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Looking to use Middle School Lesson 18A – song-based lesson in your Middle School classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low)

You'll also cover the themes of: Dreams

Middle School Lesson 18A – song-based lesson

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Teach “Hold Onto Your Dream”
  2. Learn the choreography for “Hold Onto Your Dream”
  3. Do the choreography for “Hold Onto Your Dream”
  4. Review “I Have a Dream”
  5. Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “I Have a Dream”
  6. Review “Paper Scissors Rock”
  7. Play the “Paper Scissors Rock” game
  8. Teach “It’s a Whacky Kind of Sound”
  9. Create a rhythm composition
  10. Play the rhythm composition as the B section
  11. Optional: Play “It’s a Whacky Kind of Sound” on Boomwhackers

Extension:

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 independently or in groups with accurate intonation and rhythm
  • I can move alone and with others to a varied repertoire of music using integrated movement such as hands and feet moving together.
  • I can play classroom instruments independently or in groups with accurate intonation and rhythm.
  • I can create simple accompaniments through composition.