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, Hello There warm-up song

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Review Songs:

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Head, Shoulders, Baby 123

5 Little Monkeys 

Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Number One, Touch Your Tongue

Little Green Frog

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New Songs

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Put Your Finger in the Air

Grizzly Bear

Kangaroo Song

Skip to My Lou 

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I've Got a New Way to Walk - Steady beat

    * How would you walk if you are happy?

    * How would you walk if you are sad?

    * How would you walk if you are proud?

* Have students demonstrate walks and have class guess what they are feeling. 

* How does this song make you want to walk? 

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Polly Wee - Long/short sounds (goes with Little Green Frog) 

    * "Pauly really wants to get his letter to Polly. What movement will help Pauly get to her house quickly? 

    * "Is this movement long or short?" 

    * Big book page 22 

    * "Let's pretend that Pauly needs to cross a pond. What movement will help a frog do this?" 

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Steady Beat with sticks and/or the Beat Buddies

- Maintaining steady rhythm

- Following the Leader

- Finding a steady beat on your own 

- Arkansas Traveler

- Assessment 

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Body Percussion

* Spooky, Scary Skeletons

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Music Game

* Pass the Pumpkin

 

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Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes

* Show what a quarter note looks like "Ta"

* Show what a eighth note looks like "Ti Ti"

* Clap various rhythms

* Draw quarter notes and eighth notes and decorate drawings

* Pumpkin rhythm powerpoint

* Spooky rhythms

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Pick the Apple Rhythm activity

* Teacher will play a rhythm

* Students will work in teams to find the card the teacher played! 

* Listening, identifying rhythms

 

Jingle Jam

* Continue working on showcase pieces

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Jump!

* Story book, song, steady beat activity

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If time is needed, music game

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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, Hello There warm-up song

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Review Songs:

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Peanut Butter

Looby Loo

Ensy Winsy Spider

Head and Shoulders

John Kanaka - Easy Folk Dance

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New Songs

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Put Your Finger in the Air

Grizzly Bear

Kangaroo Song

Skip to My Lou  - Easy Group Dance

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Steady Beat with sticks and/or the Beat Buddies

- Maintaining steady rhythm

- Following the Leader

- Finding a steady beat on your own 

- Arkansas Traveler

- Assessment 

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High and Low (Xylophones?) 

Use Beat Buddies to help students see where high notes are on the xylophone vs. low notes

"Wee Willy Winky"

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- Go over xylophone playing procedures 

- Talk about how careful we are playing xylophones

 

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Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes

* Show what a quarter note looks like "Ta"

* Show what a eighth note looks like "Ti Ti"

* Clap various rhythms

* Draw quarter notes and eighth notes and decorate drawings

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Pick the Apple Rhythm activity

* Teacher will play a rhythm

* Students will work in teams to find the card the teacher played! 

* Listening, identifying rhythms

 

Holiday Highlights

* Being working on Holiday Highlights Piece!

* Jingle Bells 

* Add movements, instruments (?) 

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If time is needed, music game