Grade 1 Lesson 5 - Week a.3

Concepts:beat & rhythm, ta ti-ti, create rhythm patterns, m s,Teaching

Objectives: • sing a bunny song and play a hiding game with eggs• create a rhythm composition• sing so-mi patterns• sing the Apple Tree song• sort fruit into one sound or two

I Can Statements:• I can create and play rhythm patterns• I can sing so-mi patterns, and sing so-mi in a song• I can sort words as one sound or two

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Song Used: #93. Little Bunny

Listen to the song, “Little Bunny”

Play the video again and sing the song

Activity #1: Listen to and Sing “Little Bunny” Teaching Procedure

Compose your own Rhythm using the Interactive Rhythm Composition tool.Choose Level 1 to start.You click on the notes or rest to enter them.Then choose the instrument that you’d like to play them.Press play, and try performing the new rhythm that you’ve created.Try creating new rhythms and playing on new instruments.Try other levels if you’ve learned more rhythms at school.

Activity #3: Another Way to Create a Rhythm Composition

If you have a printer at home, print the Egg Rhythms worksheet.

If you don’t have a printer, draw 8 eggs and put a quar-ter note (ta) or a pair of 8th notes (ti-ti) in each egg.

Use the eggs in a hiding game. If you have a brother or sister or someone in the house to play with take turns hiding the eggs. One of you will hide your eyes. Sing the song while you hide the eggs. Then, the other person sees how many eggs they can find in 1 minute. (or 2)

After playing the game, make rhythms with the eggs. Clap or pat or stamp the rhythm that you’ve made.

Make a new rhythm and try it a different way.

Activity #2: Print or Draw Eggs with Rhythms on them

The next song begins with “Apple tree, apple tree.”

The notes used go high-high low, high-high low

Singers use the solfa notes so and mi to name these notes.

Sing some so-mi patterns to warm up for the Apple Tree song.

Activity #4: Echo Sing so-mi patterns

Listen to the Apple Tree song.

Watch how the notes go higher and lower.

Play the song again, and this time, sing along.

Activity #5: Listen to and Sing “Apple Tree”

If you have a printer at home, print the One Sound or Two worksheet.

If you don’t have a printer, make two columns on a piece of paper. Label one column, One Sound.Label the other column, Two Sounds.

Clap the fruit words. Decide if they have one sound or two.

Write the name of the fruit in the correct column.

Activity #6: Make a list of fruit trees that are one sound or two

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Music Education is Important - whether you are in your school or learning at home!

Music Education is Important