Dix-Lesson Plans

On the Mountain, Today is MondaySnail SnailAll Around the ButtercupNursery rhymes-Mary had a little lambYankee Doodle, Bye Baby Bunting,Twinkle Twinkle Teddy Bear 1 2 tie myshoesEngine Engine, Daddy Shot a Bear, StarLight, Five Green and Freckled Frogs,Frog in the meadow, Rain Rain goAway, Bounce High Bounce low .choices. Which one would you like to do first?Mary had a little lamb, Yankee doodle, Bye Baby Bunting, Twinkle twinkle,Teddy Bear, 1 2 Tie My shoe.S. picks and using the chart S. point. Send S. to the white board to practicewriting the beats as other S. clap. (Call the beats tally marks)T. We have been writing beats, moving to beats, and reading beats. Mynext question is how can we tell one song from another?T. clap “Snail Snail”. T checks by asking if they can tell the song title.(Theycan’t as other songs have the same number of beats and they are all thesame.) Guide S. to see this is a problem.T. then taps the “rhythm” in the heartbeats telling S. it is either Snail snail,,Twinkle Twinkle or 1 2 tie my shoe. ( Do not hum unless S. struggle)S. try to figure out the song again finding more success. ASK STUDENTSHOW THEY KNEW THE CORRECT ANSWER. STOP HERE IF THEYDON’T GET THE IDEA. ADD MORE SONGS FROM THE END OFTHE LESSON PLAN.T.: Boys and girls, remember how we learned about the word Rhythm lastyear. Rhythm follows the word syllables and sometimes goes faster andsometimes slower depending on the words. Review moving with TwinkleTwinkle. Fast fast fast fast fast fast slow (every phrase) T. can also do withSnail, Snail or some Nursery rhymes listed above.Closing: put the rhythm in S. feet and move to Snail snail as they line up.Sing farewells.Sept 14:Greeting; “America” (see insert)Lesson : T: Boys and Girls, You learned with Mrs. Sales that music hassteady beat. I have nursery rhymes with steady beat. The first one isTeddy Bear.(S. pat their legs to steady beat as teacher sings, then as S. andteacher sings and teacher points to the heartbeat chart.Teacher then sings the song and taps the rhythm. (two taps in one heart beatfor a ti ti and one tap for a ta…S. call them short short and long.) Studentsshould recall this is RHYTHM.T: Boys and Girls, what were the "new' words for the two sounds in theheart beat and the one sound in the heart beat. Guide S. to say "short short'and "long".T: did you notice that there was one heartbeat that was quiet? Musicianscall this a rest spot just like dad taking a rest refore dinner. (T draws a mansleeping with the letters Z coming out of his mouth.) When there are nowords, musicians place a Z to hold it's space.Then the T. pulls out Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, Had a wife and couldn'tkeep her. put her in a pumpkin shell, there he kept her very well.(Hint: All beats are short shorts except for Shell and Well) Guide students tonotice that two lines of heartbeats are short shorts and two lines of heartbeats are 3 short shorts and 2 longs.Pull out Twinkle little star..Sing as all students know…Let the S. share thatit is also 3 short shorts and 1 long on every line and that there are 6 lines ofit in Twinkle little star.

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