Grade 1 Back To School – Lesson 1
StartBeat, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low)Themes(s):
Animal Songs, Building Character (SEL)
Extra Details:
Rhythm
Grades
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Holidays
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing the “Hello Song”
- Move to “Skateboard Rider”
- Echo body percussion
- Teach “Welcome, Welcome”
- Optional: Read the story “All Are Welcome Here”
- Discuss How Tos and What ifs
- Teach the “Make Me a Circle” chant
- Play the “Hello Circle Name Game”
- Echo Bobo
- Teach “Naughty Kitty Cat”
- Learn the game “Naughty Kitty Cat”
- Play the game and sing “Naughty Kitty Cat”
- Clap the rhythm for “Naughty Kitty Cat”
- Listen to the story “Naughty Kitty Cat” and sing along
- Teach “The More We Get Together”
- Optional: Draw a picture of who you would like to get together with
- Optional: Play the Trivia Wheel game “One or Two Sounds?”
- Optional: Complete the All About Me Worksheet
- Sing “The Music Time is Over”
Extensions
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 an echo.
- I can sing and keep a beat.
- I can clap and say rhythms.
Teaching Procedures
Sing the “Hello Song”
Copy LinkMove to “Skateboard Rider”
Copy LinkEcho body percussion
Copy LinkTeach “Welcome, Welcome”
Copy LinkListen to the song.
Play the video again and sing along!
Optional: Read the story “All Are Welcome Here”
Copy LinkPause the video and sing the welcome song each time you here the words, "All are welcome here." If you have the storybook, accompany the refrain on C-G or D-A on Orff instruments. Then, you can use this as a way to review how to hold mallets and play the instruments.
Discuss How Tos and What ifs
Copy LinkTalk to the students about how they should enter/leave, sit, and what happens in the event of fire drill or lockdown.
Teach the “Make Me a Circle” chant
Copy LinkMake Me a Circle chant is a way to have students make a circle quickly. Chant the poem starting quietly and getting louder, then count how many beats it takes to make a circle. You might have to count higher than 10 the first time!
Each time you make a circle, use the chant and see how quickly your students can make a circle!
Play the “Hello Circle Name Game”
Copy LinkLearn the names of the students in your class with this simple name game!
Continue to use this activity until you know your students names - and they know each other's names. Try the variations!
Teach “Naughty Kitty Cat”
Copy LinkTeach the song by rote, showing with arm motions how the notes go higher and lower. Play the game.
Learn the game “Naughty Kitty Cat”
Copy LinkThe students stand in a circle with a “cat” on the inside and a “farmer” on the outside. At the word “scat,” everyone claps and the cat goes outside the circle to be chased by the farmer. The class claps and counts to ten, the time limit for the chase. Choose a new cat and farmer and continue the game.
Play the game and sing “Naughty Kitty Cat”
Copy LinkClap the rhythm for “Naughty Kitty Cat”
Copy LinkPat the beat. Tap the beats on a beat strip as you say the poem or use Activity 1. Clap the rhythm of the words showing the beats as you clap (Activity 3). You may want to do this with picture/word cards. The students could do this with heart shapes and popsicle sticks as you model it for them.
Clap the word “naughty” and ask the students how many sounds they heard. (two) Tell them that two sounds on a beat is called ti-ti and draw two lines in the hearts. (or the notes) Clap the word “kitty” and ask the students how many sounds they heard. (two) This is also a ti-ti. Clap the word “cat” and ask them how many sounds they heard. (one) Tell them that one sound on a beat is called ta and draw a line in the heart (or the note as shown). The beat with no sound is a rest.
Listen to the story “Naughty Kitty Cat” and sing along
Copy LinkTeach “The More We Get Together”
Copy LinkOptional: Draw a picture of who you would like to get together with
Copy LinkOptional: Play the Trivia Wheel game “One or Two Sounds?”
Copy LinkOptional: Complete the All About Me Worksheet
Copy LinkComplete and colour the All About Me worksheet.
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Save paper and ink and draw your own pictures on plain paper and write all about you!
Share your "All About Me" sheet with your teacher or someone in your family!
Sing “The Music Time is Over”
Copy LinkWatch the video and sing along!