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Contents Lesson 1: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 03 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 06 Lyrics............................................ Page 07 Lesson 2: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 08 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 10 Lyrics............................................ Page 11 Lesson 3: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 12 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 15 Lyrics............................................ Page 16 Lesson 4: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 17 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 19 Lyrics............................................ Page 20 Lesson 5: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 21 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 23 Lyrics............................................ Page 24 Lesson 6: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 25 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 27 Lyrics............................................ Page 28 Lesson 7: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 29 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 31 Lyrics............................................ Page 32 Lesson 8: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 33 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 35 Lyrics............................................ Page 36 Lesson 9: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 38 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 40 Lyrics............................................ Page 41 Lesson 10: Lesson Plans.................................... Page 42 Lesson at a Glance................................ Page 44 Lyrics............................................ Page 45 Lessons 110: Song Notation.................................... Page 46 Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 55
Lesson Plan 1 Activity Title Comments Instrument Kit All Instruments with Hello Song Instrument Kit Finger Cymbals Movement Shosholoza (Exploration) Sally Go Round The Sun Run, Run! (2x switch groups) Vocabulary: Adagio/Allegro Shosholoza: Free play and exploration time with the yellow kits of instruments. : Ask students to stand. Sing the hello song and ask them to listen on which word you are clapping (clap on the rhythm of ). All play the rhythm of each time it comes in the song using an instrument from the kit (without the guitar). Add the guitar accompaniment, asking the children to play only on the rhythm of tideo. Sing song using each child s name at least once. Ask the children to keep out one finger cymbal. Sing, Instruments away now tideo as a transition to the next activity. Ask children to stand in a circle. Holding a finger cymbal, move around in the circle while singing, tapping a child s cymbals at the end of each phrase (on the rests). Repeat. See if they know the words that were sung right before the cymbal was played. Display felts to help remember some of the words. Repeat. If time, play with CD, tapping the beat on the hand drum for the B section. Introduce your cat (named Adagio) and your little mouse (named Allegro) and explain what Adagio and Allegro mean in music. Tell the story of the cat and mice and then ask them to play the part of Adagio the cat or Allegro the mouse. TIP: If you don t have time to do it twice, trying both parts, let them know they will have a chance to do it again next week. What s Needed Hand Drums Shaker Eggs Scarves Finger Cymbals Tone Blocks Guitar/Ukulele Finger Cymbals Sun, Moon, Chimney Symbols Cat/Mouse Puppet Solo Singing Sing Me Your Name! My Name Is! What s Your Favorite? Teacher sings, Sing me your name using so & mi while throwing a yarn ball to one child. Child sings back, My name is using so & mi; and throws the ball back to teacher. Continue until all children have sung their name. When you repeat the activity, sing, What s your favorite color? Instead of asking them their name again. To make the activity more challenging, use a variety of major and minor intervals. Yarn Ball or Soft Ball Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 3 of 55
Lesson Plan 1, Cont. Activity Title Comments Movement Listening/ Movement Game Keep the beat on the tick tock block as the children walk to the beat. This is preparation to march to a new Orff instrument later Say, Stop" when tick tock block stops. Ask them to listen for tempo changes; match tempo with their movement. Ask them to dance in place or patsch when they hear the sopranino. (Play in F pentatonic, using FGA CD). This is preparation for free play time on the Orff instruments Alternate between the tick tock block and the sopranino. Have them raise their arms and put their fingertips together, then lower arms when they hear you play finger cymbals. This is preparation for putting the mallets to rest on the Orff instruments. Show mallets and how to use instrument as their bed, make a joke that their heads/feet should be together; don t let them fall out of bed or even have their feet sticking out. Orff Rules Rules All children sit and listen while teacher explains and demonstrates the rules: Walk around Bottoms up Play like butterflies not elephants No mallets in the holes Leave the bars as they are How to lay the mallets to rest Best place to hit the bar for the best sound. Send one child at a time to an instrument to demonstrate. Orff Instruments In F Free Play Activity (Exploration) Old Gray Cat (Exploration) Free Play Activity: Choose one child to demonstrate practice playing (upon hearing Sopranino), resting mallets (upon hearing FC) and walking to new instrument (upon hearing tick tock block.) Invite all the children to play, following the signals. Tell students to go to a different row after they have laid the mallets to rest & heard the tick tock block give the walking signal. Tip: Children should have the experience of playing several different types/ sizes of Orff instruments in each lesson. Old Gray Cat: Using the recording, encourage the students to play in response to what is happening in the song. Repeat after they switched instruments. IF TIME, use hoops with metal bars in one & wood bars in the other to conduct song. Sleeping cat step in hoop with metal bar; mice step in hoop with wood bar; cat waking up step in hoop with metal bar; running music step into both hoops; metals and woods. What s Needed Tick Tock Block Finger Cymbals Sopranino Orff in F Pair of Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Sopranino Hoops Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 4 of 55
Lesson Plan 1, Cont. Activity Title Comments Goodbye Song Next Week s Fun Come My Friends (Symphony No. 6) Announcements & Hand outs Introduce the goodbye song with the guitar. Tell them that Beethoven is the composer of this year s goodbye song and we will learn more about the symphony and Beethoven throughout the school year. Play the CD while giving hand stamps to the children and for them to exit the music room. What s Needed Guitar/Ukulele Next week, Adagio and Allegro will be back, I hope you will remember their names! Hand out classroom policies to the parents after class. Thank everyone for bringing their children to music class. Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 5 of 55
Lesson Plan 1 Lesson at a Glance Shosholoza Sally Go Round The Sun Cymbals Run, Run! 2x (Allegro/Adagio) Sing Me Your Name/Color Listening/Mvt Game Orff Rules Free Play Orff Old Gray Cat Orff Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 6 of 55
Lesson Plan 1 Lyrics Shosholoza (No Lyrics) Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Sally Go Round The Sun Sally go round the sun, Sally go round the moon, Sally go round the chimney top Every afternoon. Boom! Cows in the meadow Eating yellow buttercups Thunder, lightning we all stand UP! Run, Run! (No Lyrics) Sing Me Your Name/Color (No Lyrics) Old Gray Cat The old gray cat is sleeping Sleeping, sleeping The old gray cat is sleeping In the house The little mice are creeping Creeping, creeping The little mice are creeping In the house The old gray cat is waking Waking, waking The old gray cat is waking In the house Now everyone is running Running, running Now everyone is running In the house Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 7 of 55
