Echo d m s in C Major

Review “Pass the Stick”

Sing the song for the students with the solfa hand signs or arm motions, showing how the melody goes up and down. Have the students sing the song with hand signs or arm motions. Teach and play the game.

Play the “Pass the Stick” game

Stand in a single circle. While you sing, pass a stick around the circle. One student is outside the circle holding a pair of cymbals. When the outside student crashes the cymbals, the person who is holding the stick is "out" and becomes the next cymbal crasher. If two people have hands on the stick, they are both out and share the cymbal crashing responsibility jointly. If someone drops the stick, they are also out.

Alternatively: As students go "out" have them go to the Orff instruments and play a C-G bordun with the song.

Complete a rhythm sort for “Pass the Stick”

Option 1: Complete a solfa challenge for “Pass the Stick”

Option 2: Complete a note name challenge for “Pass the Stick”

Teach “Boom, Boom”

Teach the song by rote. Review verse-chorus form. Create and add actions.

Consider adding unpitched instruments to the song. For example:
- Boom boom, crazy - play the words on a drum
- Silly and foolish all day long - play the beat on egg shakers
- Verse - play the beat with sticks
- Whoops said the flea (spoken parts of each verse) - vibraslap

Learn About Sea Shanties

Watch the video to learn about sea shanties.

Thank you to Chris Biasutti for permission to share his video!

Teach “Haul on the Bowlin’

Choose soloists (or teacher) to sing the call and all sing the response.

Create movements to accompany the song.

Play the rhythm play along with “Allegro Assai”

Learn About the Composer Johann Sebastian Bach

Watch a segment of “Bach’s Fight for Freedom”

Finish the movie.

Discuss the movie

Request and Review for the month of January

Sing “The Music Time Is Over”