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Tempo

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Grade Level: 1st Grade

Lesson Subject: Music

Unit 6 Lesson 2: Social Studies

Standards:

2.1 Sing with accuracy in a developmentally appropriate range.

Topic: A music/singing lesson that expresses the value of work.

Objectives:

Creative Expression: Students will listen to four songs and describe the tempo for each song and identify the type of work described in each song.

Vocabulary:

Tempo: The speed of the music (i.e. quick, fast, low, pace, allegro, lento, swift, rapid, steady).

Introduction: Talk about the meaning of expression through music. The songs in this lesson express the value of work.

Procedures:

Give children the opportunity to listen to and join in rhymes about work, such as “Whistle While You Work”, “I Have Been Working on the Railroad”, “Little Bo Peep”, and “Pat a Cake”.
For each song the students will discuss the tempo and build vocabulary.
Finally, they will discuss what type of work each song is referring to.

Closure: The students will be grouped and given a song to evaluate what type of work and tempo is being expressed.

Evaluation: The students will be evaluated by the comments about tempo and by the type of work expressed in their song.

Materials: Websites for the songs.

“Whistle While You Work”

“I've Been Working on the Railroad”

“Little Bo Peep”

“Pat-A-Cake”

NSD > Educational Services > Classroom Resources > Lesson Plans > Vapa > 1MusicSocUnit6 > Tempo

May 17, 2012