Lesson 4 September 22-October 3, 2014

Lesson 4

Kindergarten

• March in to Mr. Drum's steady beat
• Echo slide whistle sounds - voice warm up
• Echo sing "No More Pie"  - matching pitch and practicing a good singing voice
• Review animals and instruments we have met from "Going to the Farm"
• Sing "Going to the Farm"
• Meet the Pigs and sing "Listen to the Pigs"
• Sing "Listen to the Pigs" and play woodblocks on the Oink Oink Oink in the song
• Learn the song "Fall"
• Discuss xylophones and how to play them, also discussing high and low sounds

1st Grade

• March in the Mr. Drum's steady beat
• Echo slide whistle sounds - voice warm up
• Echo sing on Sol-Mi (solfege hand signs) - matching pitch and practicing a good singing voice
• Sing "I'm so Glad to See You" name game song - each student has the opportunity to sing his/her name and the class will respond by singing their name back to them.
• Learn/Review the song "The Muffin Man"
• Read Muffin Rhythms - pre music reading - 8 muffins are placed on plates and the teacher will point to each plate in a steady beat. If the plate has a muffin on it the students say YUM (1 sound on the beat), if there is no muffin on the plate, then the students show the quiet sign (no sound on the beat). Students will take turns taking down one muffin at a time and practice reading each rhythm until all the muffins are gone.
• Play instrument clue - students will identify 6 instruments only by listening, they will show what the instrument is by holding up a picture representation of that instrument.

2nd Grade 

• March in the Mr. Drum's steady beat
• Echo slide whistle sounds - voice warm up
• Echo sing on Sol-Mi (solfege hand signs) - matching pitch and practicing a good singing voice
• Echo sing Kye Kye Kule song from Africa - if time, allow students to practice being the leader for the song
• Continue the game Charlie Over the Ocean with instruments from last week until all students have had a turn.
• Connect high and low sounds with the visual representation of the song Charlie Over the Ocean. Connect those high and low sounds with Sol-Mi. Sing the song Charlie Over the Ocean using Sol-Mi and then showing hand signs while singing the song.
• Review quarter note, eighth notes, and rests from 1st Grade
• Echo rhythms using body percussion (stomping, patting, clapping, and snapping)

Special Needs

• March in the Mr. Drum's steady beat - practice starting and stopping and going at different speeds(fast/slow)
• Sing and participate with the song "What is your name?" - practice saying name and patting the steady beat
• Move different body parts to the music - Jelly Beans
• Play drums on the steady beat and on rhythms with assistance
• Listen to fast and slow music examples and identify by pointing to the picture that corresponds with fast or slow.
• Play rainsticks to the last slow song
• Exit to "Time to Go" Song.

Lesson Plans - September 2-12, 2014

Lesson 3

Kindergarten

1. March in to Mr. Drum's steady beat
2. Sing "Welcome Boys and Girls" Welcome Song
3. Echo slide whistle sounds - exploring high and low sounds
4. Echo sing the song "No More Pie" - practicing using a good tone and matching pitch
5. Sing and Participate with the story "Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes"
6. Sing "Goin' to the Farm" - review the animals and instruments we have played so far (ducks/rhythm sticks, hens/tambourines)
7. Introduce the Lambs - sing "Listen to the Lambs" and practice clapping only on the Baa Baa Baa.
8. Learn about the Maracas and where they come from. Play maracas while singing "Listen to the Lambs. Play only on the Baa Baa Baa.
9. If There is Time: Sing "My Favorite Thing To Do". Pat the steady beat on different body parts while singing the song.

1st Grade

1. March in to Mr.Drum's steady beat
2. Echo slide whistle sounds - exploring high and low sounds
3. Review and practice So-Mi Hand signs
4. Singing Name Game "I'm so Glad to See You". Each students will take turns singing their name "My name is _____" and the class will answer "His/Her name is ______"
5. Review Hickory Dickory Dock poem from last lesson. Learn the song for Hickory Dickory Dock.
6. Play glockenspiels going up and going down on the words up and down in the song Hickory Dickory Dock.
7. Instrument Clue: Students will identify instruments by only listening to them. To identify the instrument they will hold up a picture symbol that represents that instrument. Instruments used are cowbell, triangle, tambourine, guiro, woodblock, and hand drum.
8. If Time: Students will take turns playing an instrument for the instrument clue game.

2nd Grade

1. March in to Mr. Drum's steady beat
2. Listen to orchestral music by Beethoven (Ode to Joy and his 5th Symphony). Discuss how each piece made you feel and which we enjoyed more.
3. Echo slide whistle sounds - exploring high and low sounds
4. Echo sing using So-Mi Hand signs
5. Echo sing "Kye Kye Kule" song from Africa
6. Learn song "Charlie Over the Ocean"
7. Identify which notes in the song are high and which ones are low using iconic (picture) representation of the song.
8. Practice singing the song while patting on the beat and snapping on the rests.
9. Transfer the patting and snapping to instruments. Patting - xylophones & metallophones. Snapping glockenspiels. Ocean Drum will be used for sound effect.
10. Adding one student at a time each student will play all instruments to accompany the song "Charlie Over the Ocean.

Lesson Plans 2

Lesson Plans for August 25 - September 5

Kindergarten

• March in to Mr. Drum - practicing a steady beat
• Sing "Welcome Boys and Girls"
• Sing "My Poor Hand is Shaking" - keeping a steady beat with different parts of our body
• Sing "Goin' to the Farm" learned last week and discover a new animal on the farm - Hens
• Sing "Listen to the Hens" and clap on the Cluck Cluck Cluck
• Learn about Tambourines and play tambourines to "Listen to the Hens" on the Cluck Cluck Cluck
• Practice using our different voice sby echoing the speech poem "This is my Speaking Voice"
• Different voices are speaking, whisper, calling, and singing
• Sing and participate in the story Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes

1st Grade

• March in to Mr. Drum - practice a steady beat
• Echo a slide whistle using high and low sounds - voice warm-up
• Learn So-Mi Solfege hand signs
• Sing "Down by the Bay" - students have the opportunity to make up rhymes for the song
• Learn or Review the poem "Hickory Dickory Dock" with body movement.
• Each students will play the steady beat on the tic-toc woodblocks while the class says the poem "Hickory Dickory Dock"
• Instrument Clue - Students will identify instruments only by sound using symbol representations of the instruments.

2nd Grade

• Listening Activity - as we enter students will listen to "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven and record how the feeling of the song on their response sheets. Afterwards we will discuss the music and Beethoven the composer.
• Echo a slide whistle using high and low sounds - voice warm-up
• Review So-Mi Solfege hand signs learned in 1st Grade
• Echo sing Kye Kye Kule song from Africa
• Echo rhythms using body percussion - snaps, claps, pats, and stomps
• Review Go Go Go from last week and practice on drums
• Play Go Go Go on drums while teacher plays a different rhythm on another drum and play drum passing game
• When comfortable saying and playing - students will play the drum part without saying the poem out loud - continue drum passing game
• Introduce song "Charlie Over the Ocean" that will be used in the next lesson