Grade 2 Extra January Lesson
StartBeat, Form, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low), Verse-ChorusThemes(s):
Composers, Sea Songs, Eras in Music, Baroque, 1600s
Extra Details:
Rhythm
Tone Set
Grades
Song Type
Curriculum Links
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing the echoes in “Welcome to Music”
- Echo d m s in C Major
- Review “Pass the Stick”
- Play the “Pass the Stick” game
- 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”
- Learn About Sea Shanties
- Teach “Haul on the Bowlin’”
- Play the rhythm play along with “Allegro Assai”
- Learn About the Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Watch a segment of “Bach’s Fight for Freedom”
- Discuss the movie
- Request and Review for the month of January
- Sing “The Music Time Is Over”
Extensions:
Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.
Objectives
- I can describe a sea shantey.
- I can read solfa and rhythms.
- I can describe verse-chorus.
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes in “Welcome to Music”
Copy LinkEcho d m s in C Major
Copy LinkReview “Pass the Stick”
Copy LinkSing 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
Copy LinkStand 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”
Copy LinkOption 1: Complete a solfa challenge for “Pass the Stick”
Copy LinkOption 2: Complete a note name challenge for “Pass the Stick”
Copy LinkTeach “Boom, Boom”
Copy LinkTeach 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
Copy LinkWatch the video to learn about sea shanties.
Thank you to Chris Biasutti for permission to share his video!
Teach “Haul on the Bowlin’
Copy LinkChoose 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”
Copy LinkLearn About the Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Copy LinkWatch a segment of “Bach’s Fight for Freedom”
Copy LinkFinish the movie.