Grade 2 Lesson 22
Teaching Procedures
Clap the Rhythms With “Welcome to Music”
Review “The More We Get Together”
This song is in 3/4 time. Have the students create an ostinato with movement to perform with the song, e.g., pat - snap - snap. Sing "The More We Get Together" as a warm-up. Use the names of students in your class in the song.
Teach “Ham and Eggs”
Review tempo terms with the students. Teach the song by rote. Discuss the different tempos that you hear in the song. Decide what tempo term would be used to describe them.
Do the movements while singing “Ham and Eggs”
Divide the class into two groups. One groups sings all of the “ham” words and the other group sings all of the “egg” parts. Then have each group stand to sing their part and sit when they are done. This is a choral warm-up or shake-up. Use this song anytime your students need a wiggle, or at the beginning of a choir practice to stretch them out.
Learn about the form ABAC
Discuss the tempos used in “Ham and Eggs”
Discuss the tempos used in the song.
Review the tempo terms that have been introduced in Grade 2.
Optional: Complete a Worksheet to Sort Tempo from Slow to Fast
Mirror the Movement to "Rondeau"
"Rondeau", or rondo, is a listening example of rondo form.
In this rondo, the A section is repeated.
The form is A A B A C A D A
Mirror the movements in the video.
Have each student choose a partner.
One student will be the leader and the other the mirror.
Play the video again, and have students create their own mirror movement.
Switch so that each student gets a turn to be leader.
Teach “Circle ‘Round the Zero”
This is a fun singing game. It’s a good song to use when teaching about friendship. Students should always practice good social skills when they play singing games. In this game, students should choose as a partner the student that they are behind. Students should be reminded that it is good manners to include everyone in a game. They shouldn’t scoot ahead of a student to get to someone that they like better.
Teach "Circle Round the Zero" by rote. Teach and play the game.
Play the “Circle ‘Round the Zero” game
One student walks around the outside of the circle. On the words, "Find your lovin' zero," they stop behind a student. On "back, back, zero," the two students bump backs, then bump sides, then clap hands (on "front, front, zero"), and then swing. Both students then continue around the circle. Start the game again when you run out of partners.
Review “I See the Moon”
Listen to "I See the Moon". Teach the song by rote.
Have the students read the rhythm of the song from the projectable.
Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “I See the Moon”
Teach the Orff arrangement or create and add an accompaniment for the song using C and G tone bars
Creative Ideas: Set the barred instruments up using the notes FGA CD. Have the students at the instruments improvise or create a new melody between repetitions of the song. You could have each instrument take a turn.
