Grade 1 Back To School – Lesson 3
StartBeat, Timbre of Unpitched InstrumentsThemes(s):
Friendship
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing “Welcome, Welcome”
- Discuss How Tos and What ifs
- Review the “Music Room Rules”
- Review different instruments using the “Mystery Box”
- Sort the instruments in families
- Move to the Instruments!
- Play along to “Play the Instruments Quickly”
- Play along to “Play and Stop”
- Play along to “If You’re Happy”
- Review “New Friends”
- Optional: Read the story “How to Be a Friend”
- Teach “She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain”
- Learn the actions for “She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain”
- Do the actions and sing “She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain”
- 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 echo melody patterns.
- I can move to the beat.
- I can sing and move to music.
Teaching Procedures
Sing “Welcome, Welcome”
Copy LinkListen to the song.
Play the video again and sing along!
New! If you have Orff instruments - teach the children how to hold the mallets and have them play a solid bordun on C-G.
Extensions:
1. Say "Welcome" to each student in your class and have the rest of class echo the same way you said it.
2. Use a high voice for one student, and a low voice for the next. The students who echo will experience high/low. Try loud/quiet, fast/slow, and singing using a variety of tone sets.
3. Keep a beat while you say the welcome. The first time, clap or pat the beat. In future weeks, play the beat on an instrument.
4. Discuss with the students the instrument that you used. For example if you use rhythm sticks, as the students questions such as:
• What are these called?
• What are they made of?
• How can I make sound on them? Try out different ways - tapping, clicking, drumming, scraping
• Classify the instrument as a wood, metal, shake/scrape or drum
In this way the students will learn about many of the classroom instruments!
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View ContentDiscuss How Tos and What ifs
Copy LinkReview the “Music Room Rules”
Copy LinkHave the students give examples of good choices, being responsible, good manners, etc.
Review different instruments using the “Mystery Box”
Copy LinkPut 5-6 instruments in a box so the children can’t see what you're playing. Play it, and they identify the instrument. It’s a great way to introduce them to the timbre of unpitched instruments, and to help build their vocabulary as they learn the names of all the instruments!
Sort the instruments in families
Copy LinkMove to the Instruments!
Copy LinkMove the way the video tells you to move.
Play it again. Do you remember all the ways to move to the instruments?
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Copy LinkGive out instruments and play along.
If you have them, give one group woods, one group metals and one group drums.
If switching instruments is possible, try to give students turns to play all three kinds of instruments.
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Copy LinkIf you have them, give one group woods, one group metals and one group drums.
If switching instruments is possible, try to give students turns to play all three kinds of instruments.
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Copy LinkIn this song, the woods, metals and drums play in turn.
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View ContentReview “New Friends”
Copy LinkTeach the song "New Friends"
1. Read the words and have the students echo
2. Sing a phrase and have students echo
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Play a phrase and have students echo
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View ContentOptional: Read the story “How to Be a Friend”
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View ContentTeach “She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain”
Copy LinkListen to the singer on the recording and just add actions the first time you sing this song. Try to remember all the actions as you go. As the song goes along the students will be able to join in the singing of all the words.
Learn the actions for “She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain”
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Copy LinkSing “The Music Time is Over”
Copy LinkWatch the video and sing along!
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