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Steady Beat

Click on each underlined song title to view the song

 

When Cats Wake Up in the Morning = as T introduces song, T bounces hands on knees and encourages S to do the same

 

Assessments

1.  Can students pat the steady beat of the song on their legs while singing?

 

El Capitan Listening Lesson = T asks students to move their feet and bodies in the same way that the music sounds

 

Assessments

1.  Can students move their hands or feet in the pattern that the teacher asks to the steady beat?

 

Little Bo Peep = each time S and T say poem to ask for a new sound from a mystery instrument, all tap their hands on their knees as they say the poem

 

Assessments

1.  Can students tap their legs to the steady beat while saying the poem for each round of the game?

 

Pumpkin, Pumpkin = S pass pumpkin to the steady beat

 

Assessments

1.  Can students pat the steady beat to the song on their legs while learning it?

2.  Can students pass the pumpkin to the steady beat?

 

Woodpecker Tapping = each time S find a new partner, they tap their hands on that person’s shoulders to the beat of the song 

 

Assessments

1.  Can students tap the shoulders of their partner to the steady beat while singing the song?

 

Johnny’s Hammer = S tap their legs or move appropriate parts of body to steady beat depending on which part of song has been added 

 

Assessments

1.  Can students do each movement to the steady beat of the song as movements are added?

 

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