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Beans Lesson Plan Morris
Beans Lesson Plan Morris
PEDAGOGY THREADS:
Keeping a steady beat
Listening across the room
Singing in a canon or round
Assessment Strategies:
Throughout this rehearsal I will engage in formal assessment by:
Students can perform Beans in small groups in cannon, with a steady beat.
Throughout this rehearsal I will engage in informal assessment by:
Observing students while they perform the song in a round.
Activity 1:
Beans Lyrics:
Beans for breakfast
Beans for lunch
And good ol’ beans for tea
If I could only be a bean
How happy I would be(ans)
Chunk 1:
1. Sing the beans song to students while they listen.
2. Divide the song up into reasonable chunks and have the students echo me.
a. Expand the chunks.
3. Have the students sing the song with me
4. Have the students sing the song on their own while marching in place to keep a steady beat
Chunk 2:
1. Introduce the repetition aspect! (The be at the end can be said as beans so the song can repeat
and go on forever)
2. Allow the students to loop the song, getting a feel for the repetition
3. Split class in half and sing in a round, while they are marching in place to the steady beat.
TRANSITION WITH: 1d. Please echo me: (or just start singing!)