Kindergarten Lesson 5
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Introduction
In this lesson you will
- Sing the Echoes in “Welcome to School”
- Sing the echoes in “I am a Pizza”
- Sing and move to “Hey! Hey! Look at Me!”
- Sing and make up movements to the song “Hey! Hey! Look at Me”
- Complete the solfa interactive activities for “Hey! Hey! Look at Me”
- Listen to “Autumn Leaves”
- Show the body scale while singing “Autumn Leaves”
- Read the story “Leaves” by David Ezra Stein
- Draw shapes on paper plates to use as an instrument in “Shape Song”
- Sing and play along with “Shape Song”
- Listen and do the actions for “Dr. Knickerbocker”
- Sing our closing song, “Skinnamarink”
Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.
Objectives
- I can sing, move and play with music.
- I can show how notes go higher and lower.
Teaching Procedures
Sing the Echoes in “Welcome to School”
Copy LinkSing the echoes in the song.
Sing the echoes in “I am a Pizza”
Copy LinkSing the echoes in the song "I am a Pizza".
This is a great vocal warmup!
Sing and move to “Hey! Hey! Look at Me!”
Copy LinkSing and move to the song "Hey! Hey! Look at Me!"
Sing and make up movements to the song “Hey! Hey! Look at Me”
Copy LinkSing the song again, but this time, make up your own movements.
For example: (You'll need 5 different ideas)
1. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am twisting you can see!
2. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am jumping you can see!
3. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am swaying you can see!
4. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am twirling you can see!
5. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am nodding you can see!
Complete the solfa interactive activities for “Hey! Hey! Look at Me”
Copy LinkListen to “Autumn Leaves”
Copy LinkListen to the song "Autumn Leaves" and point to the leaves while you listen.
The leaves show how the song goes higher and lower.
Play it again and sing along.
Show the body scale while singing “Autumn Leaves”
Copy LinkSing the song "Autumn Leaves" and show the body scale.
The body scale shows how the notes go higher and lower.
Listen to the story "Leaves" by David Ezra Stein
Copy LinkListen to the story or read the storybook to your students.
Draw shapes on paper plates to use as an instrument in “Shape Song”
Copy LinkFor the next activity, cut out enough of each shape so that each of your students holds one shape/plate/instrument. When their shape is sung in the following song, they stand up and tap on their shape.
Paper option: If you don't have paper plates, draw the shapes on construction paper or paper.
Paper plate option: You could draw shapes on paper plates to use as an instrument. If you have a printer, you could print the shapes from the Supporting Resources above, cut them out and glue them to a paper plate.
Instrument Option: If you have a large assortment of classroom rhythm instruments, you may have enough instruments to give each student a different shaped instrument.
- Circles: Drums are circles
- Triangles are triangles
- Rectangle: woodblock, sandpaper block
- Square: Remo has made a set of sound shapes that include a square drum. (If you don’t have sound shapes, you may have to be inventive to find an instrument that is square. A perfect cube box could be used as a drum.)
Sing and play along with “Shape Song”
Copy LinkSing and play along with "Shape Song".
Use the paper plate instruments you made in the previous activity.
Hold up the plate/instrument/paper when the shape is called for in the song, and tap on the drum with a dowel or a pencil.
Listen and do the actions for “Dr. Knickerbocker”
Copy LinkListen and do the actions for "Dr. Knickerbocker".
When the song repeats, sing along!
Sing our closing song, “Skinnamarink”
Copy LinkSing our closing song, "Skinnamarink".