2 Lesson Plan 2 Activity Title Comments Gathering Drum with Hello Song Shosholoza (Exploration) The Gaz (New) (Piano) Shosholoza: Free play and exploration time on the large drum. Play with two hands, two fingers, scratches, circles, fists, swishes The Gaz: Before using the CD, have the students follow your verbal directions: close (make a fist with both hands on drum), open (hands are flat on drum) and flip (turn hands over, palms up). Tell them, Now we have our Blues moves ready! The Blues has a chord pattern that we will follow with our hands. Follow the chord changes: I closed fist IV open hand V flip open hand Middle section: fingers go on a walk on the drum, ending with the V, IV and I chord, tremolo and accent. : Ask the children if they remember what word we were playing on for our hello song this year. Review we will play on all the s. Practice playing the rhythm of tideo on the gathering drum without the guitar. Add the guitar strumming the beat. Sing each child s name at least once. What s Needed Gathering Drum Guitar/Ukulele Instrument Kit Finger Cymbals Hand Drums Sally Go Round The Sun Ask children to stand in a circle. Holding a finger cymbal, move around in the circle while singing, tapping a child s cymbals at the end of each phrase (on the rests). Repeat. See if they know the words that were sung right before the cymbal was played. (Sun, moon, noon) Display felts to help remember some of the words. Repeat. If time, play with CD, tapping the beat on the hand drum for the B section Finger Cymbals Hand Drums Sun, Moon, Chimney Visual Movement Run, Run! Vocabulary: Allegro/Adagio Review the names for the cat (Adagio) and the mouse (Allegro). Have them act out the part of the cat or the mouse. Repeat movement, trying the other part if desired. Cat/Mouse Puppet Solo Singing Sing Me Your Name! My Name Is! What s Your Favorite? If you need to learn the names of your children sing, Sing me your name using so & mi while throwing yarn ball to one child one more week. If you know the names, sing different questions like, What s your favorite color? or, What s your favorite instrument instead of asking them their name. TIP: For those who already match pitch, you can change the intervals you are singing to make it more challenging to echo back. Use a variety of major and minor intervals. Yarn Ball or Soft Ball Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 8 of 55
2 Lesson Plan 2, Cont. Activity Title Comments Movement Listening/ Movement Game Review the activity from last week. Tick tock block march to the beat. Sopranino dance and move anyway they like. Finger cymbals put finger tips together. What s Needed Pair of Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Sopranino Orff Rules Rules All children sit and listen while teacher explains/shows the rules. Send one child at a time to an instrument to demonstrate. Orff Instruments In F Free Play to the Sopranino (Exploration) Old Gray Cat Free Play to the Sopranino: Let everyone practice playing (upon hearing Sopranino), resting mallets (upon hearing FC) and walking to new instrument (upon hearing tick tock block.) Old Gray Cat: Use the CD. Encourage students to play what they think goes with music. Introduce the pictures or puppets, Adagio and Allegro. Play fast when Allegro is out, play slow when Adagio is out. Use hoops with metal bars in one and wood bars in the other to conduct song. Sleeping cat metals only; mice woods; cat waking up metals; running music step into both hoops; metals and woods Orff in F Sopranino Cat & Mouse Puppet or Pictures 2 Hula Hoops Goodbye Song Come My Friends (Symphony No. 6) Ask if they remember the composer of our goodbye song. Tell them this is from Beethoven s sixth symphony. Play the CD while giving hand stamps to the children and as they exit the music room. Guitar/Ukulele Next Week s Fun We will read one of my favorite frog stories. Announcements & Hand outs Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 9 of 55
2 Lesson Plan 2 Lesson at a Glance Shosholoza The Gaz SM Sally Go Round The Sun FC/Drums Run, Run! (Allegro/Adagio) Sing Me Your Name/Color Listening/Mvt Game Orff Rules Free Play Orff Old Gray Cat Orff Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 10 of 55
2 Lesson Plan 2 Lyrics Shosholoza (No Lyrics) The Gaz (No Lyrics) Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Sally Go Round The Sun Sally go round the sun, Sally go round the moon, Sally go round the chimney top Every afternoon. Boom! Cows in the meadow Eating yellow buttercups Thunder, lightning we all stand UP! Run, Run! (No Lyrics) Old Gray Cat The old gray cat is sleeping Sleeping, sleeping The old gray cat is sleeping In the house The little mice are creeping Creeping, creeping The little mice are creeping In the house The old gray cat is waking Waking, waking The old gray cat is waking In the house Now everyone is running Running, running Now everyone is running In the house Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Sing Me Your Name/Color (No Lyrics) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 11 of 55
3 Lesson Plan 3 Complete lesson available. Activity Title Comments Gathering Drum with Hello Song and Movement Jackson s Morning Brush (Exploration) The Gaz (Piano) Sally Go Round The Sun Selections from Putumayo CDs are used as students enter. Jackson s Morning Brush: Explore different ways of drumming. Use THEIR ideas. The Gaz: Before using the CD, review the hand movement: Close (make a fist with both hands on drum), Open (hands are flat on drum) and Flip (turn hands over, palms up). Tell them, Now we have reviewed our Blues moves and we are ready to play the blues chord pattern with our hands. Follow the chord changes: I closed fist IV open hand V flip open hand Middle section: fingers go on a walk on the drum, ending with the V, IV and I chord, tremolo and accent. Shout out, Close, Open or, Flip so children are changing hand positions with the chord changes of the song as indicated in the teacher s music. Give the cue slightly ahead of the beat so they will change at the correct time of the chord change. End with a tremolo (play quickly on the drum) and an accent (one loud beat). : Sing the verse, Time for Music, with everyone playing the beat. Demonstrate how to raise their voices for the first tideo and lower their voices for the next one. Remind them to have beautiful tone quality. Sing again and ask the children to play only on the rhythm for each tideo. Practice playing on the drum with the teacher before adding guitar. Sing each child s name in the song at least once. End by singing high and low on the o of and a tremolo and accent. Sally Go Round The Sun: Hit the teacher s hand with a high or low hand clap after Sun, Moon, and Noon as you sing the song. Ask them to sing the song and clap their own hands on these beats. A Section March in a circle around the gathering drum, encouraging them to keep the beat in their feet, clapping after Sun and Moon and hitting the gathering drum after noon when they say, BOOM! B Section Tap the beat on the gathering drum; asking children to keep the beat with their hands. Voices and bodies raise on the word Up. What s Needed Gathering Drum Guitar/Ukulele Sun, Moon, Chimney Visuals Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 12 of 55
