Grade 1 Back To School – Lesson 2
Start LessonBeat, TempoThemes(s):
Animal Songs, Friendship, Building Character (SEL), Eras in Music, Baroque
Extra Details:
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Song Type
Curriculum Links
Holidays
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing the “Hello Song”
- Do body percussion
- Review “Welcome, Welcome”
- Optional: Read the story “All Are Welcome Here”
- Discuss How Tos and What ifs
- Say “Make Me a Circle”
- Play the “Hello Circle Name Game”
- Teach the “Music Room Rules”
- Review “Naughty Kitty Cat”
- Review the game “Naughty Kitty Cat”
- Play the game and sing “Naughty Kitty Cat”
- Teach “What Shall We Do?”
- Optional: Illustrate a mini-book of the song lyrics
- Teach “New Friends”
- Sing “New Friends”
- Optional: Play the Trivia Wheel game “Fast or Slow”
- 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 LinkDo body percussion
Copy LinkReview “Welcome, Welcome”
Copy LinkReview “Welcome, Welcome”
Listen to the song.
Play the video again and sing along!
Optional: Read the story “All Are Welcome Here”
Copy LinkOptional: Read the story “All Are Welcome Here”
Pause 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 LinkDiscuss How Tos and What ifs
Review quickly if you did this in Back to School Lesson 1.
Talk about procedures if this is your first week.
Say “Make Me a Circle”
Copy LinkSay “Make Me a Circle”
Make 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 LinkPlay the “Hello Circle Name Game”
Learn 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 the “Music Room Rules”
Copy LinkTeach the “Music Room Rules”
Have the students give examples of good choices, being responsible, good manners, etc.
Review “Naughty Kitty Cat”
Copy LinkReview “Naughty Kitty Cat”
Teach the song by rote, showing with arm motions how the notes go higher and lower. Play the game.
Review the game “Naughty Kitty Cat”
Copy LinkReview the game “Naughty Kitty Cat”
The 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 LinkTeach “What Shall We Do?”
Copy LinkTeach “What Shall We Do?”
Listen to the song on the recording. Stop after each verse and ask the children to tell you what the children in the song were doing outside. Write the key words on word strips and place in the pocket chart. Then sing the song, pointing to the words as you sing.
Optional: Illustrate a mini-book of the song lyrics
Copy LinkTeach “New Friends”
Copy LinkTeach “New Friends”
Teach the song "New Friends"
1. Read the words and have the students echo
2. Sing a phrase and have students echo
or
Play a phrase and have students echo
Sing “New Friends”
Copy LinkOptional: Play the Trivia Wheel game “Fast or Slow”
Copy LinkOptional: Complete the All About Me Worksheet
Copy LinkOptional: Complete the All About Me Worksheet
Optional: Complete 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!