Jana Schmitt

Song: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"

Musical Element: Texture

Grade Level: 3rd

Concept: The students will experience the change
from a thin to thick texture through the use of body movement
and an ostinato pattern.

Objectives: The students will:

Sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" after
rote teaching methods are used.

Create a rhythmic pattern with their body in triple
time.

Chant an ostinato pattern with special words.

Experience the combination of these factors and make
the texture of the song

increase.

Materials Needed: None

Preliminary Procedures: The teacher will ask students
what their favorite sport is and guide the conversation to Baseball.

Procedures:

1. Teach the song through rote learning procedure
(swaying should be emphasized on the

first beat).

2. The teacher ask the students for examples of rhythms
that could accompany the song

and decide on pat – clap – clap.

3. The students mimic the teacher counting out 1 – 2 – 3,
1 – 2 – 3, etc. to help with keeping

rhythm and gradually stop counting. Discuss with
students the meter of the song.

4. Explain that they will learn an ostinato pattern,
or a pattern which repeats itself over and

over again. Students will softly chant "home
run up in the stands."

5. The teacher divides the groups into 3 groups and
assigns one part (singing, clapping,

chanting) to each.

6. Repeat the starting pitch (C).

7. Beginning with the clappers, then chanters, then
singers, start the combination adding

each part when each group is comfortably established.
Singers need to be loud.

Evaluation: Students can be assessed at the end if
they each do their part in the combination and can explain what
makes the texture of the song change.

Follow up: The teacher asks what happened to the
song that made it change texture and if it was more fun to sing
alone (thin) or with lots of parts (thick).