Grade 1 Lesson 20
StartBeat, Form, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low), Rondo, Time SignatureThemes(s):
Friendship, Eras in Music, Baroque, Romantic
Extra Details:
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing the echoes for “Welcome to Music”
- Keep the beat with “Gigue”
- Play the copycat game with “Gigue”
- Teach “Lunar New Year”
- Compose a word rhythm composition as a B section
- Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Lunar New Year”
- Learn about the song “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore”
- Teach “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore”
- Read the poem for “Swan”
- Show the melodic contour while listening to “Swan”
- Teach “Rig a Jig Jig”
- Play the game with “Rig a Jig Jig”
- Is “Rig a Jig Jig” a stepping or skipping song?
- Sing “The Music Time is Over”
Extension:
Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.
Objectives
- I can create movement and move to the beat.
- I can read rhythm and melody patterns.
- I can describe rondo form.
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes for “Welcome to Music”
Copy LinkSing the echoes for “Welcome to Music.”
Keep the beat with “Gigue”
Copy LinkChoose 4 student leaders and have them create movement to the beat.
The rest of the class copies.
View the kids demo to see how to play.
Then, play the audio and play copycat with the kids.
Play the copycat game with "Gigue"
Copy LinkTeach “Lunar New Year”
Copy LinkCompose a word rhythm composition as a B section
Copy LinkOptional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Lunar New Year”
Copy LinkLearn about the song “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore”
Copy LinkRead the slide to the students.
Teacher note: This song is a spiritual and contains religious themes. Please consider the needs of your students and community when deciding to use this song.
Teach “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore”
Copy LinkTeach "Michael, Row” by rote. This song may be familiar to your students. Discuss how music is used in different ways by people all over the world.
Read the poem for “Swan”
Copy LinkShow the melodic contour while listening to “Swan”
Copy LinkTeach “Rig a Jig Jig”
Copy LinkTeach song by rote. When the students know the song, teach one of the games.
Play the game with “Rig a Jig Jig”
Copy LinkThe students in the class form a circle (or two circles). The class sings the verse softly while the first student walks slowly around the circle looking for a partner. The first student chooses a partner after the words “a friend of mine I chanced to meet.” The singing becomes louder as the two students skip around the outside of the circle. At the next verse, they both walk alone and both choose new partners. Continue until all students in the class are chosen.
Another way to play the game is to have the students move freely looking for a partner as they sing the first two phrases. On the words “I chanced to meet”, they shake hands with their partner and snap four times on "Hi ho! Hi ho! Hi ho!"
Begin a clapping pattern:
Rig a jig jig (pat pat pat pat)
away we go (clap own hands, clap partner’s hands 3x)
Hi ho! Hi ho! Hi ho! (snap snap snap)
Is “Rig a Jig Jig” a stepping or skipping song?
Copy LinkSing “The Music Time is Over”
Copy LinkSing "The Music Time is Over."