Grade 2 Back To School – Lesson 1
Start LessonTimbre of Unpitched Instruments, Time SignatureThemes(s):
Food Songs, Building Character (SEL)
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Holidays
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing “Say Hello”
- Teach “Go Bananas”
- Copy the actions to “Go Bananas”
- Do Body Percussion
- Discuss How tos and What ifs
- Play Classroom Instrument Bingo
- Echo Bobo
- Teach “Charlie Over the Ocean”
- Learn the game for “Charlie Over the Ocean”
- Play the game and sing “Charlie Over the Ocean”
- Is it a stepping or skipping song?
- Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Charlie Over the Ocean”
- Teach “Welcome, Welcome”
- Optional: Listen to the story “All Are Welcome”
- Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Welcome, Welcome”
- Teach “Down by the Bay”
- Optional: Create a New Verse and Then Draw a Picture of Your Verse!
- 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 sing and move to music.
- I can echo word rhythms.
- I can sing mi-re-do and use mi-re-do in a song.
Teaching Procedures
Sing “Say Hello”
Copy LinkSing “Say Hello”
Teach "Say Hello" by rote.
If you prefer, you could use the video to teach the song by rote. Play a phrase, pause and have students echo it. Continue until the students have learned the entire song.
Copy the actions to “Go Bananas”
Copy LinkDo Body Percussion
Copy LinkDiscuss How tos and What ifs
Copy LinkDiscuss How tos and What ifs
Talk to the students about how they should enter/leave, sit, and what happens in the event of fire drill or lockdown.
Play Classroom Instrument Bingo
Copy LinkEcho Bobo
Copy LinkTeach “Charlie Over the Ocean”
Copy LinkTeach “Charlie Over the Ocean”
Teach the song by rote. Since this is an echo song - sing a phrase and have the students echo. If you don’t feel comfortable singing for your students, play a phrase on the video and have your students echo.
Learn the game for “Charlie Over the Ocean”
Copy LinkLearn the game for “Charlie Over the Ocean”
Choose one student to be Charlie. Charlie is the leader of the singing. While singing,Charlie walks around the outside of the circle. The class echoes, singing the part in the brackets. At the end of the song, Charlie touches a students that they have gone past. The student that is touched leaves the circle and tries to tag (not tackle!) Charlie before Charlie gets to the hole in the circle.
An interesting variation of this game is to have the solo singer make up new verses of what Charlie caught. ex: Charlie caught a cold; Charlie caught the kitchen.
Play the game and sing “Charlie Over the Ocean”
Copy LinkIs it a stepping or skipping song?
Copy LinkIs it a stepping or skipping song?
Sing and skip to the song. Try other songs. Are they stepping or skipping songs?
- "Choo Choo Train" (4/4 - step)
- "Counting" (2/4 - step)
- "Mr. Potato Head" (6/8 - skip)
Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Charlie Over the Ocean”
Copy LinkOptional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Charlie Over the Ocean”
Teach 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 Idea: Improvisation activity. Brainstorm a list of oceans in the world. You can use a map of the world and show your students where the oceans are located.
For example: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic. Chant the names of the oceans, and accompany with body percussion.
Sing and play the A section, chant the oceans twice as a B section, and then repeat the A. You could create more than one list of oceans, and create a C section, turning your final performance into a rondo.
Teach “Welcome, Welcome”
Copy LinkOptional: Listen to the story “All Are Welcome”
Copy LinkOptional: Listen to the story “All Are Welcome”
Listen to the story, "All Are Welcome."
Pause the video and sing the welcome song each time you hear the words, "All are welcome here."
Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Welcome, Welcome”
Copy LinkOptional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Welcome, Welcome”
If you have Orff instruments in your classroom you can use this to teach the arrangement.
Teach “Down by the Bay”
Copy LinkTeach “Down by the Bay”
This song is fun to sing and great for creating new rhyming verses. Students love to create their own verses for this song. Ask for volunteers to make up new verses.
Examples:
Did you ever see a hog sitting on a log?
Did you ever see a llama wearing red pajamas?
If you have more volunteers than you have time, ask the students to all turn to their neighbor and sing their new verse to their neighbor. They’ll all have the chance to share with someone, and it won’t take an hour to hear everyone’s verse.
Optional: Create a New Verse and Then Draw a Picture of Your Verse!
Copy LinkOptional: Create a New Verse and Then Draw a Picture of Your Verse!
Using the worksheet, or if you want to save paper and ink, use any paper you have, create a new verse, and then draw a picture of what is happening in your verse!
Optional: Complete the All About Me Worksheet
Copy LinkOptional: Complete the All About Me Worksheet
Complete the worksheet All About Me from Supporting Resources.
Sing “The Music Time is Over”
Copy LinkSing “The Music Time is Over”
Listen to the video and sing the echoes!