5th grade
Apache Melody Stick Song
BAGE assessment
Sasha review
4th grade
Question/Answer activity from GamePlan
Apache Melody stick game
3rd grade
Great Big House activity from GamePlan
America
2nd grade
Jelly in the Bowl from GamePlan (with ostinato and instruments)
Yankee Doodle Lesson from Susan Ramsay
Pilgrims from Music K8
1st grade
Hop Ol' Squirrel from GamePlan
Yankee Doodle lesson from Susan Ramsay
Turkey Woogie from Music K8
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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)
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
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!
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!
Monday, September 27, 2010
What I'm doing - Sept Wk 4!
4th and 5th grade
I'm doubling this lesson with both grades since it's working nicely!!! The only thing from GamePlan that I'm really teaching is the 5th grade "New Hampshire Hornpipe" activity from 5th grade. I will catch back up next week when the kids bring their recorders!
We start with Artie Almeida's Rhythm Rockets and play the partner game where they race against their partner for the correct answer. The kids have a lot of fun with this!
Then I play the Hornpipe recording and we tap two fingers together for beat 1-6 and clap beat 7 and 8 in the A section. B section just as written! After listening and doing those motions sitting down I ask kids if they can tell me what they think the form is! (ABA) - I talk briefly about the introduction and coda too.
Then I prepare their movement. I make a big deal about having to think ahead as they take 6 steps to CLOSE their feet on beat 6 so there's no forward motion as they clap their hand on 7 and 8. Some kids still struggle with that! They take a normal step on beat 6 so their body momentum has to step on beat 7. It's not a big deal to me if they do, I just want them to be self aware of what their body is doing and they can demonstrate to me they are in control! :) They have a lot of fun with the "statues" in the B section! I've seen some pretty creative statues at different levels!
After moving with the music we sit and I show a PPT of "Mr. E" a story about the staff (I can't share it but you can get the info at www.mylesmusic.com!)
Any extra time is spent reviewing Patriotic music.
3rd grade
This is the only grade that I'm really teaching out of GamePlan! The "Tennessee" lesson process is awesome! Kids have enjoyed singing the ostinato and I put groups of 4 at a time on the instruments to play the ostinato while we sing.
La Raspa has also been fun! Here's an extention I did today with a group that I couldn't trust to have partners for the B activity. (They would swing each other and probably take out an arm socket in the process!)
During the B we took 16 beats and walked around the carpet and when I said "BACK" they had to walk 16 beats back to their place. I called out a couple of the kids that purposefully wouldn't get back to their spots and they sat out for an AB rotation.
The "Mary Lost Her Coat" poem with body percussion ostinato was also a hit. I let several kids make up 4 beat ostinatos and keep it going while the rest of class said the poem and then we all tried the ostinato with speech. After several volunteers I had the kids individually come up with their own 4 beat body percussion ostinato to keep the beat at the same time. It was interesting to see the kids that could keep the beat and say the poem and those that struggled. Activities like this will need to be repeated in this grade!
2nd Grade
We learned "Draw a Bucket of Water" from Share the Music 3rd grade and had fun with the Play Party.
Solfege warm up and learned "Harvest Song" from GamePlan
I showed a PPT of MK8 "Autumn Leaves" and tossed out fabric leaves during the interlude! We sang the song again and added 'leaf choreography' during the song!
We ended class with the Move/Freeze game from GamePlan! What a fun activity! I remember doing something like this at summer camp when I was little!
1st Grade
I tell the story of "The Lovely Princess" (from a Bob DeFrece workshop) to work on vocal exploration and then teach "Alabama Gal" from the book "Jump Jim Joe" by the Amidons.
We review our Syncopated Clock activity from last week and end class with the story of "Freddy the Frog" with the book. It's a great book to introduce the concept of the treble staff.
I'm doubling this lesson with both grades since it's working nicely!!! The only thing from GamePlan that I'm really teaching is the 5th grade "New Hampshire Hornpipe" activity from 5th grade. I will catch back up next week when the kids bring their recorders!
We start with Artie Almeida's Rhythm Rockets and play the partner game where they race against their partner for the correct answer. The kids have a lot of fun with this!
Then I play the Hornpipe recording and we tap two fingers together for beat 1-6 and clap beat 7 and 8 in the A section. B section just as written! After listening and doing those motions sitting down I ask kids if they can tell me what they think the form is! (ABA) - I talk briefly about the introduction and coda too.
