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Lesson Activities
1. Warmup with “Boom Chicka Boom” and create body percussion
2. Review names with “Concentration.”
3. Review “Little Tommy Tinker” and try as a round
4/5 Learn about Vivaldi, do the play along with body percussion or unpitched instruments. (sticks, drums)
6. Perform a variety of tempos in the Tempo Interactive
7/8/9 Staff Lesson
10. Coconut Chaos note name game
11/12 Learn to sing “Pass the Stick” and play the game
13. Review #1 “Mama Don’t Allow” – play spoons with the song
14. Play Rhythm racer
Extensions:
• Units-Theory – continue staff lesson
• Little Tommy Tinker – printable solfa, note name interactives and worksheets, beat and rhythm worksheets, ukulele chords
• Pass the Stick – Orff, solfa, note, beat/rhythm interactives and worksheets, ukulele play along
Echo the chant, "Boom Chicka Boom"
While you are echoing, can you make up 8 beats of body percussion to go with it?
For example: pat, pat, clap, clap, snap left 2x, snap right 2x
Review names with "Concentration"
Try the game at a variety of tempos.
If you need to review the movements, use the arrow button to go to Little Tommy Tinker in the song list and watch the kids demo.
Learn about Vivaldi.
Use body percussion or instruments to play along with Vivaldi.
Choose one instrument (sticks) to play the loud parts. (forte)
Choose another instrument (hand drums) to play the quiet parts. (piano)
Practice rhythm reading at different tempos.
Try exercise 2, 3 or 4 and choose the tempos to try.
Activity 1 - Staff Lesson 3
Activity 2 - Staff Lesson 3
Activity 3 - Staff Lesson 3
Play the Coconut Chaos Note Name Game
Teach this as a reading song or teach by rote.
Game Directions: Stand in a single circle. While you sing, pass a stick around the circle. One student is outside the circle holding a pair of cymbals. When the outside student crashes the cymbals, the person who is holding the stick is out and becomes the next cymbal crasher. If two people have hands on the stick, they are both out and share the cymbal crashing responsibility jointly. If someone drops the stick, they are also out.
Review the song, "Mama Don't Allow" and try playing along with spoons