Kindergarten Lesson 4
StartBeat, DynamicsThemes(s):
Color Songs, Food Songs, Building Character (SEL)
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Echo sing “Welcome to School”
- Review the “Music Room Rules”
- Review “Cookie Jar Chant”
- Move to the Beat
- Echo the poem “Loud Voice – Quiet Voice”
- Sing the echoes for “I am a Pizza”
- Listen and do the actions for “Dr. Knickerbocker”
- Sing and move to “Color Song”
- Review “A Smile Goes a Long, Long Way”
- Review “Andy Pandy”
- Review the movements for “Andy Pandy”
- Do the movements and sing “Andy Pandy”
- Show how the notes go higher and lower in “Andy Pandy”
- Echo Bobo
- Listen to the “Gingerbread Man” Story
- Do the interactive activity “Prepare Solfa” for “Gingerbread Man”
- Play “Which Pattern” for “Gingerbread Man”
- Teach “Walk to School”
- Move and sing the song “Walk to School”
- Sing “Skinnamarink”
Extensions
Objectives
- I can sing and move to music.
- I can echo melody patterns.
- I can show which are high and low notes.
Teaching Procedures
Echo sing “Welcome to School”
Copy LinkSing the echoes in the song.
Review the “Music Room Rules”
Copy LinkReview “Cookie Jar Chant”
Copy LinkMove to the Beat
Copy LinkMove to the beat.
Echo the poem “Loud Voice – Quiet Voice”
Copy LinkEcho the poem "Loud Voice - Quiet Voice".
Sing the echoes for “I am a Pizza”
Copy LinkSing the echoes in the song "I am a Pizza"
Listen and do the actions for “Dr. Knickerbocker”
Copy LinkListen and do the actions for "Dr. Knickerbocker".
When the song repeats, sing along!
Sing and move to "Color Song"
Copy LinkSing and move to "Color Song" and stand up when there is a color that you're wearing.
Review “A Smile Goes a Long, Long Way”
Copy LinkReview "A Smile Goes a Long, Long Way".
Can you think of some movements to do with the song?
Try singing along.
When someone smiles at you, how does it make you feel?
How do you think others feel when you smile at them?
Review “Andy Pandy”
Copy LinkThis song also provides opportunities for the students to explore different ways of moving, but in this case, following specific directions: down, up, in and out. If you’re doing this in the gym, give each student a hula hoop and have them perform the movements in (and out of) the hoop. You might play this as a game where the students change hoops each time they sing. In the music room, you could use big dots on the floor and have students change dots. This song is also included as reinforcement of the Week 1 lesson - following directions.
Review the movements for “Andy Pandy”
Copy LinkDo the movements and sing “Andy Pandy”
Copy LinkShow how the notes go higher and lower in “Andy Pandy”
Copy LinkUse this song to show how the notes go high, middle, and low. Sing the song and show how the notes go with arm motions or use the body scale. If some students are unclear, have the students join hands and do this with hands joined.
Echo Bobo
Copy LinkIf needed, slow the video down using the gear at the bottom right side of the video.
Listen to the “Gingerbread Man” Story
Copy LinkRead the "Gingerbreadman Story." Whenever the gingerbread man says “Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man,” sing it instead of saying it. You could dramatize the story with students wearing masks, or you could show the characters on a story board.
Teachers with Orff instruments could accompany the singing with a simple bordun on the beat. Create a dance to go with the song. Use the dance in the performance of the story
Do the interactive activity “Prepare Solfa” for “Gingerbread Man”
Copy LinkPlay “Which Pattern” for “Gingerbread Man”
Copy LinkTeach "Walk to School"
Copy LinkSing and move to "Walk to School".
Move and sing the song "Walk to School"
Copy LinkMove and sing the song "Walk to School".
Create your own movements for "Walk to School".
Sing “Skinnamarink”
Copy LinkSing our closing song, "Skinnamarink".