Grade 5 Lesson 37
StartBeat, Dynamics, Timbre of Orchestral InstrumentsThemes(s):
Animal Songs, Composers, Seasons, Our Musical World, Garden, Spring, Central America, Eras in Music, 1700s, Romantic
Extra Details:
Themes
Rhythm
Tone Set
Grades
Song Type
Holidays
Chords
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Review the William Tell Overture
- Review the play along with the Finale from William Tell
- Optional: Play William Tell Overture on Boomwhackers
- Play Trivia Wheel Game: Orchestra Instruments
- Optional: Explore the Instruments of the Orchestra Unit
- Play tennis or kick balls to the music
- Form 3 Groups and play balls to music
- Bounce/Play balls to Hungarian Dance No. 5
- Create your own Ball Bounce Routine
- Review “We Love to Sing!”
- Do the movements while singing “We Love to Sing!”
- Play Poison Rhythm
- Teach “La bella hortelana”
- Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “La bella hortelana”
- Option 2: Complete the note name challenge for “La bella hortelana”
- Option 1: Play “La bella hortelana” on Boomwhackers
- Option 2: Play “La bella hortelana” on Guitar/Ukuleles
- Review “Ickle Ockle”
- Review the game for “Ickle Ockle”
- Play the game and sing “Ickle Ockle”
Extensions
Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.
Objectives
- I can read and perform with music from a variety of times and places
- I can perform and define dynamics
- I can identify instruments of the orchestra
- I can sing a song in Spanish.
Teaching Procedures
Review the William Tell Overture
Copy LinkReview the play along with the Finale from William Tell
Copy Link- choose instruments or body percussion to play along
- you could play with hands or sticks on your desk
- you could play this on bucket drums
Optional: Play William Tell Overture on Boomwhackers
Copy Link(Level: Challenge)
Play Trivia Wheel Game: Orchestra Instruments
Copy LinkOptional: Explore the Instruments of the Orchestra Unit
Copy LinkPlay tennis or kick balls to the music
Copy LinkForm 3 Groups and play balls to music
Copy LinkThis is a YouTube link.
If the link doesn't work, google "Bouncing Ball Beat - Percussion - Home Edition."
Bounce/Play balls to Hungarian Dance No. 5
Copy LinkTry this ball bouncing routine to Hungarian Dance No. 5
Create your own Ball Bounce Routine
Copy Link- now you've tried 3 different ways of playing/bouncing balls to music
- create your own routine
- use the audio below, or use a favorite school appropriate song
Review “We Love to Sing!”
Copy LinkThis is a movement song to use as a warm-up or shake-up during a choir rehearsal or class. You can also use the song to review tempo terms. This song may already be familiar to some of your students as a bible song. Teach the song by rote, and then introduce the actions.
Do the movements while singing “We Love to Sing!”
Copy LinkWhen the song is well known, have the class stand up each time they come to the words, “We love to sing!” Later, divide the class into two groups. Have one group sing the “alleluias” and the other group sing, “We love to sing!” Have each group stand up when it is their turn to sing.
Denise Tip: I like to have both groups stand and sing the final two measures, “We love to sing!”
Play Poison Rhythm
Copy LinkTeach “La bella hortelana”
Copy LinkThis song integrates well into spring planting and gardening activities. Its cumulative repetitions make it useful for students studying the Spanish language. Teach the song by rote. Use the audio to teach the Spanish pronunciations. Play a phrase of the song and pause audio. Have the students repeat the phrase. Continue in this way until the students have repeated the entire song in Spanish.
Use the song to review or teach 3/4 time. Teach or review the conducting pattern for 3/4.
Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “La bella hortelana”
Copy LinkOption 2: Complete the note name challenge for “La bella hortelana”
Copy LinkOption 1: Play “La bella hortelana” on Boomwhackers
Copy LinkOption 2: Play “La bella hortelana” on Guitar/Ukuleles
Copy LinkReview “Ickle Ockle”
Copy LinkThis is a reading song. Read the rhythms for “Ickle Ockle.”
When they know the rhythm, sing the note names using letter names or solfa. When the melody is learned, have them sing the song with words. Play the game.
A silent beat is a rest. Circle the rests in "Ickle Ockle." La is the solfa note just above so. If so is in a space, la is found on the line just above. If so is on a line, la is in the space just above.
Review the game for “Ickle Ockle”
Copy LinkStudents form a circle with hands joined and raised - they are the "net." Choose one student to be the fisher and one student to be the fish. The fisher goes into the middle of the circle and the fish goes outside of the circle. Sing the song. At the end of the song, the students lower their hands. The fisher leaves the net (the circle) and tries to tag the fish before the fish can get into the net (the circle). Read about rests below. Then, read the notes and rhythms for the song.
Denise Tip: To make this game work, I choose the student to my immediate right to be the fisher, and the student to the right of them to be the fish. After they have had their turns, they rejoin the circle on my left side.