Grade Level: 2nd - ESOL

Teacher Name: Felicia

School: Clarkdale

Integrating steady beat with ELA Key Words/Vocabulary:

(Steady) beat
Rhythm
tempo

Content Standard(s): Fine Arts Standard(s):

S Content Objective: ELAGSE2RL1: Ask ELAGSE2SL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with
and answer such questions as who, what, diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and
where, when, why, and how to adults in small and larger groups.
demonstrate understanding of key details
in a text.
ELAGSE2RL2: Recount stories, M2GM.2 Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a
including fables and folktales from varied repertoire of music a. Perform a steady beat and simple
diverse cultures, and determine their rhythmic patterns using body percussion as well as a variety of
central message, lesson, or moral. instruments with appropriate technique. b. Perform simple body
ELAGSE2RL3: Describe how characters percussion and instrumental parts (e.g., ostinati) while other
in a story respond to major events and students play or sing contrasting parts. c. Perform 2 or 3 note
challenges melodic patterns using instruments with appropriate technique.
Language Objectives:
SW listen and repeat others/song using media
SW read text/sentences
SW talk about something new using previously
learned knowledge

EQ:
How do I ask and answer questions to understand text?
How can using steady beat help me to
understand the text?
 Lesson Procedure:
a. Hook (something to get the students' attention)
b. Instructional steps
c. Formative checks (progress checks throughout the lesson)
d. Summative assessment (description)
e. Closing (how you will end the lesson/wrap up for students)
a. Hook: discuss steady beat
b. Listen to a short song where students can
keep the beat.
c. Demonstrate steady and non-steady beat.

b: Instructional Steps:
Teacher will read book non-rhythmically. Discuss what book is about.
Discuss: Does the story have a steady beat?
Begin to read text with a steady beat.
SW create a beat, using body as percussion. Students can also use classroom items.
Discuss the moral of the story. Try to put what the students say the moral of the story is to a beat. You may need
to reorganize, edit, add it words to make the beat.
SW practice putting to steady beat what they have said in small group.
Bring group together and practice all putting all morals to beat.

c: Formative Assessment: observation

Ask content questions of the story. Play a game of I thought I heard you say where teacher asks
questions, the student answers, and another student repeats the answer but begins with the phrase,
I thought I heard you say
d: Summative Assessment: none at this time

e: Closing: using a short song, practice using Ideas to present/display student learning:
percussion (body parts) to keep the beat and text
add movement. Use a song where the tempo
changes, perhaps.

Resources:
Song for the hook. An example is Hot Corn Tamales from Reach materials.
Text, an example is http://www.kidsworldfun.com/images/ebooks/Lumberjack-Mack.pdf

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