Grade 2 Back To School – Lesson 5
Start LessonMelodic Direction (high-middle-low), BeatThemes(s):
Food Songs
Extra Details:
CloseThemes
Rhythm
Tone Set
Grades
Song Type
Holidays
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing “Say Hello”
- Move to “Get Up! Get at em!”
- Review the “Music Room Rules”
- Echo Bobo
- Review “We Are Dancing in the Forest”
- Review the game with “We are Dancing in the Forest”
- Play the game and sing “We Are Dancing in the Forest”
- Sort the rhythms for “We Are Dancing in the Forest”
- Echo vegetable rhythms
- Review “The Eat Song”
- Option 1: Create word rhythms with flashcards
- Option 2: Create word rhythms with the interactive
- 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 create new verses.
- I can move to the beat.
Teaching Procedures
Sing “Say Hello”
Copy LinkMove to “Get Up! Get at em!”
Copy LinkMove to “Get Up! Get at em!”
Learn the movements with John as he sings "Get Up! Get At 'em"
Review the “Music Room Rules”
Copy LinkEcho Bobo
Copy LinkReview “We Are Dancing in the Forest”
Copy LinkReview “We Are Dancing in the Forest”
This is a singing game from Hungary. It is an excellent song for reading rhythms and melody and for teaching form. It will also provide an opportunity for students to create and play accompaniments, and dramatize a song. Teach the song either by having the students read it, or by rote, and play the game.
Review the game with “We are Dancing in the Forest”
Copy LinkReview the game with “We are Dancing in the Forest”
One student pretends to be the wolf and hides. Form a circle with the others and circle around the room. At the end of the song the students ask, “Wolf, are you there?” The wolf makes up answers like, “I’m brushing my teeth,” or “I’m
combing my hair.” When the wolf says, “I’m coming to eat you!” he runs toward the students, trying to catch one, while they try to reach the safety of the “den.” The student who is caught then becomes a wolf too, and the game continues
until all the players have been captured.
Denise Tip: In my classroom we’ve adapted the game so that the wolf has a time limit (seven seconds) to eat (tag) as many students as he can. Each student that is tagged sits down so we can count how many students the wolf ate. Then we choose a new wolf. We keep score, and the wolf who tags the most students is the winner.
Play the game and sing “We Are Dancing in the Forest”
Copy LinkSort the rhythms for “We Are Dancing in the Forest”
Copy LinkEcho vegetable rhythms
Copy LinkEcho vegetable rhythms
Watch the video. Say the vegetable rhythms and clap right after the teacher.
You'll say the rhythms with the students on the recording.
Review “The Eat Song”
Copy LinkReview “The Eat Song”
Listen to one verse of the song. Teach that verse by rote. On the board, write the words carrots, dinner, spaghetti, __________, dinner. As you sing verses 2-7, point to the food that is eaten in that verse. Ask the class for suggestions of what to eat in verse 5.
Make up actions for the "Eat! Eat! Yum! Yum!" part of the song
Option 1: Create word rhythms with flashcards
Copy LinkOption 1: Create word rhythms with flashcards
Create your own vegetable rhythms!
The pdf with vegetable cards is in the resources of this lesson. Copy it to cardstock and cut out the cards. (or have students cut them out). Give each student or groups of students a set of cards and let them create their own word rhythms. Choose instruments to play your rhythms. You could label one sound on a beat or two sounds on a beat using your preferred counting system. (ta, ti-ti, du du-day, etc)
Option 2: Create word rhythms with the interactive
Copy LinkOption 2: Create word rhythms with the interactive
Have students compose fruit or vegetable patterns. There is an interactive and a printable manipulative in the song activities to have students create a composition with carrot and corn. Create this composition in call and response form. Have the students create their patterns and decide how to perform them with body percussion or instruments.
Have a student say and perform a 4 beat pattern and have the class echo them. If students are seated in a circle, go around the circle giving everyone a chance to perform their pattern.