Then I prepare their movement. I make a big deal about having to think ahead as they take 6 steps to CLOSE their feet on beat 6 so there's no forward motion as they clap their hand on 7 and 8. Some kids still struggle with that! They take a normal step on beat 6 so their body momentum has to step on beat 7. It's not a big deal to me if they do, I just want them to be self aware of what their body is doing and they can demonstrate to me they are in control! :) They have a lot of fun with the "statues" in the B section! I've seen some pretty creative statues at different levels!
After moving with the music we sit and I show a PPT of "Mr. E" a story about the staff (I can't share it but you can get the info at www.mylesmusic.com!)
Any extra time is spent reviewing Patriotic music.
3rd grade
This is the only grade that I'm really teaching out of GamePlan! The "Tennessee" lesson process is awesome! Kids have enjoyed singing the ostinato and I put groups of 4 at a time on the instruments to play the ostinato while we sing.
La Raspa has also been fun! Here's an extention I did today with a group that I couldn't trust to have partners for the B activity. (They would swing each other and probably take out an arm socket in the process!)
During the B we took 16 beats and walked around the carpet and when I said "BACK" they had to walk 16 beats back to their place. I called out a couple of the kids that purposefully wouldn't get back to their spots and they sat out for an AB rotation.
The "Mary Lost Her Coat" poem with body percussion ostinato was also a hit. I let several kids make up 4 beat ostinatos and keep it going while the rest of class said the poem and then we all tried the ostinato with speech. After several volunteers I had the kids individually come up with their own 4 beat body percussion ostinato to keep the beat at the same time. It was interesting to see the kids that could keep the beat and say the poem and those that struggled. Activities like this will need to be repeated in this grade!
2nd Grade
We learned "Draw a Bucket of Water" from Share the Music 3rd grade and had fun with the Play Party.
Solfege warm up and learned "Harvest Song" from GamePlan
I showed a PPT of MK8 "Autumn Leaves" and tossed out fabric leaves during the interlude! We sang the song again and added 'leaf choreography' during the song!
We ended class with the Move/Freeze game from GamePlan! What a fun activity! I remember doing something like this at summer camp when I was little!
1st Grade
I tell the story of "The Lovely Princess" (from a Bob DeFrece workshop) to work on vocal exploration and then teach "Alabama Gal" from the book "Jump Jim Joe" by the Amidons.
We review our Syncopated Clock activity from last week and end class with the story of "Freddy the Frog" with the book. It's a great book to introduce the concept of the treble staff.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
week 4 plans
5th grade
Remind kids to bring recorders next class
Review note name and rhythm patterns from previous lessons
Movement to New Hampshire Hornpipe
Operator, Operator game
Review patriotic music
4th grade
Remind kids to bring recorders next class
Review note name and rhythm patterns from previous lessons
Movement to Shake the Papaya
Poison Rhthym game
Tom Dooley - teach the same process in the lesson but I'm changing the words at the end to "you've got to say good-bye" instead of "die" and we'll discuss that he's sad because he has to go to jail!
http://www.blueridgecountry.com/archive/tom-dooley.html
This is an interesting story about the song!
Review patriotic music
3rd grade
Remind kids to bring recorders next class
I've been doing the "Four Beats After" with some of the 3rd grade classes as time fillers at the end of class so we'll be reviewing the concept.
I still have instruments set up in G pentatonic but I might just keep it with the D and A ostinato even though we're set up in G.
La Raspa looks great! I didn't realize it was Hispanic Heritage Month! I might want to use this next year earlier in the month!
Mary Lost Her Coat - I like the process and I'll probably make a visual of the poem with the words "Coda" and "Decrescendo" in the visual.
I haven't done A Rig-a-Jig-Jig yet....I might do a song from one of the Amidon books instead.
2nd grade
I will use rhythm sticks instead of barred instruments for this activity - we did similar activities in Mallet Madness earlier this month and I want them to really focus on the rhythm instead of their instrument!
Vocal warm up and Harvest Song - we will skip the game and go right into a discussion on autumn and harvest and then do "Autumn Leaves" from MK8 with leaf choreography (I give each child a fabric leaf and we sway them to the music and throw them in the air at the end of the song! It's magical!)
