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Jessica Gran
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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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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
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.
TEMPO, TIME, RHYTHM, BEAT.
Feel the tempo in your feet.
Stopwaitmove:
ANDANTE takes a nice slow walk,
With a friend you have a talk.
Take your time and you may
Move your feet ANDANTE.
TEMPO, TIME, RHYTHM, BEAT.
Feel the tempo in your feet.
Stopwaitmove:
MODERATO moves along,
Ride a bike and sing a song.
Not too fast and not too slow,
Move your feet MODERATO.
TEMPO, TIME, RHYTHM, BEAT.
Feel the tempo in your feet.
Stopwaitmove:
ALLEGRO quickly goes ahead,
Run, run, run! The music said.
Never stopping, never slow,
Move your feet ALLEGRO.
TEMPO, TIME, RHYTHM, BEAT.
Feel the tempo in your feet.
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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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
Poster One:
Tempo, time,
rhythm, beat.
Feelthetempoinyourfeet.
Stop...wait...move.
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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
Poster Two:
adagio
ADAGIOissuperslow,
Crawlingthroughthemudwego.
Never
in
a
hurry,
so
MoveyourfeetADAGIO.
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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
Poster Three:
andante
ANDANTEtakesaniceslowwalk,
Withafriendyouhaveatalk.
Take
your
time
and
you
may
MoveyourfeetANDANTE.
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Flagstaff, AZ
2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
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Flagstaff, AZ
2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
Poster Four:
moderato
MODERATOmovesalong,
Rideabikeandsingasong.
Not
too
fast
and
not
too
slow,
MoveyourfeetMODERATO.
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Jessica Gran
Flagstaff, AZ
2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
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Flagstaff, AZ
2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
Poster Five:
allegro
ALLEGRO quicklygoesahead,
Run,run,run! Themusicsaid.
Never
stopping,
never
slow,
Moveyourfeetallegro.
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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
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2010 Jessica Grant; created for the San Francisco Symphonys Keeping Score Education program
Poster Six:
presto
PRESTO willnotwaitforyou,
Flyingfasterthanyouknew!
Hurry,
hurry,
and
youll
show
MoveyourfeetPRESTO.