2nd Grade
September
August 28 - September 8, 2025
Topic: Dynamics, Rhythm (quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter rests)
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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 identify dynamics in music
5. Students will review a sign language song
Students will be able to read and identify various rhythms using quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests.
6. Students will read a story and provide appropriate instrument accompaniment.
7. Students will perform on instruments using proper playing techniques.
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Classroom Activities:
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Welcome
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Go over and review music classroom rules and procedures.
- Practice rules and procedures
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"Hello There" - Echo singing and matching pitch
"Riddle Ree" - Movement and rhythm
"Heigh ho" - Loud and soft dynamics
"Time to Sing" - Steady Beat
"Down Down Baby"- Body Percussion
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New Songs
"Go Around the Corn Sally" - Steady beat versus rhythm
"Un Pajarito (A Little Bird)" - Rhythm
Rhythm Dictation Activity
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Rhythm Baseball Game
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Forte and Piano
- Review dynamics (piano and forte)
- Practice singing the different dynamics
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Echo Singing Activity
- Matching pitch
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Down by the Cool of the Pool
- Body percussion
- Playing at the appropriate time
- Steady Beat
- Percussion instruments and Xylophones (Bar Basics Practice)
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Body Percussion Powerpoint
- Practice different body percussion techniques
- Watch example from STOMP
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If more time is needed, a music game
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September 11-22, 2025
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Topic: Call and Response, Rhythm (quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter rests)
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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 define a call and response song.
7. Students will be able to identify high and low pitches while listening to a song.
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Classroom Activities:
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Welcome
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Go over and review music classroom rules and procedures.
- Practice rules and procedures
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Review
"Go Around the Corn Sally" - Steady beat versus rhythm
"Un Pajarito (A Little Bird)" - Rhythm
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New Songs:
"Michael Row the Boat Ashore" - Call and Response
"Lone Star Trail" - High and Low Pitches, Rhythm play along with instruments (page 22)
"Lucy Locket" - So, Mi, La
"Pizza, Pizza, Daddy-o" - Hand games, singing game from the United States, Call and Response, add sticks
"Miss Mary Mack"
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Lucy Locket Rhythm Game
Rhythm Dictation Activity
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Rhythm Baseball Game
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Echo Singing Activity
- Matching pitch
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Naughty Tabby Cat - quarter note and eighth note practice
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Xylophones - bar basics, hot cross buns
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If more time is needed, a music game
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