Remind kids to bring recorders next class
Review note name and rhythm patterns from previous lessons
Movement to New Hampshire Hornpipe
Operator, Operator game
Review patriotic music
4th grade
Remind kids to bring recorders next class
Review note name and rhythm patterns from previous lessons
Movement to Shake the Papaya
Poison Rhthym game
Tom Dooley - teach the same process in the lesson but I'm changing the words at the end to "you've got to say good-bye" instead of "die" and we'll discuss that he's sad because he has to go to jail!
http://www.blueridgecountry.com/archive/tom-dooley.html
This is an interesting story about the song!
Review patriotic music
3rd grade
Remind kids to bring recorders next class
I've been doing the "Four Beats After" with some of the 3rd grade classes as time fillers at the end of class so we'll be reviewing the concept.
I still have instruments set up in G pentatonic but I might just keep it with the D and A ostinato even though we're set up in G.
La Raspa looks great! I didn't realize it was Hispanic Heritage Month! I might want to use this next year earlier in the month!
Mary Lost Her Coat - I like the process and I'll probably make a visual of the poem with the words "Coda" and "Decrescendo" in the visual.
I haven't done A Rig-a-Jig-Jig yet....I might do a song from one of the Amidon books instead.
2nd grade
I will use rhythm sticks instead of barred instruments for this activity - we did similar activities in Mallet Madness earlier this month and I want them to really focus on the rhythm instead of their instrument!
Vocal warm up and Harvest Song - we will skip the game and go right into a discussion on autumn and harvest and then do "Autumn Leaves" from MK8 with leaf choreography (I give each child a fabric leaf and we sway them to the music and throw them in the air at the end of the song! It's magical!)
Friday, September 17, 2010
Week 3 changes
In 5th grade we haven't had time for everything so this is what I've decided to do.
Scratch the I V listening activity. It kind of bombed on the kids yesterday. I've decided that we'll talk about our patriotic music at the beginning of class.
We'll do the Pink Panther activity next - the kids really enjoyed acting it out!
Note naming
Body Percussion Question/Answer. They enjoyed this activity and I could see the kids that struggled with the ostinato during the poem! Quite an eye opener!
4th grade
We began class with our patriotic music and then quickly reviewed the Staff Song. I spent a little time explaining the slide with the syncopation rhythm and we practiced several times and then went into the lesson for Shake the Papaya. I found that it was easier for me to accompany them on my guitar than the piano for our AB form. Since they had done the "Good Morning" activity from the 5th grade book they were comfortable with this type of activity.
Sagidi, Sapopo and the Radio Game filled the rest of class time so I'll teach Hot Cross Buns next week.
3rd grade
We began with rhythm reading then rhythm chairs. The kids had a lot of fun discovering the rhythms by decoding how many kids were in each chair! I let them figure out the rests and half notes then picked a couple people to create their own by telling their friends to sit in different chairs.
I used the "Tie" lesson idea to introduce whole notes to the kids and then we did the movement activity with quarter/half/whole in our feet with the recording "Urgos" I would call out changes and they moved around the room to the correct pulse.
We went over the MRD cards and sang Down to the Baker's Shop, putting MRD on the instruments. This was a really quick activity since I still needed to go over our patriotic songs.
Scratch the I V listening activity. It kind of bombed on the kids yesterday. I've decided that we'll talk about our patriotic music at the beginning of class.
We'll do the Pink Panther activity next - the kids really enjoyed acting it out!
Note naming
Body Percussion Question/Answer. They enjoyed this activity and I could see the kids that struggled with the ostinato during the poem! Quite an eye opener!
4th grade
We began class with our patriotic music and then quickly reviewed the Staff Song. I spent a little time explaining the slide with the syncopation rhythm and we practiced several times and then went into the lesson for Shake the Papaya. I found that it was easier for me to accompany them on my guitar than the piano for our AB form. Since they had done the "Good Morning" activity from the 5th grade book they were comfortable with this type of activity.
Sagidi, Sapopo and the Radio Game filled the rest of class time so I'll teach Hot Cross Buns next week.
3rd grade
We began with rhythm reading then rhythm chairs. The kids had a lot of fun discovering the rhythms by decoding how many kids were in each chair! I let them figure out the rests and half notes then picked a couple people to create their own by telling their friends to sit in different chairs.
I used the "Tie" lesson idea to introduce whole notes to the kids and then we did the movement activity with quarter/half/whole in our feet with the recording "Urgos" I would call out changes and they moved around the room to the correct pulse.
We went over the MRD cards and sang Down to the Baker's Shop, putting MRD on the instruments. This was a really quick activity since I still needed to go over our patriotic songs.
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