Free 1st Grade Encourage Students To Express Themselves Through Music By Clapping, Dancing, Or Moving To The Beat. Lesson Plan

Topic: Music

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to express themselves through music by clapping, dancing, or moving to the beat.

Materials

• Music
• Students
• Space for students to move around in (such as a classroom or gym)

Warm-Up

• Begin by playing music for the students.
• Ask the students to clap along to the music.
• Next, have the students raise their hands to the beat of the music.
• Finally, have the students move around to the music, trying different movements or dances.
• End the activity by having the students play a simple game, such as "Simon Says," using the movements or dances they learned.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of clapping, dancing, and moving to the beat of music.
• Demonstrate how to clap along to the music and how to move to the beat.
• Explain the importance of expressing ourselves through music.

Guided Practice

• Have students work in pairs.
• Play a short segment of music for students to clap along to.
• Encourage students to move to the beat as they clap.
• Have students repeat the process with different music.

Independent Practice

• Have students work in small groups.
• Have each group choose a song to clap along to and dance to.
• As the group claps along to the song, have each student take a turn moving to the beat.
• Have each group present their dance to the class.

Closure

• Review the importance of expressing ourselves through music.
• Ask students to share their favorite part of the lesson and why they liked it.

Assessment

• Observe students during the guided and independent practice activity to assess their understanding of the concept of expressing themselves through music.
• Ask a student to demonstrate her understanding by clapping, dancing, or moving to the beat during the independent practice activity.
• Collect and review the songs created during the independent practice activity to assess student understanding.