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Looking to use Kindergarten Back To School – Lesson 4 in your Kindergarten classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Dynamics, Tempo, Timbre of Unpitched Instruments, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low)

You'll also cover the themes of: Food Songs, Health

Kindergarten Back To School – Lesson 4

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Sing “Welcome, Welcome”
  2. Say the “Hello Beat Chant”
  3. Warm up with “Clap! Stamp! Shake!”
  4. Discuss How Tos and What Ifs
  5. Review “Music Room Rules”
  6. Review different instruments using the “Mystery Box”
  7. Play along with “Play and Stop”
  8. Play along with “Play the Instruments Quickly”
  9. Practice Rhythm With Vegetable Rhythms
  10. Invite the students to create their own vegetable rhythms
  11. Optional: Play Trivia Wheel – 1 or 2 sounds Vegetable
  12. Teach “I’ve Got the Beat”
  13. Learn the actions for “I’ve Got the Beat”
  14. Do the actions and sing “I’ve Got the Beat”
  15. Move to the drum
  16. Sing “Skinnamarink”

Extensions

About the ‘Back to School’ Lessons
Different school districts have different start dates, ranging from the end of July to after Labor Day. The Musicplay song sequence is designed to begin in the first week of September. For teachers whose schools start earlier than September, there are five ‘Back to School’ lessons provided. If your school year begins in August, start with ‘Back to School’ lesson 1. Once September begins, regardless of your start date, use the ‘September Week 1’ lesson.

Objectives

  • I can sing an echo.
  • I can echo rhythms.
  • I can sing and move to music.