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Looking to use Kindergarten Lesson 6 in your Kindergarten classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Form, Timbre of Unpitched Instruments

Kindergarten Lesson 6

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Concepts(s):
Beat, Form, Timbre of Unpitched Instruments
Tone Set(s):
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Introduction

In this lesson you will:

  1. Sing the echoes in “Welcome to School”
  2. Sing and move to “Hey! Hey! Look at Me!”
  3. Sing “Hey! Hey! Look at Me” and make up your own movements.
  4. Review “Autumn Leaves”
  5. Sing “Autumn Leaves” and show the body scale while you sing
  6. Make a word rhythm pattern with fall leaves
  7. Learn the words to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”
  8. Learn the movements to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”
  9. Listen and move to “Air” by J. S. Bach
  10. Make up your own movements to “Air” by J. S. Bach
  11. Find paper plates or cut out circles and move to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach
  12. Make up your own movements to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach
  13. Draw shapes on paper plates to use as instruments in the “Shape Song”
  14. Sing and play along with “Shape Song”
  15. Sing our closing song, “Skinnamarink”

Extensions:

Objectives

  • I can sing, move and play with music.
  • I can show how notes go higher and lower.

Sing the echoes in “Welcome to School”

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Song Used: Welcome to School

Sing the echoes in “Welcome to School”

Sing the echoes in the song.

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Sing and move to “Hey! Hey! Look at Me!”

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Song Used: Hey! Hey! Look at Me

Sing and move to “Hey! Hey! Look at Me!”

Sing and move to song "Hey! Hey! Look at Me!"

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Sing “Hey! Hey! Look at Me” and make up your own movements

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Song Used: Hey! Hey! Look at Me

Sing “Hey! Hey! Look at Me” and make up your own movements

Sing the song again, but this time, make up your own verses and movements.

For example: (You will 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!

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Review “Autumn Leaves”

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Review “Autumn Leaves”

Review 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.

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Sing “Autumn Leaves” and show the body scale while you sing

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Sing “Autumn Leaves” and show the body scale while you sing

Sing the song "Autumn Leaves" and show the body scale while you sing.

The body scale shows how the notes go higher and lower.

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Make a word rhythm pattern with fall leaves

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Song Used: Autumn Leaves

Make a word rhythm pattern with fall leaves

Make a word rhythm pattern with fall leaves.

You could print the page located in supporting resources or better still, draw your own!

Color your leaves red, yellow, orange, brown or green.

Say the first line of "Autumn Leaves" as your A section:
"Autumn leaves are falling, falling the to ground."

Then say your color words as a B section. Say your words two times.
You could play on an instrument while you say.
For example: Yellow, yellow, yellow, red.

If you are in class, say the A section, then have 2 students say their patterns.

Learn the words to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”

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Learn the words to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”

Learn the words to the poem "Criss Cross Applesauce".

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Learn the movements to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”

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Learn the movements to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”

Learn the movements to the poem "Criss Cross Applesauce".

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Listen and move to “Air” by J. S. Bach

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Song Used: Air, J.S. Bach

Listen and move to “Air” by J. S. Bach

Listen and move to "Air" by J. S. Bach.

Is this music fast or slow?

It's slow!

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Make up your own movements to “Air” by J. S. Bach

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Make up your own movements to “Air” by J. S. Bach

Make up your own movements to "Air" by J. S. Bach.

You could use two stuffed animals, or you could use scarves.

Find paper plates or cut out circles and move to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach

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Song Used: Badinerie, J.S. Bach

Find paper plates or cut out circles and move to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach

Find two paper plates or cut out two circles and move to "Badinerie" by J. S. Bach.

Is this music fast or slow?

It's fast!

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Make up your own movements to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach

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Song Used: Badinerie, J.S. Bach

Make up your own movements to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach

Make up your own movements to "Badinerie" by J. S. Bach.

You can dance, move with stuffed animals or paper plates.

Draw shapes on paper plates to use as instruments in the “Shape Song”

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Draw shapes on paper plates to use as instruments in the “Shape Song”

Draw shapes on paper plates to use as instruments in the "Shape Song"

Hold up the plate when the shape is called for in the song, and tap on the drum with a dowel or a pencil.

If you don't have paper plates, draw the shapes on construction paper or paper.

Sing and play along with "Shape Song"

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Song Used: Shape Song

Sing and play along with "Shape Song"

Sing and play along with "Shape Song".

Use the paper plate instruments you made in the previous activity.

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Sing our closing song, "Skinnamarink"

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Sing our closing song, "Skinnamarink"

Sing our closing song, "Skinnamarink".

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