Grade 1 Extra May Lesson
StartMelodic Direction (high-middle-low), BeatThemes(s):
Our Musical World, Frogs, Central America, Food Songs, Animal Songs
Extra Details:
Rhythm
Tone Set
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing the “Hello Song”
- Echo Vegetable Rhythm
- Create your own Rhythm
- Echo d m s in F Major
- Review “How Many Fingers?”
- Review the game “How Many Fingers?”
- Sing and play the game “How Many Fingers?”
- Sort the rhythms for “How Many Fingers?”
- Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “How Many Fingers?”
- Review the dance “La Raspa”
- Review “El coquí”
- Do Body Percussion
- Create Your own Body Percussion
- Sing “The Music Time is Over”
Extensions
Objectives
- I can sing, move and dance to music.
- I can read rhythms and melodies.
Teaching Procedures
Sing the “Hello Song”
Copy LinkEcho Vegetable Rhythm
Copy LinkEcho d m s in F Major
Copy LinkReview “How Many Fingers?”
Copy LinkStudents may be able to read the rhythms and the solfa notes in this song.
Use this song to teach the students that not all phrases are the same length. As they sing the song, have them show the phrases by drawing an arc in the air with a finger. The first and second phrases are 4 beats long. (a a) The third phrase is 8 beats long. (b)
This would be a good song to have students draw how the melody goes. You may be able to take your students outside and have them draw the melody on cement with sidewalk chalk.
Review the game “How Many Fingers?”
Copy LinkThis song is a counting game. Have the students form a circle. Have one student walk around the outside of the circle as you sing the song. At the end of the song they’ll be standing behind a student while holding up one to five fingers. The student they are behind has to guess how many fingers are being held. You can have the student who is guessing sing the responses. This will give you an opportunity to assess pitch matching in your class.
Sing and play the game “How Many Fingers?”
Copy LinkSort the rhythms for “How Many Fingers?”
Copy Link#6. In this activity you will figure out how many sounds there are on each beat of the song. You will show how many sounds using pictures.
#7. In this activity you will figure out how many sounds there are on each beat of the song. You will show how many sounds using notes.
Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “How Many Fingers?”
Copy LinkTeach the students the Orff arrangement. To extend the activity, use the song and orchestration as an A section and have students create a B section or movement. Discuss and decide on a final form for your performance.
B Section Ideas: Improvisation activity. Have the students create ostinati using numbers to try with body percussion or instruments. For example: 1, 2, 3-4, 5 ta ta ti-ti ta or 1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 ti-ti ta ti-ti ta
Select one of these to be the B section in your performance, or select several of them and perform them as variations in a rondo.
Try playing the melody on barred instruments or on Boomwhackers. If you are using Boomwhackers, use the arrangements in the Boomwhacker section under Instruments.