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Looking to use Grade 1 Lesson 6 in your Grade 1 classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Timbre of Unpitched Instruments, Form

Grade 1 Lesson 6

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Concepts(s):
Beat, Timbre of Unpitched Instruments, Form
Tone Set(s):
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Introduction

In this weeks lesson, we will:

  1. Sing the Echoes in “Welcome to Music”
  2. Echo the Slide Whistle
  3. Move to the Music with a Ribbon or Scarf
  4. Sing “Hey, Betty Martin”
  5. Watch the kids play the game with “Hey, Betty Martin”
  6. Create new verses and move to “Hey, Betty Martin”
  7. Use the locomotor tool to generate ideas for “Hey, Betty Martin”
  8. Review the Song “Ten in the Bed”
  9. Play Instruments Along with the Song “Ten in the Bed”
  10. Review “Bye Low, Baby Oh”
  11. Review High/Low with “Bye Low, Baby Oh”
  12. Review the Poem “Grandma’s Glasses”
  13. Listen to “Aviary”
  14. Listen to “Elephant”
  15. Optional: Print and Color the High Low Worksheet or Make Your Own!
  16. Play the ‘High Low’ Game
  17. Listen to the So-me Storybook “So-me Meets the Boss”
  18. Sing Our Goodbye Song “The Music Time is Over”

Extension:

Objectives

  • I can sing and play along with music.
  • I can tell if sounds are high or low.

Sing the Echoes in “Welcome to Music”

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Song Used: Welcome to Music

Sing the echoes in "Welcome to Music."

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Echo the Slide Whistle

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Practice Item Used: Warm Ups

Echo the slide whistle.

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Move to the Music with a Ribbon or Scarf

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Listening Selection Used: Ballettmusik VIII from Les petits riens

Find a ribbon or scarf and move to the music.

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Sing “Hey, Betty Martin”

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Song Used: Hey, Betty Martin

Teach the song by rote. Play the game, substituting students' names and movement ideas. The students may be able to read the rhythms of the song.

Watch the kids play the game with "Hey, Betty Martin"

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Song Used: Hey, Betty Martin

Watch the kids demo to see how the other students move to the song.

Begin by having students tiptoe to the beat as they sing the song.

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Create new verses and move to "Hey, Betty Martin"

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Song Used: Hey, Betty Martin

Ask the students how else Betty Martin might move. Repeat the song, changing the action to what the students suggest (example: Hey, Betty Martin, run/hop/twirl...)

Invite the students to play the game in an open space. You can use this game to practice students' names. Substitute the student's name for "Betty Martin."

Use the locomotor tool to generate ideas for "Hey, Betty Martin"

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Review the Song "Ten in the Bed"

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Song Used: Ten in the Bed

Review the song "Ten in the Bed."

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Play Instruments Along with the Song "Ten in the Bed"

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Song Used: Ten in the Bed

Find things at home to use for instruments.

Play instruments along with the song.

Review “Bye Low, Baby Oh”

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Song Used: Bye Low Baby Oh

If you used stuffed animals in the last activity. Invite the students to rock their stuffed animal to sleep while singing this lullaby. Now that their stuffed animals are asleep, sing the song again and have students show how the notes go higher and lower using arm motions or hand signs.

Review High/Low with “Bye Low, Baby Oh”

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Song Used: Bye Low Baby Oh

Review high/low with the students. Move through the slides to show how the melody goes higher and lower.

You could give each student chips to use as "notes" to show how the song goes higher and lower (their diagram should resemble the melodic contour given on the answer slides).

Review the Poem "Grandma's Glasses"

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Song Used: Lesson 3 Poems and Extras

Review the poem "Grandma's Glasses."

Do you remember who has the high voice?

And who has the low voice?

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Listen to "Aviary"

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Listening Selection Used: “Aviary” from Carnival of the Animals

Listen to "Aviary".

Is the music high or low?

It's high!

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Listen to "Elephant"

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Listen to "Elephant."

Is the music high or low?

It's low!

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Optional: Print and Color the High Low Worksheet or Make Your Own!

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Optional: Print and color the high low worksheet.
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Draw your own picture of an elephant and a bird and label them high and low.

Play the 'High Low' Game

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Game Used: High or Low

Play the High Low Game.

Listen to the So-me Storybook "So-me Meets the Boss"

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Listening Selection Used: So-Me Meets the Boss (so-mi)

Listen to the So-me Storybook "So-me Meets the Boss."

When there is a song in the video, pause and sing what was sung.

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Sing Our Goodbye Song "The Music Time is Over"

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Song Used: The Music Time is Over

Sing our goodbye song "The Music Time is Over."

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