Lesson Plans for OCT 18-29

Kindergarten

• March to Mr. Drum practicing keeping a steady beat
• Show the steady beat for the song In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Slide Whistle Echo - vocal exploration and warm-up
• Continue playing the game Good King Leopold to give more student a chance to be the King
• Call and response singing Q: "Sing me a color?"  A: "I'll sing _______" 
• Use call and response singing to play The Monster Game. Students acquire different monster parts when they sing the answer to the question

1st Grade

• March to Mr. Drum using different types of locomotor movement (walking, sliding, hopping, skipping, tiptoe)
• Show the steady beat for the song In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Slide Whistle Echo - vocal exploration and warm-up
• Sing Me Your Name
• Review "I think Music's Neat" label the steady beat and learn Ta (quarter note)
• Discussing speaking versus singing after learning the song Do You Know the Muffin Man?
• Introduce rhythm reading using Muffins and the word yum!

2nd Grade

• March to Mr. Drum changing between fast and slow movements
• Discuss steady beat versus rhythm using Charlie Over the Ocean as and example
• Show the steady beat for In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Sol-Mi echo review
• Charlie Over the Ocean instrument game using the steady beat and ocean drum
• Introduce solfege note La
• Practice Sol-Mi-La and compare the notes to the Traffice Light and learn the Traffic Lights song