3 Lesson Plan 3, Cont. Complete lesson available. Activity Title Comments Solo Singing Jump Frog Jump (New) Ask everyone to get their tone block and finger cymbals out of their backpack. Play the instruments as the sopranino plays. Stop when it stops. Children stand as the teacher sings different pitches using the phrase, Jump frog jump and asks the children to echo. The teacher gently throws the frog to a child. Explain they should echo the pitches and then throw the frog back. Depending on the child, you can use harder or easier pitches. Use a variety of intervals so the children have to listen carefully to echo accurately. Tip: This is a great place to have both major and minor intervals. If the student cannot echo the teacher, have the student initiate the pitches and the teacher will echo so they can hear the match and feel it was successful. What s Needed Frog Puppet, Frog Toy or Bean Bag Instrument Kit Tone Blocks Finger Cymbals Jump Frog Jump Vocabulary: Piano Practice playing, Jump frog jump on the tone blocks, tapping as you say each word, Practice Jump frog jump again but use the mallet to scrape the mallet on a fourth beat. After this four beat sequence of tap, tap, tap, scrape, pretend the mallet is the frog and have it Jump inside the tone block. Lay the tone block down, with the mallet inside and quietly say, Splash. As you read the story, do the sequence above each time, Jump frog jump is read. Using the finger cymbals, play gently, making a large circle like a ripple when something goes in the water. Emphasize the sound of the water will be very soft and gentle Piano. Explain to play the finger cymbals after the phrase, Out of the water is read. Since each page repeats the phrase from the page before, pause at the end of the phrase and see if the children can fill in the last word. Ex: This is the (frog) that was under the (fly) that climbed out of the (water). Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Sopranino Jump Frog Jump Book Movement Echo Play Review the activity from last week. Play the tone block to signal the children should walk. Using a cow bell, Tick Tock Block. Children echo the rhythm by clapping Chose easy four beat rhythms using quarter and eight notes. Review what the finger cymbals mean. Tick Tock Block Cow Bell Orff Rules Orff Instruments In F Rules Free Play To The Sopranino (Exploration) Echoes Free Play to the Sopranino: Reminder: Review rules, rotate instruments, switch rows! Let everyone practice playing (upon hearing Sopranino), resting mallets (upon hearing FC) and walking to new instrument (upon hearing tick tock block). Echoes: After the cowbell plays, the children echo the simple four beat rhythms, playing any bars they like. Orff in F Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Sopranino Cowbell Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 13 of 55
3 Lesson Plan 3, Cont. Complete lesson available. Activity Title Comments Orff Rules Orff Instruments In F Goodbye Song Sally Go Round The Sun IF TIME Old Gray Cat Come My Friends Sally Go Round The Sun: A Section: Review playing on the phrase endings with the entire class. Repeat song having everyone practice keeping the beat on F and C. If the above was successful, repeat with the lowest instruments keeping the beat while the rest play on the phrase endings. You can add some instruments that have all bars in to play a glissando from high to low after Down and from low to high after Up. When they rotate remind them to go to a new part. Old Gray Cat: Bring out Allegro & Adagio. Play fast when Allegro is out, play slow when Adagio is out. Use hoops with metal bars in one & wood bars in the other to conduct song. Sleeping cat metals only; mice woods; cat waking up metals; running music step into both hoops; metals and woods Sing with ukulele accompaniment. Play Beethoven s sixth symphony. Point out that you hear the oboe, the flute during the introduction. What s Needed Orff in F Pair of Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Sopranino Cowbell () Guitar/Ukulele Next Week s Fun Announcements & Hand outs Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 14 of 55
3 Lesson Plan 3 Lesson at a Glance Jackson s Morning Brush The Gaz SM Sally Go Round the Sun Jump Frog Jump Solo Jump Frog Jump FC/TB (Piano) Listening/Mvt Game + Echoes Orff Rules Free Play Orff Echoes Orff Sally Go Round The Sun Orff The Old Gray Cat IF TIME Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 15 of 55
3 Lesson Plan 3 Lyrics Jackson s Morning Brush (No Lyrics) The Gaz (No Lyrics) Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Sally Go Round The Sun Sally go round the sun, Sally go round the moon, Sally go round the chimney top Every afternoon. Boom! Cows in the meadow Eating yellow buttercups Thunder, lightning we all stand UP! Jump Frog Jump (No Lyrics) The Old Gray Cat The old gray cat is sleeping Sleeping, sleeping The old gray cat is sleeping In the house The little mice are creeping Creeping, creeping The little mice are creeping In the house The old gray cat is waking Waking, waking The old gray cat is waking In the house Now everyone is running Running, running Now everyone is running In the house Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 16 of 55
4 Lesson Plan 4 Activity Title Comments Instrument Kit Hand Drums with Hello Song Movement The Wild Horseman (Exploration) The Gaz Five Little Leaves (New) Five Little Leaves The Wild Horseman: Explore different ways of drumming. Encourage THEIR ideas. : Sing the verse, Time for Music, with everyone playing the beat. Sing song as they play the rhythm for each tideo. Practice playing on the drum with the teacher before adding guitar. Sing each child s name in the song at least once. The Gaz: Place the hand drums close together to form a circle, children sitting behind their drum. Follow the chord changes: I closed fist IV open hand V flip open hand Middle section: Piano fingers go on a walk on the drum or on one on each side of you, ending with the V, IV and I chord, tremolo and accent. Five Little Leaves: Place the five felt leaves on the highest part of the felt board and ask everyone to count and play the drum while you point to each leaf. Tap the beat on the drum for Five little leaves through the town. Clap hands after Gay, Day, Town. After Town make wind sounds on the drum using swishing with hands moving in a circular direction. Everyone sings the last seven notes (dut, dut, dut..) while the teacher moves the leaf down the felt board. Repeat the sequence for four little leaves. Sing with the recording. Before getting out the parachute, make a large circle and explain there will be very specific parts for our parachute dance. Let them know if they do something that is not in the dance, they will be asked to sit and watch, so listen very carefully. Ask the children to follow your movement as you walk around the circle, stop and shake your arms (as if shaking the parachute), raise your arms high over head, lower them as if putting something behind your back as you crouch down and wait quietly. Explain we will now do these movements with the parachute, reminding the children that these are the only parts of the dance so be careful to not add anything. Some classes may need more specific direction such as no pushing, running, shouting. Using the parachute, march in a circle keeping the beat in the feet for Five little leaves through the town while holding on to the edge of the parachute (there may not be enough handles for everyone and that s okay). After Town, stop and make wind sounds by shaking the parachute. Lift the parachute high when singing low to high, And one little leaf. Warn everyone to hold the parachute tightly as you lower it behind your back and crouch down. Wait quietly under the parachute for the singing and playing of the last seven notes so we know when to come up again. If you see anyone intentionally not following those directions, (shouting, pushing, etc) take them by the hand, sit them on the side and ask them to watch so they can observe how it is done. What s Needed Hand Drums Guitar/Ukulele Leave Felts Felt Board Parachute Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 17 of 55
