Grade 2 Lesson 23
StartBeat, Form, Tempo, Timbre of Voices, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low), ABACThemes(s):
Food Songs, Sea Songs, Our Musical World, North America
Extra Details:
Rhythm
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Clap the Rhythms With “Welcome to Music”
- Do a Rhythm Erase and Identify the Song
- Review the cup game for “Fig Leaf Rag”
- Review “Ham and Eggs”
- Do the movements while singing “Ham and Eggs”
- Review the form ABAC
- Teach “I’se the B’y”
- Copy the Movements for “I’se the B’y”
- This Folk Song is from Newfoundland and Labrador
- Teach “A Sailor Went To Sea, Sea, Sea”
- Play the clap game for “A Sailor Went to Sea”
- Teach “Cut the Cake”
- Play the “Cut the Cake” game
- Optional: Play “Cut the Cake” on Boomwhackers
- 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 sing and move to music.
- I can use and define tempo.
Teaching Procedures
Clap the Rhythms With “Welcome to Music”
Copy LinkClap the rhythms with "Welcome to Music".
Do a Rhythm Erase and Identify the Song
Copy LinkClap all 4 rhythms. Click on a square to take one away.
Clap all 4 rhythms, including the missing one. Click on a square to take another away.
Clap all 4 rhythms, including the missing ones. Click on a square to take another away.
Clap all 4 rhythms, including the missing ones. Click on a square to take another away.
Invite 4 students to help you write the complete rhythm on the board. (Each does one square)
Ask the students if they can identify the song.
Review the cup game for “Fig Leaf Rag”
Copy LinkReview “Ham and Eggs”
Copy LinkReview 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”
Copy LinkDivide 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.
Review the form ABAC
Copy LinkTeach “I’se the B’y”
Copy LinkTeach the chorus of song 63. "I’se the B’y" by rote. Listen to each of the verses, joining in on the chorus. In the second lesson of the week, try adding the clapping pattern part of the movement activity to the song. If you have time, try the entire movement activity. Review verse-chorus form.
Copy the Movements for “I’se the B’y”
Copy LinkHere are some ideas for movement.
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Create your own!
VERSE:
I’se the b’y that builds the boat and... (4 steps in, clap on beat 4)
I’se the b’y that sails her.... (4 steps back)
I’se the b’y that catches the fish and... (4 steps in, clap on beat 4)
takes them home to Liza.... (4 steps back)
CHORUS:
Hip your partner, Sally Tibbo.... (Gesture to the left with your left hip.)
Hip your partner, Sally Brown.... (Gesture to the right with your right hip.)
Fogo, Twillingate, Morton’s Harbour,... (Walk around in a small circle for 8 beats.)
All around the circle.
Watch the ugly stick demo with "I'se the B'y"
Copy LinkDonna and Andy are from Eastern Canada. They created some ugly sticks to play along with "I'se the B'y". There is a "How to make an ugly stick" video under the song if that is an activity you would like to tackle with your students.
This Folk Song is from Newfoundland and Labrador
Copy LinkTeach “A Sailor Went To Sea, Sea, Sea”
Copy LinkClapping games provide practice in maintaining a steady beat. Teach the song by rote. Teach the clapping game.
Play the clap game for “A Sailor Went to Sea”
Copy LinkPlay the clap game for "A Sailor Went to Sea"
The clapping pattern used throughout the song is:
clap own hands, clap partner’s right hand,
clap own hands, clap partner’s left hand, etc.
On the words “sea, sea, sea,” salute and then continue the clapping pattern.
Another way to play is clap both of your partner’s hands three times on “sea, sea, sea.”
2. A sailor went to knee, knee, knee ...
3. A sailor went to chop, chop, chop ...
4. A sailor went to sea, knee, chop ... pat own knees three times karate chop your right hand into your left elbow three times salute, touch knee, chop elbow
Directions: Students stand facing a partner, clapping the pattern and doing the actions as indicated above.
Teach “Cut the Cake”
Copy LinkRead the rhythms of song “Cut the Cake”. Teach the melody of the song. Teach and play the game. This is a good game to use to celebrate ALL the birthdays in your class.
Play the “Cut the Cake” game
Copy LinkThe students form a circle. In measures 1-2, clap hands; in measures 3-4, shake hands; and in measures 5-8, the students in the circle join hands. During the singing, one student walks around the outside of the circle. At the end of the song, they “slice” the cake - they bring their hand down separating two students whose hands were joined. They then stand in place with arms outstretched. The students they separated race in opposite directions around the circle. The first student to tag an outstretched hand wins.
Optional: Play “Cut the Cake” on Boomwhackers
Copy LinkSing "The Music Time Is Over"
Copy LinkSing "The Music Time Is Over".