Sing the echoes.

Teach the song by rote.

Use a scarf and create movement to the song.

If you need ideas, watch the Kids Demo video that follows.

Is it one sound or two?

Click the leaves to the boxes to show if it's one sound or two.

(If you need to peek at the answer, it will be in the next slide.)

Here are the answers to Is It One Sound or Two? activity.

Don't peek until you've done the activity.

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Learn about the half note.

Have the students step the beat while they sing. Have the students clap the sounds the words make (rhythm). Ask the students how many sounds are on each beat. The word "brown" is held for two beats. Show the students that you can hold a note for longer than one beat by using a tie or using a half note.

(Note: if you are looking for more slides to teach the half note go to the song Falling Leaves and review the projectable slide "Beat and Rhythm")

Is it one sound or two?, this time with note values!

This time, you get to drag the notes to show how many sounds there are on a beat.

There's one tricky word: float. When we sing it, we sing two pitches.

So in my answer, I've called this two sounds on a beat.

Don't peek at the answers unless you need help!

Here are the answers to Is It One Sound or Two? activity with note values.

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Sing "Tony Chestnut".

Tell the students that the movement, or section, is called "Autumn." Is there something in the music that reminds them of autumn? Listen and ask them. (The harpsichord part makes me think of falling leaves.)

Create mirror movement with a partner or use the scarf you using in the song "Falling Leaves" to show how the leaves are falling while you listen this piece.

Print or draw and color the instruments.

If you have a printer, you can download and print this page from Supporting Resources.
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Even better, draw your own instruments and color them.

Label the trumpet, clarinet, violin and drum.

Listen to song "I am a Fine Musician".

If you have printed or drawn the instruments in the preceding activity, point to the instrument as you hear it in the song.

If not, pretend to play each of the instruments that you hear in the song.

Do you know which instrument family each instrument belongs to?
(The answers are in the worksheet.)

Learn the song "Pumpkin Fat".

If students are able, have them read the rhythms and the solfa/note names.

Watch students play the game.

In this game, you want to make the scariest face!

Play the game with your family!

Play the game "Which Pattern did you Hear?"

Then, try playing new patterns on the xylophone!

Sing "The Music Time Is Over".