4 Lesson Plan 4, Cont. Activity Title Comments Solo Singing Jump Frog Jump Children stand in a line or half circle. Teacher has a little frog and sings different pitches using the phrase, Jump frog jump, then throws the frog to a child. They catch the frog, echo the pitches back to the teacher and then throw the frog back. Depending on the child, you can use harder or easier pitches. Use a variety of intervals so the children have to listen carefully to echo accurately. Tip: This is a great place to have both major and minor intervals. If the student cannot echo the teacher, have the student initiate the pitches and the teacher will echo so they can hear the match and feel it was successful. What s Needed Frog Puppet Instrument with Movement Listening/ Movement Game Review the activity from last week. Using a cow bell, play a rhythm and have the children echo the rhythm by clapping. Chose four beat rhythms using quarter and eight notes. Play it once on the cow bell followed by students echoing the same rhythm. Cow Bell Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Sopranino Orff Rules Orff Instruments in F Jump Frog Jump Vocabulary: piano Jump Frog Jump: Practice playing, Jump frog jump on the instruments, each word one beat, any bars they like. In the book, each time the frog jumps away, say the phrase, Jump frog jump and play the instruments. After the word Water, students make up some Water music for the frog. Emphasize that water flows and is very soft and gentle in the pond piano. IF TIME: Play the, Jump frog jump phrase and ask them to watch if the frog makes a big jump (going from lowest all the way to highest and back) or a small jump (going from lowest only a few bars up and back). See if they can all together copy the way you play on their instrument. Sally Go Round The Sun: Repeat activity from last week. Orff In F Jump Frog Jump Book Sally Go Round The Sun Goodbye Song Come My Friends Ask if they remember the composer of our goodbye song. Ask which symphony the music is from. Play the CD while giving hand stamps to the children and as they exit the music room. Guitar/Ukulele Next Week s Fun Announcements & Hand outs Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 18 of 55
4 Lesson Plan 4 Lesson at a Glance The Wild Horseman Drums The Gaz SM Five Little Leaves Five Little Leaves Parachute Jump Frog Jump Solos Listening/Mvt Game + Echoes Orff Rules Jump Frog Jump Orff (Piano) Sally Go Round The Sun Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 19 of 55
4 Lesson Plan 4 Lyrics The Wild Horseman (No Lyrics) Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. The Gaz (No Lyrics) Five Little Leaves Five little leaves all bright and gay, Dancing about on a tree one day. The wind came blowing through the town, Whoooooooo. And one little leaf came tumblin down. Dut dut dut dut dut dut dut. Sally Go Round The Sun Sally go round the sun, Sally go round the moon, Sally go round the chimney top Every afternoon. Boom! Cows in the meadow Eating yellow buttercups Thunder, lightening we all stand UP! Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Jump Frog Jump (No Lyrics) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 20 of 55
5 Lesson Plan 5 Activity Title Comments Gathering Drum with Hello Song Instrument with Solo Singing Instrument Kit Hand Drums The Wild Horseman (Exploration) (Exploration) Eency Weency Spider (New) Vocabulary: Glissando D Part (Piano) (New) The Wild Horseman: As they enter, encourage different ways of drumming. Use THEIR ideas. : Have the children explore different ways of playing the drum or moving to the hello song on the as they make up their own verses. Movement Example: Stomp your feet now tideo, jump in the air, dance, spin etc. Playing Ex: play it softly, play with your elbows. Sing using each child s name at least once. Line up four glockenspiels with the following visuals in front of them: 1. Staff with spiders 2. Rain 3. Sun 4. Staff with spiders Sing the first phrase of the song, then play the octave from low C to high C. Ask if anyone thinks they can sing and play that part and call one child to do it. After singing and playing the part, ask the child to sit quietly at the first glock until their part comes again. Move to the rain visual and second glock, sing the second phrase and play a glissando from high to low four times. Have one child demonstrate reminding everyone we play from high to low, just as the rain falls down from the sky. After singing and playing, ask the child to sit quietly at the second glock until their part comes again. Move to the sun visual and the third glockenspiel. Sing the third phrase, play glissandos up and down, then have a child repeat and wait quietly. Play the fourth glockenspiel the same as the first one. Ask the four children seated at the glockenspiels to sing and play their phrases with no pauses between players. Call up a new child for each glockenspiel. Ask the remaining children to sit behind one of the players. Have the child sing the phrase before they play the glockenspiel part. Remind the other children to have good music manners and listen to the children that are singing their solo. When each child finishes their part, they move to a new line and the player behind them moves up. If there is no one in their line, they can sing and play the part again. Keep rotating until everyone has tried at least two or three of the parts! Place the hand drums close together to form a circle, children sitting behind their drum. Follow the chord changes. I closed fist IV open hand V flip open hand What s Needed Gathering Drum Guitar/Ukulele 4 Glocks Spider Visuals: Sun Rain Staff with Spiders Hand Drums Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 21 of 55
5 Lesson Plan 5, Cont. Activity Title Comments Instrument Kit Hand Drums Finger Cymbals Five Little Leaves Reviewing from last week, place the five felt leaves on the highest part of the felt board and ask everyone to count and play the drum while you point to each leaf. Tap the beat on the drum for, Five little leaves through the town. Clap hands after Gay, Day, Town. After Town make wind sounds on the drum using swishing with hands moving in a circular direction. Everyone sings the last seven notes (dut, dut, dut..) while the teacher moves the leaf down the felt board. Repeat the sequence for four little leaves. Using finger cymbals, sing verse three, playing the finger cymbals when the children previously clapped. Sing verse four using cymbals. Ask them to choose which part to play, drum or finger cymbals. What s Needed Hand Drums Finger Cymbals 5 Leave Felts Felt board Movement Five Little Leaves Before getting out the parachute, review the activity from last week. Using the parachute, march in a circle keeping the beat in the feet for, Five little leaves through the town while holding on to the edge of the parachute (there may not be enough handles for everyone and that s ok), After Town, stop and make wind sounds by shaking the parachute. Lift the parachute high when singing low to high, And one little leaf Warn everyone to hold the parachute tightly as lower it behind your back and crouch down. Wait quietly under the parachute for the singing and playing of the last seven notes so we know when to come up again. Parachute Orff Rules Orff Instruments In C Five Little Leaves Five Little Leaves: Have one child give a rule and choose an instrument to play. Encourage the rest of the class to watch carefully because you will be calling other children to play the same parts. Ask the child to place their mallets on the biggest, longest bar, the C. Place the other mallet on the big G. Ask the class to sing, Five Little Leaves as they play the beat. On wind, show the child to gently glide their mallets over the bars, just as they did last week for Water on Jump Frog Jump. As the leaves tumble down, we play from high to low. Ask another child to come and play with the first child for the next verse, Four Little Leaves, reminding the others to watch carefully since they might be next to play. Ask several more children to play the next verse. Finally have everyone play the next verse. If this is successful, ask the largest instruments to keep the beat while the smaller instruments play at the end of the phrases. Use finger cymbals and tick tock block to signal switching instruments. Echoes: Using a cow bell, play a four beat rhythm (using quarter and eighth notes) and have the children echo the rhythm by clapping. Choose a child to name a rule, go to an Orff instrument and play the same rhythm after you play it on the cowbell. Continue until all children are at the instruments playing echoes. Using the sopranino, have the children free play when you play. Orff in C Echoes Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Sopranino Cowbell Goodbye Song Come My Friends Guitar/Ukulele Next Week s Fun Announcements & Hand outs We ll have pumpkins here next week Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 22 of 55
5 Lesson Plan 5 Lesson at a Glance The Wild Horseman Eency Weency Spider Glocks (Glissando) DPart SM Drums Five Little Leaves Drums/FC Five Little Leaves Parachute Orff Rules Five Little Leaves Orff Echoes Orff Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 23 of 55
