Grade 2 Lesson 17
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes in "Welcome to Music"
Echo sing d m s patterns in F Major
Echo do-mi-so patterns in F.
Have students take turns improvising so-mi or do-mi-so patterns and the class echoing.
Review "Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums"
Teach "Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums" by rote or by having students read the rhythms. Sing the song for the students with the solfa hand signs or arm motions showing how the melody goes up and down. Have the students sing the song with hand signs or arm motions.
Skip to "Apples Peaches Pears and Plums"
This song is a skipping rhyme.
Stop on your birthday month!
Do a rhythm sort for "Apples, Peaches, Pears, and Plums"
Play copycat with "Variation 4" from the Goldberg Variations
Play Copycat with the music of Bach. Choose 4 students to be leaders. Give each student 8 measures of 3/4 to be the leader. Then, point to the new leader.
The first section has a tricky rhythm, so you might need to be the leader for section 1.
Play copycat with "Variation 5" from the Goldberg Variations
Choose new copycat leaders for Variation #5.
This variation has a steadier beat in the first section, so you can use all student leaders.
Ask students to listen to how the music in this and the next examples is similar and how it is different.
Look For What Is Similar and Different - Variation #4
This is a visual of Variation #4.
Compare this to the visual of Variation #5 that follows.
What do you notice that is different?
Look For What Is Similar and Different - Variation #5
Compare this to the visual of Variation #4.
What do you notice that is different?
There are many 16th notes in the right hand of Variation #5!
Listen again to Variations #4 and #5. Can you hear the fast 16th notes in Variation #5?
Watch a segment of "Bach's Fight for Freedom"
Watch a segment of "Bach's Fight for Freedom."
I have shown this video to Gr 2 students, but always showed about 10-15 min. per class.
Discuss the movie
A slide show has been created that provides a synopsis of the video and discussion questions. There is a lot that students can learn from the video. Printable worksheets are also available in the unit.
Teach "I Like to Play the Instruments"
This song is included to give the students an opportunity to create a rhythm composition. In this composition, the students will compose with rhythm symbols rather than speech. Teach the song by rote.
Compose a 16-Beat rhythm composition to use as a B section
Use the interactive Rhythm Composition Tool to create a B section for the song.
When you are happy with your composition, copy it onto a piece of paper.
Play it for your teacher. (To save time teachers might have a group practice.)
Sing the song with the recording and play your composition as the B, C, D or E section.