Topic: Instrument Families, Jazz, Steady Beat, Rhythm 

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Standards Taught:

1c: Sing form memory songs from diverse cultures

6b: Describe music by moving to it

6c: Use appropriate terms to explain music performances

6d: Identify the sounds of various instruments. 

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Learning Targets: 

1. Students will learn about Jazz music and be able to define the genre as well as important figures in Jazz history. 

2. Students will sing using their singing voices. 

3. Students will identify differences in two different performances. 

4. Students will move to music and show different parts of a song (high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft) 

5. Students will take a Jazz assessment quiz. 

6. Students will be able to identify the instruments of the string, brass, woodwind, and percussion family. 

7. Students will listen to various instruments and be able to identify what instrument is playing. 

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Classroom Activities: 

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Welcome

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Beat Buddies (time permitting) 

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Review:

- Chicka Hanka

- Same Train

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Welcome to Jazz

- Watch story clip about Jazz music

- Discuss important figures in Jazz history: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, etc. 

- "When the Saints Go Marching In" 

- "Flat Foot Floogie"

- "A Tisket, A Tasket" 

- Take All About Jazz Kahoot quiz (assessment) 

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Instrument Family Unit

- Discuss the different instrument families: string, woodwind, brass, and percussion

- Listen and watch professionals play the instruments (video clips) 

- Instrument family listening assessment game

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Scarves and Movement 

- Syncopated Clock ribbon movement activity 

- Good Feeling ribbon movement activity

- Best Day of My Life movement activity

- Mirrors ribbon game 

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If more time is needed, music game 

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Topic: Instrument Families, World Music

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Standards Taught: 

1c: Sing form memory songs from diverse cultures

6b: Describe music by moving to it

6c: Use appropriate terms to explain music performances

6d: Identify the sounds of various instruments. 

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Learning Targets: 

1. Students will be able to listen to and identify the instruments of the String family, the Woodwind family, the Brass family, and the percussion family.

2. Students will learn songs from different cultures. 

3. Students will learn about Ireland, France, Scotland, Africa, Brazil, and Australia.

4. Students will move to show what they hear in the music. 

5. Students will come up with their own movements for what they hear in the music. 

6. Students will sing using their singing voices.

7. Students will sing songs from memory. 

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Classroom Activities: 

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Welcome

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Review

- The String family 

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Continue with the Instrument Family Unit

- The Woodwind Family

- The Brass Family

- The Percussion Family

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Play listening assessment game

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World Music

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Ireland

- Saint Patrick's Day Line Dance

- Rattling Bog

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Scotland

- Three Crows

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France

- Frere Jacques

- Xylophones

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Australia

- Kookaburra

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Brazil and the Amazon Rain Forest

- Kabungo Beast of the Forest 

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Africa

- Discuss drumming

- Play rhythms on African drums

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Spring Showcase

- keep working on memorizing pieces

- "All the Way Around the World" 

- "Never Smile at a Crocodile" 

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If more time is needed, music game (music 4 corners, etc.) 

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