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Freddie the Frog and the Flying Jazz Kitten

Jazz Introduction Discussion Activity: *5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Procedure: Introduce jazz to the students. What is jazz? Where did jazz come from? Talk
about slaves and how they were treated. Discuss the jazz band and talk
about the instruments commonly found in a jazz band.
Goal: Students will be able to understand basic concepts of jazz, where it came from,
and examples of instruments in a jazz band.
Assessment: Could the students recall any of instruments? Could the students recall the
main concepts of jazz music?
4/4 beat pattern and accents on beats 2 and 4: *5.1
Procedure: Review keeping a steady beat in common time with the students. After,
explain how in jazz there are things called accents on beats two and four.
Practice accenting beats two and four to a high quality jazz standard.
Goal: Students will identify beats 2 and 4 as accented beats while listening to a jazz
standard.
Assessment: Watch students carefully and make sure they are copying your beat as close
as they can. It is important they understand this step as the lesson
continues. Were students able to keep a steady beat? Were students able to
show the accented beats with their bodies?
Bear, Papa Bear: *2.1, 3.1, 5.1
Procedure: Using Bear, Papa Bear, introduce swung rhythms to the students. Have
them practice with you on their lap. Once they seem comfortable, try
keeping this rhythm going with a jazz standard playing in the background.
Goal: Students will be able to understand the basic of the jazz swing patterns.
Assessment: Make sure students are able to do the correct rhythm along with the music
playing in the background. This step is very important for the next game.
Hand Drum Circle Game: *2.1, 3.1, 5.1
Procedure: Using the Bear, Papa Bear rhythm we learned in the previous activity, we
will now try and use it with a drum in our hands. We will pass a hand
drum around in a circle and each student will get a turn practicing the

Bear, Papa Bear to music in the background. It is important that the

students who do not have the drum practice on their imaginary drum so
they keep focused and so they are ready when it is their turn.
Goal: I can match my Bear, Papa Bear rhythm to the music playing in the
background.
Assessment: Grade students' ability on a rubric: 3 for perfect, 2 for almost, and 1 for
steady beat that was not swung.
What is Scat?: *5.5
Procedure: Introduce scat, and some basic scat words. Explain to the students that
scatting is a way for singers to solo and imitate certain instruments. Play a
clip of Ella Fitzgerald scatting so that the students can hear what it sounds
like.
Goal: I can describe scat and what scat is used for in jazz.
Assessment: Students raise hands to describe in their own words what scatting is and to
explain why it is used in jazz
Listen to Story Freddie the Frog and the Flying Jazz Kitten: *5.2, 5.3, 5.6
Procedure: Play the story for the students and have them listen for ideas and concepts
that we talked about throughout the lesson.
Goal: I can apply the ideas and concepts we learned to a story about jazz.
Assessment: Make sure students are all engaged and focused on the story being played.
If they are not, they will not be able to apply the concepts they previously
learned.
Recap on Lesson: *5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Procedure: Quiz the students on all the different ideas and concepts we have talked
about through the lesson.
Goal: I can remember and apply what I learned in a lesson.
Assessment: Try to get input from as many students as possible so you know that many
of them were able to remember what was discussed during the lesson.