Each of these lessons is 30 minutes long.
Lesson 13
- Welcome Song
- Pattern cards on the board – NEW NOTE review – barlines, double barline, time sig, repeat sign
- Are You Sleeping – Review song. Two circles on floor, sing in a ROUND.
- xyl – DA on half notes for Are you Sleeping
- Ally Bally: (See PowerPoint) find half notes.
- Partners: pat 2, clap 2, high five 2, “rainbow” on half note.
Lesson 14
- Welcome Song
- Pattern cards on board
- Ally Bally:
- Partners again.
- Sunset – from the Silver Burdett & Ginn 2nd grade book. If you don’t have the book, substitute a song like Wake Me. (More songs with half notes.)
- Grizzly Bear – papers
Lesson 15
- Review notes & rests with cards on the board
- Sunset or Wake Me – find half notes & half rests
- papers again, raise hand on half notes, whisper “rest” on rests
- A Tisket A Tasket
- Grizzly Bear – look at paper again, teach game
Lesson 16
- Review notes & rests with same cards on the board
- A Tisket A Tasket
- Grizzly Bear – look at paper again, teach game
Lesson 17
- Next time: Rhythm Written Assessment
- Rhythm Performance Assessment practice.
- A Tisket A Tasket – add instruments
- Grizzly Bear
Lesson 18
- Written assessment
- Rhythm Performance Assessment practice.
- Peer Gynt – play In the Hall of the Mtn King
- quick explanation of story
- students on floor, I play and show worksheet on TV
- What changed? (write answers on board)
- Listen again, show hands out from low to high
Lesson 19
- Rhythm Performance Assessment
- Peer Gynt – play In the Hall of the Mtn King
- Listen again, add motions.
- Start puppet DVD.
Lesson 20
- Review Peer Gynt and In the Hall of the Mountain King.
- Listen to a little of Morning, Ase’s Death, and Anitra’s Dance – what do you feel?
- If time, students could “free draw” to the music and share their art with others
- Finish DVD
