pat clap pat clap

(student) Joe (class) Joe (student) Joe (class) Joe

pat clap pat clap pat clap pat clap

Adapted from SHARE THE MUSIC, Grade (xx) 2000,  The NcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Used with
permission of the publisher.