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Music - Lesson 16 - Songs

For Teachers 1st
First graders determine that Spanish is the language spoken in Mexico before singing a number of Mexicans songs. They make maracas to use while singing Mexican songs. They sing the song, "La Cucaracha," in English realizing that it is a...
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"Viennese Musical Clock"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn about musical patterns as they play a game called fudge. Students are assessed based on whether they were able to identify and play a steady beat, use the appropriate form, and clap the rythmic patterns.
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Salad Sisters

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners practice and perform 8 and 16 beat rhythmic patterns in 4/4 using the song "Salad Sisters" as a basis in this elementary-level General Music lesson. An amazing lesson for teaching cooperative music composition techniques and...
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B is for Banana

For Teachers K - 6th
Students practice and perform the song "B is for Banana" using their knowledge of basic rhythms in 4/4 and student-created rhythm accompaniment based on speech. This excellent lesson is provided by the MENC (National Association for...
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Cooperation - Scooters

For Teachers K
Students find a partner and use a scooter with a rope tied to it. There are two hula hoops, one with balls in it and one with nothing in it with which the studentsl have to get all the balls from one hoop to the other hoop. One student...
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Creating Sight-Singing Originals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create sight-singing examples for presentation in the high school choir class. Day One is used for review/introduction of the material. Day Two is used for student work time and Day Three is for presentation and evaluation.
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Singing And Chanting In Rhythm

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students sing and chant various songs keeping a steady beat, or pulse, while performing as a group in this early-elementary level General Music lesson. Emphasis is placed on the use of Solfege syllables and the song "Singin' In The Rain".
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Beat Or No Beat

For Teachers K
Students keep a steady beat by body movement exercises, improvise, identify a beat/no beat sequence and sing a nursery rhyme from Portugal in this Kindergarten General Music lesson plan. The use of simple rhythmic instruments is required.
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The River Sleeps Beneath The Sky

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing "The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and "Laudamus Te" by Antonio Vivaldi in an SSA choir setting in this Choral instructional activity for High Schoolers. Emphasis is placed on National...
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The Pony Song

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars sing "Three Little Pigs", the "Pony Song", and "The Animal Blues" in this elementary school music lesson. National and State Standards are addressed. Assessment rubric is included for grading and student evaluation.
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Spooky Notes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders move to, sing, compose, and interpret various musical techniques through the use of "America", Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers", and a song called "Skin and Bones". Emphasis is placed upon identifying names and values...
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Music and Technology

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice reading rhythm patterns with different types of notes and meters. Using a counting system, they perform a sight reading exercise and take notes when needed. They use a form of technology to illustrate the music.
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Frere Jacgues

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify different rhythmic notation and perform simple rhythmic patterns with the group, applying them to performing the song "Frere Jacques" vocally. Emphasis is placed on meeting State and National Standards for the Arts.
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Somebody's Knocking At My Door

For Teachers K
Students perform animal sounds and movements, demonstrate a steady beat using both feet, and perform portions of the song "Somebody's Knocking At My Door" in this Music lesson for the Kindergarten classroom. State and National Standards...
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Minuet And Canon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders sing, move, pat, clap, and drum in this Music lesson plan about Minuets, Canons, and "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". The lesson plan is for the 3rd grade classroom and includes the use of J.S. Bach's famous Minuet in G and...
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Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

For Teachers K
Students respond to movement cues in the rhyme "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear", perform steady beat patterns on body percussion, and sing sol-mi patterns in a chant in this Kindergarten music lesson. Emphasis is on meeting State and National...
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SATIRE AND POLITICS

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students, after analyzing a satiric song written during the Prohibition era, illustrate how humor can be utilized as a political tool by writing satiric lyrics on a current political issue at the front of the news world today. They...
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Tinker, Tailor

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the song "Tinker, Tailor" using percussion instruments, Orff instruments, and their voices in this Music lesson for the 1st grade. The lesson is intended for use within an Orff unit of study and includes...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study the life and music of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They practice listening for the downbeat of a musical selection. They participate in a physical exercise where they march around in a circle and clap to the...
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Salad Sisters

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students play on the beats 2 and 4 of a song called Salad Sisters. In this music lesson plan, students learn a new song, learn how to count to 8 in a song, and practice how to play on the beats 2 and 4.
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Spanish Instruments, Zim, Zim and La Tarara

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Spanish instruments. In this Spanish music lesson, students observe how to play castanets, guitars, tambourines, drums, and bells. Students then listen to and create music featuring the instruments.
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Nifty Thrifty Fifty Vocabulary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students review new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students are introduced to the "nifty thrifty fifty" vocabulary words, their definitions, and the meanings of their prefix, suffix, and root words. The fifty words are split into...
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Exploring Trigonometric Ratios

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students calculate the different ratios using a right triangle. In this trigonometry instructional activity, students identify the sine, cosine and tangent of each side. They find the missing angles using the different ratios.
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You Can Play It

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to a piece of music on the bells, recorder, and rhythm sticks, comparing and contrasting the different instruments. They play the song, Row Row Row Your Boat, rotating groups to play the bells, recorder, and rhythm sticks.

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