Play Match the Melody, Level 2

Play Match the Melody - this is Level 2, game #6

Try other levels at the end of class if you like!

Place the pattern that you hear on the staff

Place the pattern that you hear on the staff

Options for teachers:
1. Laminate the staff and use white board markers to draw the pattern
2. Give the students bingo chips, pennies or counters to use as notes and place on the staff

Choose instruments to play along with "Shake the Papaya"

Choose instruments:
Woods
Metals
Shakes/Scrapes
Drums

Watch the Kids Sing and Play "Shake the Papaya"

Watch the kids sing and play "Shake the Papaya."

Sing and play along with "Shake the Papaya"

Improvise on instruments during the B, C and D sections. Can you sing along?
Improvising means that you make it up as you go along.

Decide which instruments to play in each section.
For example:
B - woods play C - metals play D - Drums and shakes/scrapes play

Learn "Turkey Lurkey"

Teach the song by rote. If your students can, have them read the song.

Sing and play the game with "Turkey Lurkey"

Have the students make a circle. Choose one student to be the turkey. The turkey struts around the outside of the circle while the other students sing the song. At the end of the song, the turkey tags a student who chases and tries to tag the turkey before the turkey reaches the inside of the circle. Both the “turkey” and the “chaser” sit in the middle of the circle until all of the students have had a turn.

Learn "Whoopee Cushion"

Have students learn the song "Whoopee Cushion" as a reading song or as a rote song.

Sing "Whoopee Cushion"

Sing the song "Whoopee Cushion".

Sing and do the movements

Sing and move to the song "Whoopee Cushion".

Make Note Values with Pipe Cleaners or Go Outside and Draw Them with Sidewalk Chalk

Make note values with pipe cleaners or go outside and draw them with sidewalk chalk.

Create and play some rhythm patterns using these notes.