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Looking to use Grade 1 Lesson 4 in your Grade 1 classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Melodic Direction (high-middle-low), Beat, Scale

You'll also cover the themes of: Alphabet Songs, Animal Songs, Composers, Eras in Music, 1700s, Classical

Grade 1 Lesson 4

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Sing the echoes in “Welcome to Music”
  2. Review the “Music Room Rules”
  3. Move to the Beat with Music by Mozart
  4. Do body percussion with Mozart
  5. Learn About Mozart
  6. Review “Apples and Bananas”
  7. Teach “Jack and Jill”
  8. Sing “Jack and Jill” with the body scale
  9. Optional: Play “Jack and Jill” on Boomwhackers
  10. Optional: Play “Which way do the notes go?”
  11. Point to the letters as you sing “Rock Around the Alphabet”
  12. Listen and Dance to “Rock Around the Alphabet” (Zee)
  13. Listen and Dance to “Rock Around the Alphabet” (Zed)
  14. Echo Bobo
  15. Teach “Hop Old Squirrel”
  16. Learn the game for “Hop Old Squirrel”
  17. Play the game and sing “Hop Old Squirrel”
  18. Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Hop Old Squirrel”
  19. Sing “The Music Time is Over”

Extensions

Objectives

  • I can sing and move to music.
  • I can show how the notes go higher and lower.
  • I can tell when music is quiet or loud.

Sing the echoes in “Welcome to Music”

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Song Used: Welcome to Music

Sing the echoes in "Welcome to Music."

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Review the “Music Room Rules”

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Move to the Beat with Music by Mozart

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Listening Selection Used: Ballettmusik II from Les petits riens

Move to the beat with music by Mozart.

Copy the teacher in the video.

Play the video again and make up your movements to the beat.

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Do body percussion with Mozart

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Listening Selection Used: Ballettmusik II from Les petits riens

Do the body percussion that's shown.

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Learn About Mozart

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Listening Selection Used: Ballettmusik II from Les petits riens

Learn about Mozart.

Watch the video to learn about Mozart.

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Review "Apples and Bananas"

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Song Used: Apples and Bananas

Play instruments with the song "Apples and Bananas."

You could play a different instrument with each verse.

Can you play and sing?

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Teach “Jack and Jill”

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Song Used: Jack and Jill

Teach the song by rote and sing with the lyrics video showing the melodic direction with arm motions or using the body scale.

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Sing “Jack and Jill” with the body scale

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Song Used: Jack and Jill

Demonstrate how the melody moves in the song using the body scale to show the melodic direction.

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Optional: Play “Jack and Jill” on Boomwhackers

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Optional: Play “Which way do the notes go?”

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Point to the letters as you sing “Rock Around the Alphabet”

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Song Used: Rock Around the Alphabet

Point to the letters as you sing the song.

A printable alphabet pointing page is also available in the supporting resources.

Listen and Dance to “Rock Around the Alphabet” (Zee)

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Song Used: Rock Around the Alphabet

Listen and dance to "Rock Around the Alphabet." Create movements for the song.

Point to the letters as you sing the song.

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Listen and Dance to "Rock Around the Alphabet" (Zed)

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Song Used: Rock Around the Alphabet

Listen and dance to "Rock Around the Alphabet." Create movements for the song.

Point to the letters as you sing the song.

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Echo Bobo

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Song Used: Hop Old Squirrel

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Teach “Hop Old Squirrel”

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Song Used: Hop Old Squirrel

Teach the song by rote. If students can have them read the rhythms.

Learn the game for “Hop Old Squirrel”

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Song Used: Hop Old Squirrel

Begin by having students hop freely to the beat as they sing the song. Ask the students how else the squirrel might move. Repeat the song, changing the action to what the students suggest (e.g., Run/crawl/fly old squirrel ...). Try substituting
the word “listen” for “eidledum.” On the word “listen”, have the students freeze until you signal them to move. You will enhance their listening skills in all subject areas using this variant of the game.

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Play the game and sing “Hop Old Squirrel”

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Song Used: Hop Old Squirrel

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Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Hop Old Squirrel”

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Song Used: Hop Old Squirrel

Playing and Creating: Invite the children to think of new ways that the squirrel could move. For example: Run old squirrel, crawl old squirrel, fly old squirrel, etc.

Try substituting the word “listen” for “eidledum.” On the word “listen” have the children freeze until you signal them to move. This helps to teach the children to stop what they are doing and pay attention when they hear the word “listen.”

Have the students choose non-pitched instruments to play the words of the song on. They could play the words “Hop old squirrel” on one instrument, and the words “eidledum, eidledum” on a contrasting instrument.

Sing “The Music Time is Over”

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Song Used: The Music Time is Over

Sing the echoes in our closing song "The Music Time is Over."

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