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In this lesson, we will:
Sing Welcome Welcome (m s, names, beat)
If You’re Happy and You Know it (JJ)
Review (or skip) What if? and How to.
Teach, Review (or skip) the Music Room Rules.
Storybook: All are Welcome – or – So-Me Goes Missing – or Listening Walk
Instrument Rhythms – color and create your own instrument rhythms
Play, Play, Play Along – Instrument Song
Optional – All About Me
Optional – Roly Poly
Wash Your Hands song
Alphabet Song – zee or zed
Six Little Ducks
Skinnamarink – sing our goodbye song and learn the movements
Starting dates for school districts can vary from end of July to after Labor Day! The Musicplay song sequence will begin in September week 1. This August Back to School Lesson Module 4 (and all the August modules) are given for teachers who start earlier than Labor Day. Start in whatever week your school district begins. When activities are repeated in the August lessons, review as needed or skip ahead. There are extensions or new concepts and learning each week in August.
This will be our welcome song - welcome to music class!
After you sing the song, say hello to 4 children - then sing again. Continue until you've said or sung hello to all the students.
Extension: Sing each hello in a different voice: high/low, loud/quiet, sing, speak, whisper, call
Extension 2: Keep a beat with an instrument, and introduce that instrument to the class.
Example: Rhythm Sticks
Ask - What are these called?
Ask - What are these made out of?
Ask - How do you make sound with them?
Review quickly or skip if you did this in Aug. week 1-2-3
Talk about procedures if this is your first week.
If you've already taught/reviewed the rules, skip ahead.
Go over the rules one at a time.
Ask the students for examples - What would be good choice?
How can they be nice and kind?
Extension: Have the students draw a picture that shows them playing an instrument carefully.
If You're Happy and You Know it - by JJ is in the Jump into Music section.
Sing and move as shown in the video
Listen to the story, "All Are Welcome."
Pause the video and sing the welcome song each time you hear the words, "All are welcome here."
If this is your week 3 of school, you could do the story from week 2 (So-me and the Spider, or go on to the story "The Listening Walk"
If this is your week 2 of school, you could listen to the So-Me and the Spider storybook instead of All Are Welcome. If this is week 3, jump ahead to the story "The Listening Walk."
• Every time you hear so-me (so-mi) sung, pause the story and echo.
• Use this as an introduction to sounds around us. Have the children listen to the sounds they can hear in the classroom and make a list of the sounds on the board.
If this is Week 2 or 3, read the story "The Listening Walk"
Then listen with eyes closed to sounds you hear in your classroom.
Make a list of the sounds.
Teachers: Find ways to move to the music and keep the beat.
Try tapping head, pat legs, pat tummy, tap your nose - think of as many ways as you can!
Have your students copy you.
Then, invite some students to be Copycat leaders!
If the music is too quick, use the slow down feature.
Echo the instrument rhythms
Copy and cut out the instrument pictures. (consider making 2 sets)
Arrange them, and play them.
Teachers - model first.
Invite students to suggest new ways to arrange them.
If you have extra time, invite the children to color them and create their own patterns.
Play along with the music.
• Trace the words on the page.
• Color the things you'd like to do in music class.
• If you want to save paper, draw a picture of what you'd like to do in music class.
Omit if you did this in Week 1.
Say the poem "Roly Poly" and do the movements with the teacher.
What is your favourite part of the poem?
Up, down, fast,slow, loud or quiet?
Can you think of other ways that Roly Poly could go? ... silly, short/long, smooth/bumpy
Watch the video to learn the "Wash Your Hands" song.
Play the video again and sing along!
Talk about other ways we can help to prevent spread of germs: don't share water bottles, cough into your elbow, use a tissue. Research says that washing hands is a proven way to help prevent spread of germs.
Also talk to the students (and their teacher) about having students use the washroom and have a drink before they come to music class. If necessary, talk about your procedures in the event that a student does need the restroom. But remember - in PreK - if one needs to go, all of a sudden they all need to go.
Watch and listen to the video.
Then watch and sing along with the video.
Have you sung this song before?
Canadians pronounce Z as Zed. Use this version if in Canada or UK.
If time, have the students sing and play along with "Six Little Ducks"
Give the students rhythm sticks (or whatever instrument you have available) and have them play all the "quacks" on an instrument. If time permits, try other instruments.
Skinnamarink is the song we sing at the end of every music class.
Watch the video and sing along!
The actions are given in the demo video that follows.
Watch the video and learn the actions.
Can you do all the actions?