Grade 1 Lesson 4
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes in “Welcome to Music”
Move to the Beat with Music by Mozart
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.
Do body percussion with Mozart
Do the body percussion that's shown.
Learn About Mozart
Learn about Mozart.
Watch the video to learn about Mozart.
Review "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?
Teach “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.
Sing “Jack and Jill” with the body scale
Demonstrate how the melody moves in the song using the body scale to show the melodic direction.
Point to the letters as you sing “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)
Listen and dance to "Rock Around the Alphabet." Create movements for the song.
Point to the letters as you sing the song.
Listen and Dance to "Rock Around the Alphabet" (Zed)
Listen and dance to "Rock Around the Alphabet." Create movements for the song.
Point to the letters as you sing the song.
Teach “Hop Old Squirrel”
Learn the game for “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.
Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “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.
