Basics of Beat Lesson Ideas – steady beat lesson ideas

This free lesson plan gives you a step-by-step way to teach steady beat to students in grades K–2. Use it with the Basics of Steady Beat presentation or on its own.

This lesson plan goes with Basics of Steady Beat in Music. See the full lesson →

What’s included

• A three-day sample lesson plan for 1st grade general music, with objectives and approximate lesson lengths
• Activities with the chant “Engine, Engine,” rhythm instruments, and the tempo train game
• The National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) the lesson addresses
• More ideas for introducing or reviewing steady beat
• 5 song choices, each linked to a blog post with more lesson ideas
• A suggested teaching order for the Basics Series
• A link to the free Basics of Steady Beat sample presentation in Google Slides

Formats

• PDF
• Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.

Standards (NCAS)

• Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)
• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

License & help

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Basics of Steady Beat in Music is the full interactive presentation, with audio, play-along slides, real-life videos, and a pre-quiz and post-quiz. See the full lesson →