KSEd Tempo in Your Feet JGrant

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Jessica Gran

Flagstaff, AZ

2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program

Tempo in Your Feet

Grade Level:PK-2

3-5

Integrated Subjects

Performing Arts-Music

Lesson Overview

Students experience various tempos by moving to a chanted rhythm, which will later enable them to identify

the tempo of music selections they hear.

Student Learning Overview

Students will be able to name and describe the following tempo markings: adagio, andante, moderato,

allegro, andpresto. They will be able to move kinesthetically at each named tempo, and be able to identify

the tempo of a piece of music they hear by moving to the rhythm.

Learning Sequence

LESSON 1: 1. Teacher introduces the concept of tempo. Discuss with students things they know about that

go different speeds. Discuss/solicit the meaning of the word "tempo" in the context of music. 2. Using poster

or overhead, teacher introduces the first tempo chant: "Tempo, time, rhythm, beat; feel the tempo in your

feet." Students march and swing their arms in time to the chant. Repeat until the chant is familiar and

students can do it from memory. 3. Using poster or overhead, teacher introduces the moderatochant.

Students practice moving/marching to the chant as they speak it in rhythm. 4. Repeat step 3 with all other

tempo chants. Practice moving from one chant to another change, in random order, until students are able to

speak and move with each chant. Movement of feet and arms should reflect the actual tempo being practiced.

5. Give the chant posters to five different students; have them put themselves in order from slowest to fastest

LESSON 2: 1. Begin with a review and practice of steps 2 through 5 from Lesson 1. 2. Teacher places tempo

chant posters at various points around the room. Have students move from one tempo "station" to another,

stopping to practice the chant and movement at each one. 3. Students congregate at a central point. They start

the tempo chant, and then stop to listen. Teacher plays a music excerpt from the SFS Kids website "Radio"feature. Students begin walking/marching/moving in time to the music. Then they move to the poster

representing the tempo they believe matches that musical selection. There will be some disagreement,

sometimes depending upon which instruments they focus their listening on! Teacher then states the correct

tempo. Students return to congregating point. 4. Repeat step 3 for several selections from the SFS Kids

website, selecting music at differing tempos, as time and attention allow. 5. If desired, students may use

rhythm instruments as they listen to further help identify the tempo.


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Assessment

Assessment is by teacher observation of how students move to each tempo chant, and whether they are able

to identify the tempo of a musical selection they hear.

Classical Music Used In This Lesson

Twenty selections were chosen from the SFS Kids website Radio, four at each of the five tempos being

taught. (A list is attached.)

Materials & Equipment

Tempo chant posters or overheads; computer with internet access and audio adequate to be heard throughout

the classroom; PowerPoint presentation created from charts below; rhythm instruments, optional

Time Required

Two 45-minute lessons

National Music Standards

Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

State Standards

Arizona: Music 3AM-F1; PO1, PO2

Connections to Pathways to Integration

BLUE: Music as its own content area

Inclusion/English Language Learner

The rhyme and repetition of the chants, as well as kinesthetic integration, allows for success by all students.

Teacher to Teacher

Some students are very focused on getting the "right" answer when identifying the tempo of a piece they

hear. There is an opportunity, with more practice and exposure to instrumentation/orchestration, to help

students understand that one part of the orchestra may be playing a quick rhythm while another section is

slow.

Portfolio Links:

http://www.sfskids.org


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Portfolio Documents

SELECTIONS FROM SFS KIDS RADIO (http://www.sfskids.org)

Illustrating TempoADAGIO

Track 2 Strauss Sunrise from Also Sprach Zarathustra

Track 2 Mussorgsky Great Gate of Kiev

Track 3 Mahler Symphony #1, Movement 3

Track 5 Stravinsky The Firebird

ANDANTE

Track 2 Prokofiev Dance of the Knights, Romeo & JulietTrack 3 Schubert Symphony #8, Theme

Track 3 Brahms Symphony #3, Movement 3

Track 3 Mendelssohn Wedding March

MODERATO

Track 2 Wagner Ride of the Valkyries

Track 4 Prokofiev The cat from Peter and the Wolf

Track 4 Prokofiev The duck from Peter and the WolfTrack 6 Ravel Beauty and the Beast

ALLEGRO

Track 1 Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3

Track 3 Mozart A Little Night Music

Track 5 Strauss Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks

Track 5 Dukas The Sorcerers Apprentice

PRESTOTrack 2 Stravinsky Rite of Spring

Track 4 Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee

Track 4 Elgar Dan the Bulldog from Enigma Variations

Track 6 Prokofiev Young Juliet, Romeo & Juliet


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Flagstaff, AZ


TEMPO CHANTS

TEMPO, TIME, RHYTHM, BEAT.

Feel the tempo in your feet.

Stopwaitmove:

ADAGIO is super slow,

Crawling through the mud, we go.

Never in a hurry, so

Move your feet ADAGIO.



Stopwaitmove:

ANDANTE takes a nice slow walk,

With a friend you have a talk.

Take your time and you may

Move your feet ANDANTE.



Stopwaitmove:

MODERATO moves along,

Ride a bike and sing a song.

Not too fast and not too slow,

Move your feet MODERATO.



Stopwaitmove:

ALLEGRO quickly goes ahead,

Run, run, run! The music said.

Never stopping, never slow,

Move your feet ALLEGRO.



Stopwaitmove:

PRESTO will not wait for you,

Flying faster than you knew!

Hurry, hurry and youll show

Move your feet PRESTO.


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Poster One:

Tempo, time,

rhythm, beat.

Feelthetempoinyourfeet.

Stop...wait...move.


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Poster Two:

adagio

ADAGIOissuperslow,

Crawlingthroughthemudwego.

Never

in

a

hurry,

so

MoveyourfeetADAGIO.


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Poster Three:

andante

ANDANTEtakesaniceslowwalk,

Withafriendyouhaveatalk.

Take

your

time

and

you

may

MoveyourfeetANDANTE.


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Poster Four:

moderato

MODERATOmovesalong,

Rideabikeandsingasong.

Not

too

fast

and

not

too

slow,

MoveyourfeetMODERATO.


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Poster Five:

allegro

ALLEGRO quicklygoesahead,

Run,run,run! Themusicsaid.

Never

stopping,

never

slow,

Moveyourfeetallegro.


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Poster Six:

presto

PRESTO willnotwaitforyou,

Flyingfasterthanyouknew!

Hurry,

hurry,

and

youll

show

MoveyourfeetPRESTO.

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