Kindergarten Kindergarten, Rythm, Beat Lesson Plan Example (Music)

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify rythm in a song and create a rythm using their hands.

Materials

• Song with a rythm
• Hand actions to create a rythm

Warm-up

• Ask students to name different types of music they know. Write their answers on the board.
• Play a song with a rythm and ask students to clap along with the rythm.

Direct Instruction

• Ask students what a rythm is.
• Explain that a rythm is a repeated pattern of sound that helps us to understand the beat or pace of a song.
• Play different songs with different rythm patterns and have students clap along with the rythm.

Guided Practice

• Play a song with a rythm pattern that is easy for students to follow.
• Have students stand up and clap along with the rythm while you walk around the room and make sure they are following the beat.

Independent Practice

• Have students work in small groups to create their own song with a rythm pattern. They can use instruments or their voices to create the rythm.
• Have each group perform their song for the class.

Closure

• Review the concept of rythm and how it is created by matches the beats in a song.
• Ask students to share their songs and explain how they used rythm to create their songs.

Assessment

• Observe students during the independent practice and give feedback on their use of rythm.
• Collect and review the song books that each student created as an independent practice.