5 Lesson Plan 5 Lyrics The Wild Horseman (No Lyrics) Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Eency Weency Spider The eency weency spider went up the waterspout. Down cam the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain; And the eency weency spider went up the spout again. Five Little Leaves Five little leaves all bright and gay, Dancing about on a tree one day. The wind came blowing through the town, Whoooooooo. And one little leaf came tumblin down. Dut dut dut dut dut dut dut. Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 24 of 55
6 Lesson Plan 6 Activity Title Comments Hello Song Instrument with Solo Singing Movement Instrument Kit Hand Drums (Exploration) Eency Weency Spider Vocabulary: Glissando Creatures Of The Garden (New) DPart (Piano) Have the children explore different ways of moving to the hello song on the s as they make up their own verses. Movement example: stomp your feet, jump in the air, dance, spin etc. Playing Ex: play it softly, play with your elbows. Sing using each child s name at least once. Repeated from last week, have four glockenspiels lined up next to each other with the following visuals: 1. Staff with spiders 2. Rain 3. Sun 4. Staff with spiders Solos Ask who remembers how to play the parts and call four students to sing and play. Solos: Have the remaining children get in a line behind one of the glockenspiels so each child sings the phrase, then plays the glockenspiel part. Remind the children to have good music manners and listen to the children that are singing their solo. When they are done playing and singing their part, they get up and line up behind a new glockenspiel and the child behind them moves forward to play and sing. Keep rotating until they have tried at least two/three of the parts! The little bug is buried in the sand. Some kids were playing and got sand all over him. Quickly explain the story before acting it out with CD 0:00 0:26 The little bug wiggles as he shakes the sand off of his back, his shoulders, his arms, his legs, and his hair. Finally he is able to stand up, and he shakes the last bit of sand off of himself. 0:270:40 Then he takes a look around as he carefully walks or tiptoes, trying to avoid others who might bury him in the sand 0:410:46 Suddenly, he spots the children coming right toward him, so he runs and runs and 0:47 jumps over a sand toy. 0:48 Then he runs and runs and has to 0:54 jump over another sand toy. After telling the story, have the children act out the part of the little bug. Place the hand drums close together to form a circle, children sitting behind their drum. Follow the chord changes: I closed fist IV open hand V flip open hand What s Needed Guitar/Ukulele 4 Glocks Spider Visuals () Hand Drums Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 25 of 55
6 Lesson Plan 6, Cont. Activity Title Comments Instrument Kit Hand Drums Five Little JackO Lanterns (New) Vocabulary: Tremolo/ Accent If desired, you can replace JackOLanterns with pumpkins. Put up the felts; count the number of pumpkins. Everyone taps the beat on their drums for the Five little phrase and raises their hands in the air using a high pitched vocal, Whooo on the rest after Gate. Repeat this phrase several times. Sing line twosix, one for each pumpkin and one for each child to echo. Use different major and minor intervals depending on the singing abilities of each child. For, Oohh went the wind children make swishes on the drum for the wind and play an accent on Out. When the pumpkins are running after, Clear out of sight have them play a tremolo until all pumpkins are gone. TIP: The children love it if one of the pumpkins returns to the felt board. Whenever they see the pumpkin they have to play the drum and once it s gone, stop. The felts work great for this song, you can also use real little pumpkins and draw a face on them. Little plastic or plush pumpkins will also work. What s Needed Hand Drums JackO Lantern Felts Felt Board () Orff Rules Orff Instruments In C Goodbye Song Next Week s Fun Five Little Leaves Come My Friends Announcements & Hand outs Start by showing one of the colored glockenspiels that has all bars in except the B. Play the descending seven notes down singing the Duts. Ask if anyone thinks they can play that part. Pick a few to play. Explain if they choose that glockenspiel, they will wait until the end of the verse to play the seven descending notes for Dut, dut. Explain that the beat will be for the lowest instruments only this week. Have a student demonstrate how we played the beat on the big C and G. Choose a few students to play the beat. While students are playing the beat, sing and clap on phrase endings (after gay, day, town, down). The remaining instruments can play on the phrase endings and glide for the wind. If students are successful, this song can be done with separate instruments: The beat on C and G (the lowest) Phrase endings (the metallophones) Xylophones with all bars in for the glissandos for the wind Glockenspiels, one octave minus the B for the seven descending notes at the end. Remind them to go to a different part when you have them switch instruments. Use finger cymbals and tick tock block to signal switching to a different instrument. One of my favorite stories, The Very Busy Spider. Orff in C: 1 Glockenspiel one octave, B taken out Lowest instruments have low D, E and A removed as well as Fs and Bs. Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Guitar/Ukulele Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 26 of 55
6 Lesson Plan 6 Lesson at a Glance Movement Eency Weency Spider Glocks (Glissando) Creatures Of The Garden DPart SM Drums Five Little Jack O Lanterns (Tremolo/Accent) Orff Rules Five Little Leaves Orff Come My Friends Goodbye Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 27 of 55
6 Lesson Plan 6 Lyrics Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Five Little Leaves Five little leaves all bright and gay, Dancing about on a tree one day. The wind came blowing through the town, Whoooooooo. And one little leaf came tumblin down. Dut dut dut dut dut dut dut. Eency Weency Spider The eency weency spider went up the waterspout. Down cam the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain; And the eency weency spider went up the spout again. Creatures Of The Garden (No Lyrics) Come My Friends Goodbye Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Five Little Jack O Lanterns Five little jackolanterns sitting on a gate. WHOO! (Repeat several times) The first one sang, It s so late. The second one sang, I hear noise. The third one sang, Just some boys. The fourth one sang, Let s all run. The fifth one sand, Stay it s fun. Then OOHH went the wind and out went the lights. And the five little pumpkins ran clear out of sight! Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 28 of 55
7 Lesson Plan 7 Complete lesson available. Activity Title Comments Entrance Music Five Little Leaves As they arrive, encourage students to go to the Orff Instruments and play in a way they think would go well with the song. Explain that this can be ways we ve played the song in class or make up your own way to play. Remind them of the beat, the glissando, playing on the rests and playing high to low for the ending. Repeat if needed. What s Needed Orff In C Orff Rules Orff Instruments in F Echoes Echoes Review the signals. Show the finger cymbals mean to lay the mallets to rest. The tick tock block means to walk to another instrument. Play a rhythmic pattern on the cowbell, asking the children to play the same pattern on their instrument. Have the entire class play any notes they choose on the rhythm of. Ask the children to find the big C and big G. Sing the song as everyone keeps the beat. Count the steady beat in first using One, two, the beat goes first or One, two, steady beat in the tempo you want them to play or have one student give the tempo by playing the beat. All others play on the rhythm of tideo. After practicing the Time for Music verse, discuss that some instruments are made of wood and some are metal. Ask who has metal and who has wood. Conductor Game: Place metal bars in one hoop and wooden bars in the other. Explain that when the conductor jumps into both hula hoops everyone plays and when the conductor jumps out everyone stops, if the conductor jumps only in the hoop with the wooden bars, only children on xylophones will play and for the hoop with metal bars inside, metallophones and glockenspiels will play. Pair of Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block Cow Bell Sopranino or Guitar/Ukulele Conductor Game 2 Hula Hoops Movement Creatures Of The Garden Review the story of the little bug by asking the children what they remember from last week. Remind the students to be very quiet during the music so we can hear what part we are on and act it out. 0:00 0:26 The little bug wiggles as he shakes the sand off of his back, his shoulders, his arms, his legs, and his hair. Finally he is able to stand up, and he shakes the last bit of sand off of himself. 0:270:40 Then he takes a look around as he carefully walks or tiptoes, trying to avoid others who might bury him in the sand 0:410:46 Suddenly, he spots the children coming right toward him, so he runs and runs and 0:47 jumps over a sand toy. 0:48 Then he runs and runs and has to 0:54 jump over another sand toy. Repeat! Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 29 of 55
