Topic: Loud and Soft Dynamics, High and Low Sounds, Steady Beat, Rhythm

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Standards Taught: 

1b: Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics

2e: Play instruments in groups, following a conductor

4a: Compose music to accompany dramatizations

6b: Describe music by moving to it and answering questions about it

6c: Use appropriate terms to explain music

8b: Identify ways music relates to language arts.

9c: Identify uses of music in everyday life.

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Learning Targets: 

1. Students will demonstrate classroom rules and procedures. 

2. Students will sing using their singing voices.

3. Students will match pitch to the best of their ability.  

4. Students will learn and demonstrate the difference between loud and soft sounds 

5. Students will move to music to show differences in sounds

6. Students will perform on various percussion instruments and be able to identify them.

7. Students will be able to find and maintain a steady beat as and group and individually. 

8. Students will be able to demonstrate sing, speak, whisper, shout voices. 

9. Students will be able to identify high sounds, middle sounds, and low sounds. 

10. Students will sing and perform songs from memory.

11. Students will be able to identify quarter notes and eighth notes. 

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Classroom Activities: 

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Welcome 

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Hello There - Vocal Warm-up

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Beat Buddies

- Practice keeping steady beat using the beat buddy animals 

- listening, following, assessment

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This Way, That Way song with Beat Buddies

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Review

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My Head and My Shoulders

Peanut Butter 

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

Jingle Bells

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New Songs

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We're Making Popcorn

Popping Popcorn

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Raindeer

African Noel

Little Drummer Boy (African Drums) 

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Book/Music Accompianment

"Pig the Pug"

- Read Story 

- Add rhythm song to it (add xylophones 1st grade?) 

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Xylophones (high and low sounds) 

Review proper xylophone playing procedures with class

"Wee Willy Winky" 

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