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🎵 Kindergarten · MusicMU:Pr4.2Unit 1: Steady beat & rhythm

Finding the beat

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🎯 Objective: Students keep a steady beat with body percussion.

Lesson outline

  1. Heartbeat warm-up.
  2. Pat the beat to songs.
  3. Beat vs no beat game.
  4. Exit: keep the beat for 8 counts.

Lesson 1 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

MU:Pr4.2

National Core Arts Standards — General Music (grade band K–2)

🏁 Unit goals

  • Keep a steady beat
  • Echo and read simple rhythms

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

⏱️ Countdown timer⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Steady beat & rhythm”

  1. Finding the beat
  2. Long and short sounds
  3. Rests
  4. Fast and slow

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