7 Lesson Plan 7, Cont. Complete lesson available. Activity Title Comments Instrument Kit Hand Drums with Solo Singing Five Little JackO Lanterns Vocabulary: Tremolo/ Accent Put up the felts; count the number of pumpkins. Instruct everyone to tap the beat on their drums for the Five little phrase and raise hands in the air using a high pitched vocal Whooo on the rest after Gate. Repeat this phrase several times. Sing line twosix, one for each pumpkin and one for each child to echo. Use different major and minor intervals depending on the singing abilities of each child. Assist with pitch matching when needed. For Oohh went the wind children make swishes on the drum for the wind and play an accent on Out. When the pumpkins are running after, Clear out of sight have them play a tremolo until all pumpkins are gone. TIP: The children love it if one of the pumpkins returns to the felt board. Whenever they see the pumpkin they have to play the drum and once it s gone, they stop. The felts work great for this song, you can also use real miniature pumpkins and draw a face on them. Little plastic or plush pumpkins will also work. What s Needed Hand Drums JackO Lantern Felts Felt Board or Miniature Pumpkins () Instrument Kit Scarves The Spider Kept On Spinning (New) If time The Very Busy Spider Book (New) Sonata in C (Piano) (New) The Spider Kept On Spinning: Ask students to put the drum away and remove the finger cymbals and scarves from the student s back packs. Stand with the scarf and discuss and demonstrate ways to spin. Get the student s ideas. Practice spinning in one direction, spin the opposite direction when the teacher plays the finger cymbals. Add the singing of the song, having them spin the other way after each, Spider kept on spinning. Repeat using a new way to spin. With students seated with legs crossed, rest finger cymbals on each knee, holding the handle with pincher fingers. Sing the song, playing the cymbals after each phrase. If time, show a few pages of the book, having the children echo sing for each animal visiting the spider. Have them play the cymbals or spin with the scarf while singing the song after reading, He was busy spinning. Show how the spider is asleep at the end because of his busy day. Explain that he was dreaming of a boy playing a beautiful piano piece while a girl danced with a scarf. Sonata in C: A Section: Sway the scarf gently from left to right. B Section: Slowly raise and lower the scarf following the direction of the melody. Repeat the song. Scarves Finger Cymbals The Very Busy Spider Book Goodbye Song Come My Friends Guitar/Ukulele Next Week s Fun Let s play the conductor game next week! Announcements & Hand outs Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 30 of 55
7 Lesson Plan 7 Lesson at a Glance Five Little Leaves Orff Echoes Orff Orff Conductor Game Orff Creatures Of The Garden Five Little JackOLanterns Drums (Tremolo/Accent) Spider Kept On Spinning Scarves The Very Busy Spider Book IF TIME Sonata in C SM The Colors Are Gliding Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 31 of 55
7 Lesson Plan 7 Lyrics Five Little Leaves Five little leaves all bright and gay, Dancing about on a tree one day. The wind came blowing through the town, Whoooooooo. And one little leaf came tumblin down. Dut dut dut dut dut dut dut. Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Creatures Of The Garden (No Lyrics) Conductor Game (No Lyrics) Five Little JackOLanterns Five little jackolanterns sitting on a gate. WHOO! (Repeat several times) The first one sang, It s so late. The second one sang, I hear noise. The third one sang, Just some boys. The fourth one sang, Let s all run. The fifth one sand, Stay it s fun. Then OOHH went the wind and out went the lights. And the five little pumpkins ran clear out of sight! Spider Kept On Spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning Until his work was done. Sonata in C (No Lyrics) The Colors Are Gliding The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around And now all our colors Will fall to the ground Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 32 of 55
8 Lesson Plan 8 Activity Title Comments Entrance Music Five Little Leaves As they arrive, encourage students to go to the Orff Instruments and play in a way they think will go well with the song. Explain that this can be ways we ve played the song in class or make up your own way to play. Remind them of the beat, the glissando, playing on the rests and playing high to low for the ending. Repeat if needed. What s Needed Orff In C Orff Rules Orff Instruments in F : Encourage everyone to sing the song accurately so our voices are on the same pitches at the same time. Review the two parts, beat and rhythms. The lowest instruments keep the steady beat. All others play on the tideo rhythms. Count the steady beat in first using One, two, the beat goes first or One, two, steady beat in the tempo you want them to play or have one student give the tempo by playing the beat. After practicing your regular verse, review the names of the instruments, xylophones, metallophones and glockenspiel. Review the wood sound and metal sound verses. Before singing each verse, ask the children on a metal sound to raise their hands and then children on a wood sound. After each verse, create a B sections having them free play to the guitar (only use the I chord) or sopranino. Conductor Game: Explain to them that one person is the conductor. Have one hoop with metal bars and one hoop with wooden bars inside. When the conductor jumps into both hula hoops everyone plays and when the conductor jumps out everyone stops, if the conductor jumps only in the hoop with the wooden bars, only children on xylophones will play and for the hoop with metal bars inside, metallophones and glockenspiels will play. Choose someone to be the conductor. You can add the sopranino while the conductor is in any hoop to add melody and phrasing or play an Orff instrument. Orff In C Sopranino or Guitar/Ukulele () Conductor Game Vocabulary: Xylophones Metallophones Glockenspiels 2 Hula Hoops Instrument Kit Scarves Sonata in C (Piano) The Very Busy Spider Book With The Spider Kept On Spinning Sonata in C: A Section: Sway the scarf gently from left to right. B Section: Slowly raise and lower the scarf following the direction of the melody. Repeat the song. The Very Busy Spider Book: Review the movement from last week. Read the book. The children echo the teacher singing for the animals that visit the spider listed in the book. Example: For the horse the teacher sings, Neigh, neigh, want to go for a ride? using do, mi and so and the students will echo back. You can change the notes for each animal making it harder or easier to echo. Each page when the spider is busy spinning her web, get up and sing the song with the scarves/streamers. Scarves The Very Busy Spider Book Finger Cymbals Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 33 of 55
