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Friday, October 29, 2010

November Week 1

5th grade
Hula Hoop instrument game (woods/metals/skins)
Sasha - New England Dancing Master's Song/Dance
Melody Mice - Artie Almeida profeciency pack

4th grade
Recorder body percussion warm up to prepare for French Song
Instead of glockenspeil part, students will learn a crossover bordun to accompany recorders.
Sasah

3rd grade
12th street rag
Bear Hunting (made SB visual to display melodic direction)
Hill and Gully (focus on solfege)

2nd grade
Bounce High
Let Us Chase the Squirrel
Rhythm Game/Jelly in the Bowl

1st grade
Rhythm review
Engine Engine from K and 1st grade Share the Music (focus on rhythm and s-m)
Choo-Choo (Joubert) listening and movement to teach tempo terms (from Silver Burdett)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

October week 4 plans

5th grade
Begin with Hot Tunes packet - BAG review and Skin and Bones songs
Put packets and recorders up
Movement activity - walking/clapping note values
Teach the process for Spider Stew (wk 3) and add Vocal Expression cards after
(make visual)
Extra time, present other Music K8 fall/Halloween songs

4th grade
Begin with Cool Tunes packet - In the BAG and Old Tom White
Put packets and recorders up
Scarecrow Dance movement activity and then the Get Down lesson process.
(make visual)

3rd grade
B A Marching Monster (play and then play and march!)
Papa Moses (wk 2)
(make visual)
Extra time, present other Music K8 fall/Halloween songs

2nd grade
Must Be Halloween activity
(make visual)
Funeral March of a Marionette movement game
Scary, Scary Halloween activity
Hungarian Dance #3 activity
(make visual)

1st grade
Muffin Man extention with rests
(make visual)
Big Black Cats (label and then play with instruments in circle)
(make visual)
In the Hall of the Mountain King movement
Yarn Ball activity - students sing their favorite candy

Friday, October 8, 2010

My October Wk 1 lessons

It's the end of week 1 but I have one more day of teaching this lesson! Here's what I've done.

3-5th grade
We began recorders this week but I actually am using Denise Gagne's Recorder Resource to start them out. I really like the PPT/Smartboard files that go along with the material and it was a great refresher and introduction for all the kids!
If time was left, we did the New Hampshire Hornpipe lesson again or the AB movement activity with the Hora Agadati (sp?)

2nd grade
My 2nd grade classes are huge and sometimes hard to manage! I found it really difficult for them to get the concept of playing the ostinato so I had to zoom in and make the instructions a little more detailed.
After doing all the prep work with body percussion/speech I had the metals play low D for "late" and G for "don't be" (we were in G pentatonic.)
The rhythm of the words wasn't a problem for the kids at the beginning of class but once we put it with the ostinato they forgot what they were supposed to do!!! I think this definitely needs a review or a similar activity that will be more successful!
The only other activity we had time for was the "Down in the Valley" (which they loved!) Most were able to keep their tennis balls under control but I did have a few that need help with their coordination.

1st grade
I love this lesson! I started with a little story about the Muffin Man (inspired by Mary Alice Amidon) and then we sang the song several times together. We did the "yum" activity and kids enjoyed taking away the muffins and trying to "trick" their friends!
All the spider themed lesson plans were a hit as well. They were really good with their mallet technique and enjoyed the movement and "Criss Cross" poem!