Each lesson is 30 minutes long.

Lesson 19

• Character Counts
• Muffin Man – until everyone has a turn   (more songs with rhythm activities)
• Going Over the Sea – sing with motions
• Heart patterns on the board (ta and rest)
• I say pattern, student go to the board to rearrange the hearts
• John the Rabbit  – review the song from the last lesson
  • Students practice patsching their knees on “oh yes”
  • Choose students to play on xylophones on the “oh yes” pattern on octave E’s
• Sing Baa Baa Black Sheep – show visuals
  • Practice rhythm pattern: Baa baa baa (rest) as a “Section B” after singing the song
  • Add guiros on the rhythm pattern. Perform and trade instruments until everyone has a turn
• If time, Naughty Kitty Cat – make sure everyone has had a turn

Lesson 20

• Character Counts
• Dictation practice on board.
• Stick dictation
• Engine, Engine – Show PowerPoint – practice rhythm patterns with clapping, then add drums

Lesson 21

• Character Counts
• Review Engine Engine.
  • Add so-mi melody, demonstrate up and down
  • Practice hand drum part (“swish”) on beat
  • Practice xyl part on beat
  • 3 stations: xyl, hand drum (2 per riser on blue1, yell, blue2), rest of students on blue tape for “train station.”
• Sing, then say
  • Put it down, move on over,
  • Pick it up, do it again!
  • Xyl 8 person go to hand drum 1, hand drum 6 move to train station (students make train), train leader goes to xyl1
• Dictation practice on board.

                                        

Lesson 22

• Character Counts
• Rhythmic Dictation paper
• Teach Button You Must Wander

Lesson 23

• Marching Round the Levee
• Button You Must Wander

Links

• 1st Grade Rhythm/Melody Lessons 1-6
• 1st Grade Rhythm/Melody Lessons 7-13
• 1st Grade Rhythm Lessons 14-18
• 1st Grade Rhythm Lessons & Resources
• 1st Grade Rhythm Assessments
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