8 Lesson Plan 8, Cont. Activity Title Comments Gathering Drum with Solo Singing Gathering Drum with Movement Gathering Drum Goodbye Song Next Week s Fun Five Little JackO Lanterns Whether The Weather (New) Vocabulary: Fermata Whether The Weather IF TIME The Gaz Come My Friends Announcements & Hand outs Five Little JackOLanterns: Repeat activity from last week on the gathering drum. Everyone taps the beat on the drum for the Five little phrase and raises their hand up in the air using a high pitched vocal Whooo on the rest after Gate. Repeat this phrase several times. SOLOS: Have the children sing the lines for each pumpkin as a solo and put them back up one by one on the gate. If you have a big class, you can start the activity with five children singing the solo to put up the pumpkins before counting them. Use different major and minor intervals for the solos depending on the level of the child. For, Oohh went the wind children make swishes on the drum for the wind and on Out play a big accent. When the pumpkins are running away after, Clear out of sight have all of them play a tremolo until all pumpkins are gone. Whether The Weather: For the first phrase move hands slowly towards the center of the drum and play on the rest. For the second phrase move hands back out towards the rim of the drum and play on the rest. For the third phrase move hand back to the center of the drum and play a tremolo on the fermata. For the fourth phrase hands come back out. Play on the rest. Explain that a long hold in music is called a fermata. Repeat a few times! Everyone stands in a large circle. Walk three steps (each step one beat) into the circle and hit the drum on the rest. Walk three steps out of the circle and clap. Walk in four steps, pausing on the fourth step, playing a tremolo on the drum. Then, walk very quickly back out with fast steps and clap on the final rest. Review the song. Place the hand drums close together to form a circle, children sitting behind their drum. Follow the chord changes: I closed fist IV open hand V flip open hand Middle section: Piano fingers go on a walk on the drum or on one on each side of you, ending with the V, IV and I chord, tremolo and accent. You will meet my friend, Tom the Turkey What s Needed Gathering Drum JackO Lantern Felts Felt Board () Gathering Drum Gathering Drum Guitar/Ukulele Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 34 of 55
8 Lesson Plan 8 Lesson at a Glance Five Little Leaves Orff Orff Conductor Game Orff (Instrument Names) Sonata in C SM Scarves The Spider Kept On Spinning with The Very Busy Spider Book The Colors Are Gliding Five Little JackOLanterns Drum Whether The Weather (Fermata) The Gaz SM IF TIME Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 35 of 55
8 Lesson Plan 8 Lyrics Five Little Leaves Five little leaves all bright and gay, Dancing about on a tree one day. The wind came blowing through the town, Whoooooooo. And one little leaf came tumblin down. Dut dut dut dut dut dut dut. Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Conductor Game (No Lyrics) Sonata in C (No Lyrics) The Colors Are Gliding The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around And now all our colors Will fall to the ground Five Little JackOLanterns Five little jackolanterns sitting on a gate. WHOO! (Repeat several times) The first one sang, It s so late. The second one sang, I hear noise. The third one sang, Just some boys. The fourth one sang, Let s all run. The fifth one sand, Stay it s fun. Then OOHH went the wind and out went the lights. And the five little pumpkins ran clear out of sight! The Spider Kept On Spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning Until his work was done. Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 36 of 55
8 Lesson Plan 8 Lyrics, Cont. Whether The Weather Whether the weather be nice Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether the weather be fog Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! The Gaz (No Lyrics) Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Whether the weather be rain Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether be weather be cold Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 37 of 55
9 Lesson Plan 9 Activity Title Comments Instrument Kit Shakers Eggs Tone Blocks Hand Drums Finger Cymbals Instrument Kit with Solo Singing Powama (Exploration) (New) Shoo Turkey (New) The Very Busy Spider Book with The Spider Kept On Spinning Powama: Dance and shake to the music any way you like. : Sing the children s names as everyone keeps the beat on the hand drums. Play with hands together. Try alternating hands while keeping the beat. Encourage students to match the beat so everyone is playing at the same time. Sing, Time for woods Use the tone blocks to play the tideo rhythm followed by free play. Encourage the students to create different sounds with their tone blocks. Repeat with metals. Repeat with shaker eggs. Time for instruments Use their favorite to play on tideo followed by free play. Shoo Turkey: First practice playing on each, Yes, ma am and, Soso with the tone blocks. Ask them to sing the, Yes, ma am and Soso with you, encouraging pitch matching. The teacher sings the verse from the FS book and all students play and sing on, Yes, ma am and, Soso. TIP: If some are playing at other times, give the students an activity when they are not playing on, Yes, ma am and, Soso, such as having them flap their wings on the phrases before they sing and play their response. This will keep them from playing when it s not time. For the B section, all rise with shaker eggs and do a silly turkey dance around the instrument kit circle. Bring out the turkey puppet as everyone dances around during the B section. When the A section returns, everyone chooses a new instrument. Use the CD. Repeat at least once! All are welcome to free play until it s time to play, Yes, ma am again. Pass out farm puppets that are part of the book (horse, cow, goat, pig, dog, cat, duck, rooster, owl). You can skip some of the animals or have more than one depending on what puppets you have available. Solos: Read the book and have the child echo when it s their animal. Example: For the horse the teacher sings, Neigh, neigh, want to go for a ride? using do, mi and so and the student will echo back. You can change the notes for each animal s solo, making it harder or easier to echo back. Spin with the scarf until you hear the teacher play the finger cymbals play, at the end of each phrase. What s Needed Hand Drums Shaker Eggs Finger Cymbals Tone Blocks Guitar/ Ukulele Turkey Puppet Scarves The Very Busy Spider Book Pair of Finger Cymbals Farm Puppets or Pictures Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 38 of 55
9 Lesson Plan 9, Cont. Activity Title Comments What s Needed Movement Chipmunk Puppet (New)(Piano) Explain that Chester the Chipmunk is curious about the sounds he hears. If you watch for him, you will see he goes a bit, then stops to listen. As you walk to a strong beat with the Chester puppet, or pretend to be Chester, sing these words: Walks and walks and hears a sound so stops. Walks and hears another sound so stops. Walks and yet another sound so stops. Walks and walks and walks and then he stops. Have the children walk and stop with Chester as you hear the piano music. Someday you might like to play this song on piano! Listen for what the piano plays each time we stop. (High Low or V I) Chipmunk Puppet Partner Claps IF TIME Whether The Weather Children find a partner and sit across from each other. Patsch three beats on the legs and do a partner clap on beat four. (Repeat) For the third phrase patsch three beats and then tremolo with both hands on the legs. Phrase four, patsch three beats and partner clap on beat four. Remind them to do the partner clap on all the phrase endings as we did with the gathering drum before. Get different ideas from the children about what kind of weather there could be to sing during the song. Repeat using the CD. Orff Rules Orff Instruments In F (dminor) Free Play To The Sopranino (Exploration) Echoes Whether the Weather Vocabulary: Tremolo Fermata IF TIME Conductor Game Free Play To The Sopranino: Play when the sopranino plays, stop when the sopranino stops. Echoes: After the cowbell plays, the children echo the simple four beat rhythms, playing any bars they like. Use finger cymbals and tick tock block to signal switching instruments. Whether The Weather: Without CD, play the steady beat on D and A. Use the CD and have everyone play on the rests and the tremolo for the fermata. You can have the children make up their own weather verses, using other words to describe the weather. Conductor Game: Repeat one more week if you have time! Orff in F Sopranino Cow Bell Pair of Finger Cymbals Tick Tock Block 2 Hula Hoops Goodbye Song Come My Friends Point out the first four instruments: oboe, flute, clarinet, french horn when listening to the orchestra music. Guitar/Ukulele Next Week s Fun Announcements & Hand outs Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 39 of 55
