Lesson Plans February 14-25

Kindergarten

• March in to Mr. Drum - play game Mr. Drum says: this is like simon says only with Mr. Drum and different ways of moving (jump, hop, slide, gallop, tiptoe, stomp, etc.)
• Warm-up singing - Slide Whistle echo and following the bean bag with your voice
• Simple Song - Frog in the Meadow
• Fast & Slow animals - students will take turns naming a fast or slow animal while the class pats on thier lap like that animal
• Introduce the Tortoise and the Hare and read the story with students patting fast or slow for each animal and each animal's song.
• Introduce music terms for fast and slow Allegro and Andante and practice identifying fast and slow using these music terms
• Leave singing Frog in the Meadow as a solo to Froggie

1st Grade

• Echo activity using "This is my Speaking Voice" - Different Voices (Speaking, Whisper, Calling, and Singing)
• Echo song - Down by the Bay
• Sound Projects: Read story "How Does a Trumpet Work?" and follow experiments in book to show that vibrations produce sounds and that we can feel sounds. Answer the questions: "What is sound?" and "Can We Feel Sound?"

2nd Grade

• Vocal Warm-up: SLM game
• Echo Song: Down By the Bay  add pat-clap pattern after comfortable with the song
• Instrument families band game:
• Review instrument families
• Pick instruments from each family
• Follow conductor cues to start and stop
• Read and echo rhythms