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Looking to use Grade 3 Back to School – Lesson 2 in your Grade 3 classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Timbre of Voices, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low)

You'll also cover the themes of: Animal Songs, Building Character (SEL), Birds

Grade 3 Back to School – Lesson 2

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Review “Jump In! Jump Out!”
  2. Discuss How tos and What ifs
  3. Teach “Music Room Rules”
  4. Review “Wave of Kindness”
  5. Review the choreography for “Wave of Kindness”
  6. Do the choreography and sing “Wave of Kindness”
  7. Clap the Rhythms
  8. Echo sing
  9. Teach “Here Comes a Bluebird”
  10. Learn the game for “Here Comes a Bluebird”
  11. Play the game and sing “Here Comes a Bluebird”
  12. Sort the rhythms for “Here Comes a Bluebird”
  13. Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “Here Comes a Bluebird”
  14. Option 2: Complete the note name challenge for “Here Comes a Bluebird”
  15. Option 1: Play “Here Comes a Bluebird” on Boomwhackers
  16. Option 2: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Here Comes a Bluebird”
  17. Review “Swimming”
  18. Review the actions for “Swimming”
  19. Do the actions and sing “Swimming”
  20. Optional: Complete the Music and Me Booklet
  21. Sing “The Music Time is Over”

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About the ‘Back to School’ Lessons
Different school districts have different start dates, ranging from the end of July to after Labor Day. The Musicplay song sequence is designed to begin in the first week of September. For teachers whose schools start earlier than September, there are five ‘Back to School’ lessons provided. If your school year begins in August, start with ‘Back to School’ lesson 1. Once September begins, regardless of your start date, use the ‘September Week 1’ lesson.

Objectives

  • I can sing and move to music.
  • I can read and perform rhythms.
  • I can echo sing drm sl solfa patterns.

Review “Jump In! Jump Out!”

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Unit Used: Back to School

A demo is available in the Back to School Unit.

Discuss How tos and What ifs

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Unit Used: Back to School

Review quickly if you did this in Aug. lesson 1.

Teach “Music Room Rules”

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Unit Used: Back to School

Read and Discuss the Music Room Rules
Have the students give examples of good choices, being responsible, good manners, etc.

Review “Wave of Kindness”

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Song Used: Wave of Kindness

Listen to the whole song.
After listening, invite students to tell you what they think the song means. (If discussion is taking too long, have the students think-pair-share for 30 seconds with their neighbor)

Play a phrase, pause and have students echo. Continue until they have learned the song. Then try singing along.

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Review the choreography for “Wave of Kindness”

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Song Used: Wave of Kindness

Learn some choreography to use with "Wave of Kindness"

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Do the choreography and sing “Wave of Kindness”

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Song Used: Wave of Kindness

Sing and move to "Wave of Kindness"

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Clap the Rhythms

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Practice Item Used: 5 q qr Q h

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Echo sing

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Practice Item Used: do re mi so la (drm sl)

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Teach “Here Comes a Bluebird”

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Song Used: Here Comes a Bluebird

Have the students read the rhythm of the song from the projectable slides. Phrase form is aabc. You could read the melody from projectable slides or you could show the contour of the melody with arm motions.

Learn the game for “Here Comes a Bluebird”

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Song Used: Here Comes a Bluebird

Form a single circle. Join hands and raise arms to form windows. Choose one student to be the bluebird. The bluebird weaves in and out the windows. On the words, “Takes him a partner, ” the bluebird takes a partner and hops up and down in the circle. Now both students are bluebirds and the game continues until the entire class has been involved. The last student chosen becomes the first bluebird when the game repeats.

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Play the game and sing “Here Comes a Bluebird”

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Song Used: Here Comes a Bluebird

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Sort the rhythms for “Here Comes a Bluebird”

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Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “Here Comes a Bluebird”

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Option 2: Complete the note name challenge for “Here Comes a Bluebird”

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Option 1: Play “Here Comes a Bluebird” on Boomwhackers

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Instrument Song Used: Here Comes a Bluebird

Option 2: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Here Comes a Bluebird”

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Song Used: Here Comes a Bluebird

Teach the Orff arrangement for this song. Set the barred instruments up using the notes FGA CD. Brainstorm for a list of birds. For example: blackbird, swallow, sea gull, crow

Use the rhythm of your bird words to create melodies that they play between repetitions of the song. You could have each instrument take a turn for 16 beats. If you don't have Orff instruments create rhythmic or melodic ostinatos to accompany this song.

Review “Swimming”

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Song Used: Swimming

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Review the actions for “Swimming”

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Do the actions and sing “Swimming”

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Optional: Complete the Music and Me Booklet

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Unit Used: Back to School

Print and complete the Music and Me booklet to show your teacher or someone in your family.

Sing "The Music Time is Over"

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Song Used: The Music Time is Over

Watch the video and sing along!

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