9 Lesson Plan 9 Lesson at a Glance Powama Kit Steady Beat Drum Verses: Woods, Metals, Shakers Shoo Turkey Shakers/TB The Spider Kept On Spinning with The Very Busy Spider Book Scarves Chester Chills Out SM Whether The Weather IF TIME Orff Rules Free Play Orff Whether The Weather Orff (Tremolo/Fermata) Conductor Game IF TIME Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 40 of 55
9 Lesson Plan 9 Lyrics Powama (No Lyrics) Chester Chills Out (No Lyrics) Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Shoo Turkey Little girl, Little boy Yes, ma am Well did you go to the barn? Yes, ma am Well did you see my turkey? Yes, ma am Well is my turkey gone? Yes, ma am Which way did he go? So, so Well, will you help me catch him? Yes, ma am Then shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo shoo Shoo! The Spider Kept On Spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning Until his work was done. Whether The Weather Whether the weather be nice Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether the weather be fog Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether the weather be rain Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether be weather be cold Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 41 of 55
10 Lesson Plan 10 Complete lesson available. Activity Title Comments Drum Circle with Hello Song Solo Singing Movement Powama (Exploration) Vocabulary: Beat/Rhythm Shoo Turkey Turkey Feathers (New) Chester Chills Out (Piano) Before your students come in, set up a variety of drums in a big circle. Explain they will be able to try many different drums and can switch instruments when they hear the signal (could be the teacher playing the samba whistle, cymbals, cow bell, or anything else that can be clearly heard). Powama: Free play and exploration time on the drums. Repeat song if you need more exploration time. : Children play the beat on some verses, play the rhythm of tideo on other verses. Shoo Turkey: Practice playing and singing two times on each Yes, ma am and Soso. The teacher sings the verse from the FS book and all students play and sing on, Yes, ma am and, Soso. For the B section do a silly turkey dance to go around the drum circle until the A section returns and everyone has a new instrument. All are welcome to free play until it s time to play, Yes, ma am again. Repeat at least once! You can use a turkey puppet to add to the fun! Place the felt turkey body on the felt board and see if they can guess who this is and ask them what s missing. Sing the chorus of the song. Ask the children to close their eyes for a big surprise and put a feather behind each child. Sing, Who has a purple one? Demonstrate how to sing, I have the purple one and put the feather up on the turkey. Several children sing their color before going back to the song. This is a fun minor song that can be accompanied on the guitar. Review that Chester the Chipmunk is curious about the sounds he hears. Have everyone walk as the teacher leads with Chester the puppet, or pretends to be Chester, chanting these words: He walks and walks and hears a sound so stops. Walks and hears another sound so stops. Walks and yet another sound so stops. Walks and walks and walks and then he stops. Ask what sounds you hear the piano play when Chester stops. (High Low or V I), always two notes. Tip: If someone is deliberately not stopping or acting silly, have them sit and Watch how it works. Explain that you know they will understand once they observe. What s Needed Variety of Percussion (different sizes, shapes, colors) Whistle Guitar/Ukulele Turkey Puppet Turkey Felts Felt Board Guitar/Ukulele Chipmunk Puppet Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 42 of 55
10 Lesson Plan 10, Cont. Complete lesson available. Instrument Kit Listening Game Chester Chills Out Set up the felt board. Instruct everyone to remove the instruments from their backpack so they are close by, easy to pick up and play. Explain to play one of the instruments when Chester s walking stops, as the piano plays the high low. Switch to a different instrument for each stop Chester makes. Perform with CD. Place the four instruments from the teacher kit behind the felt board. Using the CD, the teacher will play one instrument at each of the four stops. The children guess which instrument the teacher is playing and play along. At the end of the song, the teacher holds up the instrument that was played to see if everyone guessed and played it correctly. Have a student sit behind the board and choose an instrument to play at each stop. All play along using the instrument you think the student is playing. The student shows which instrument to see if everyone was correct. Put instruments back in the backpacks. All Instrument Felt Board Partner Clap Game Whether The Weather Vocabulary: Fermata Ask one of the children to raise both hands. Sing the song, clapping the hands of a child on each phrase ending. On the fermata, facing one of the children, hold both hands as you lift the arms on one side and follow as you turn around, coming back to facing the child, never dropping hands (called the dishrag). Choose a partner and ask two children to stand nearby as you do the movement for the class. Remind them to do the partner clap on all the phrase endings as we did earlier with the gathering drum. Ask the children to do the dish rag on the fermata. If time, repeat song with or without CD. Orff Rules Orff Instruments In F Whether The Weather Shoo Turkey Review the rules as each child goes to an instrument. Whether The Weather: Repeat activity from last week. Sing the song as you play the beat on the big D and A. Sing the song as you play the end of each phrase on any two notes you choose. Use the finger cymbals to signal laying the mallets to rest and choosing a new instrument. Shoo Turkey: Practice playing two times on each, Yes, ma am and, Soso as practiced with the drums on any bars they like. Practice putting the mallets to sleep and doing the turkey strut around the instruments to a new one for the B section. They can free play during the short interlude between the B and A section. The sopranino can be added to indicate a free play. Use the recording and repeat the song! TIP: If needed, remind students to put the mallets down and walk around the instruments. Orff in F Pair of Finger Cymbals Sopranino () Goodbye Song Come My Friends Sing the goodbye song. Guitar/Ukulele Next Week s Fun Announcements & Hand outs We can play our Chester Listening Game again Give out information on the Holiday Open House Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 43 of 55
10 Lesson Plan 10 Lesson at a Glance Powama Drum Circle (Beat/Rhythm) Shoo Turkey Turkey Feathers Chester Chills Out SM Mvt Chester Chills Out Kit Whether the Weather Partner Clap (Fermata) Orff Rules Whether the Weather Orff Shoo Turkey Orff Come My Friends (Goodbye) Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 44 of 55
10 Lesson Plan 10 Lyrics Powama (No Lyrics) Chester Chills Out (No Lyrics) Jingle at the window. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window. Shoo Turkey Little girl Little boy Yes, ma am Well did you go to the barn? Yes, ma am Well did you see my turkey? Yes, ma am Well is my turkey gone? Yes, ma am Which way did he go? So, so Well, will you help me catch him? Yes, ma am Then shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo shoo Shoo! Whether the Weather Whether the weather be nice Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether the weather be fog Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether the weather be rain Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Whether be weather be cold Whether the weather be not We ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not! Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather round So we can sing goodbye We ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye Simply Music Rhapsody:, Lessons 110 Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 45 of 55
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