Play Along with “Pantomime” by Mozart

Divide the class into 2 groups, one with drums and one with sticks.

Move to the Music of Mozart

Find a scarf or a ribbon that you could move to the music.

Watch the video and copy the movements that Mrs. Gagne does.

Learn About Mozart

Watch the video to learn about Mozart.

Play poison melody with drm patterns

Review “Hot Cross Buns”

Have the students read the rhythm of the song from the projectable concept slides, notation video, student books or write the rhythm on the board for them to read. Read the song in solfa or if you prefer, sing the melody to the students, showing them the melodic contour. You could have them point to the notes as they sing, or write the song on the board.

This would be a good song to have the students show the melodic contour of a song. You can show melodic contour with arm motions, or give a student a flashlight and have them “draw” the melody on the wall. Later, you could have the students draw on a piece of paper how the melody goes and use this as an assessment of how well they can show the melodic contour of a song.

Teach and play the game.

Review the clapping pattern for “Hot Cross Buns”

The basic clapping pattern for this game is that of pat-a-cake. Clap your own hands and then both your partner’s hands. This very simple clapping pattern is the first clapping pattern to use with your students. An interesting twist can be given to this simple pattern by doing additional actions. On the word "hot" fan your face. On the word “cross” cross your arms on your shoulders. On the word "buns" touch your bottom. Do the clap pattern on the words "One a penny, two a penny." This is fun and adds considerable challenge to what was previously an easy clapping game.

Sing and do the clapping pattern for “Hot Cross Buns”

Sort the rhythms for “Hot Cross Buns”

Option 1: Play “Hot Cross Buns” on Boomwhackers

Option 2: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Hot Cross Buns”

Creative Ideas: As a B section, use the following poem. I went into the bakery and what did I see? I saw a hot cross bun just a-lookin’ at me! During the B section have the students who are playing the clap game look for a new partner.

Read the words for “Recycle”

This song is included to give you an opportunity to talk about Earth Day on April 22. This song helps to answer some of the questions raised by song 74. "Garbage." Each community has different ways to recycle. Discuss with your students the ways that you can recycle in your community. Have students read the words and discuss the meaning. Listen to the song and ask the students to listen for two ways to recycle that are suggested in the song. (Recycling newspapers and taking bottles and cans to the bottle depot.)

Teach “Recycle”

Teach the words and melody by rote.

Invite the students to tell you which parts of the song are the verses and which is the chorus. Explain that the chorus of a song is the part of a song that comes between verses. The chorus usually has the same melody and lyrics each time it recurs.

Sing “Recycle”

Sing along with "Recycle"

Can you create actions to go with the song?

Review “Garbage”

Review the song.

Can you create actions to go with the song?

Optional: Illustrate a mini-book for the song “Garbage”

Optional: Create an Earth Day Poem

Create a poem for Earth Day.

Then choose instruments or found sounds to accompany the poem.

Sing “The Music Time Is Over”