Topic: Tempo, Moving to Music, Rhythm

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Standards Taught:

1a: Sing independently in rhythm

1b: Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics.

2a: Play instruments with appropriate dynamics.

2b: Perform rhythms on appropriate instruments

5a: Read quarter notes and eighth notes in duple meter

5c: Identify and use symbols and terms for dynamics

6c: Use appropriate terms to explain music

6e: While listening to music, move to show changes in 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 be able to understand and demonstrate classroom rules and procedures. 

2. Students will sing using their singing voices. 

3. Students will match pitch. 

4.Students will be able to read and identify various rhythms using quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests. 

5. Students will perform on instruments using proper playing techniques. 

6. Students will be able to compose their own rhythms using what they've learned in class.

7. Students will complete two music assessments to "show what they know." 

8. Students will learn a singing game and be able to change tempos throughout the song while playing on sticks and moving to the music.  

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Classroom Activities:

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Welcome

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Review Songs:

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Gypsy in the Moonlight

Alligator Pie

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Unit One Review - Putting It All Together (page 36-37) - in class quiz 

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New Songs:

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"The Music's In Me" 

" Lone Star Trail"

"Way Down in the School Yard" - Strong beats

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Show What You Know - Page 49 (rhythm review)

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Rhythm Composition In Class Activity - Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes (boomwhackers)

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African Drumming (quarter notes and eighth notes)

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Merry Melodies! Begin working on Holiday showcase songs

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If more time is needed, music game

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Topic: Texture, Harmony, Form

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Standards Taught:

1a: Sing independently in rhythm

1b: Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics.

2a: Play instruments with appropriate dynamics.

2b: Perform rhythms on appropriate instruments

5a: Read quarter notes and eighth notes in duple meter

5c: Identify and use symbols and terms for dynamics

6c: Use appropriate terms to explain music

6e: While listening to music, move to show changes in 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 be able to understand and demonstrate classroom rules and procedures. 

2. Students will sing using their singing voices. 

3. Students will match pitch. 

4.Students will be able to read and identify various rhythms using quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests. 

5. Students will perform on instruments using proper playing techniques. 

6. Students will be able to compose their own rhythms using what they've learned in class.

7. Students will complete three music assessments to "show what they know." 

8. Students will be able to identify steps and skips in music.

10. Students will learn about musical form and identify the form of "Good Morning Blues." 

11. Students will play on African Drums with proper playing technique.

12. Students will learn about children in West Africa and how important drumming is in that culture. (page 68)

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Classroom Activities:

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Welcome

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Review Songs:

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Miss Mary Mack

Gypsy in the Moonlight

Alligator Pie

    * Add African Drums to Alligator Pie

    * Drumming Rhythms activity (page 68 in book)

    * Listen to Oya and discuss the musical layers

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Unit One Review - Putting It All Together (page 36-37) - in class quiz (if class hasn't completed)

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New Songs:

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"The Music's In Me" 

"Four in a Boat" 

    * Play a pattern (add sticks or drums)

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"Way Down in the School Yard" - Strong beats

"Good Morning Blues" - introduction to musical form

"Down the Ohio" - Melody direction, Steps and Skips

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Show What You Know - Page 49 (rhythm review) (if class hasn't repeated)

Show What You Know - Page 72 (Unit 2 review)

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Pass the Pumpkin 

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Apple Tree 

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Skin and Bones

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Addams' Family Beat Activity 

 

Pumpkin Rhythms - Composition activity​

- Students will compose their own rhythms using pumpkins and scarecrows (representing Ta, Ti Ti, and Shh)

 

"Merry Melodies" 

- Showcase music

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If more time is needed, a music game

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