Feel the beat: K to 2nd art & music
Steady beat and tempo. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: steady beat and tempo.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: What makes you want to tap your foot?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: feel the beat.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Feel the Beat (https://peabody.kids/world/music/music-feel-the-beat)
- Play: Beat Buddies (https://peabody.kids/music/beats)
- Play: Fast or Slow (https://peabody.kids/music/listen/fast-slow)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about feel the beat, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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