Review your classroom procedures with your students.
(Skip ahead if you did this in August)

If students are good music readers, have them read the rhythms and the solfege (or pitch letter names) for the song, Number Concentration.

If students are not confident, teach the song by rote.

Game Directions: Give every student in the class a number. You may want to organize a seating plan, and give them the number that they will have in the plan. The teacher sings a number, and that student sings back their name. As you sing, tap a beat with one finger. If you don’t respond with your name after your number is sung, you go out or sit down. The first time you play this game, don’t have any "outs" - just play for fun. As the students become more familiar with the game, you can play this as an elimination game. Ask the students to keep the beat with one finger while they play the game. They can feel the beat when tapping one finger, but it isn’t as loud as clapping. Invite students to be leaders and sing the numbers. Watch the kids demo.

Play the game! This is a great way to learn everyone's names, and to get an initial assessment of pitch matching.

Playing and Creating: To extend the activity, use the song and orchestration as an A section, and have students create a B section using number patterns. Discuss and decide on a final form for the performance.

B Section Idea:
Have the children create ostinato patterns using numbers to try with body percussion or instruments.
For example: 1, 2, 3-4, 5 ta ta ti-ti ta or 1-2 3 4-5 6 ti-ti ta ti-ti ta
Select one of these to be the B section in the performance, or select several of them and perform them as variations in a rondo.

Teach the song by rote.
Sing or play a phrase and have students echo.
Sing or play 2 phrases and have students echo.
Sing or play the whole song and have students echo.

Tip: Sing for the students - not with them!

If you don't have kazoos, cup your left fist around your mouth to make a similar sound.

Play the video to learn about Mozart.

Find a ribbon or a scarf to move to "Larghetto" by Mozart.

Find something at home to use for sticks and shakers to play along with "Larghetto."

Play along with the video. If you find it hard to read the rhythms, just play the beat.

Listen to the song "I'm Glad I'm Back at School."
Teach the A section by rote.
Then teach the B section.

Form in music is the way the music is organized.

In “I’m Glad I’m Back at School,” there are three sections.

The first section is called the A section.

A different section gets a new letter - B.

When the first section is repeated, it's the A section again.

There are 2 questions at the bottom of the page.

What form is example 1?

What form is example 2?