All students should have automatically been enrolled in my Google Classroom this year. It will be titled with the school abbreviation - grade level - homeroom teacher
If you need access to your Google Classroom, please send me an email and I will send an invitation link to your PT student email account. Thank you!
Email: [email protected]
If you need access to your Google Classroom, please send me an email and I will send an invitation link to your PT student email account. Thank you!
Email: [email protected]
Most REcent Lesson Plans:
1st Grade Lesson Plan 1.1
- Goal: To welcome students, review procedures, use singing voices
- Objectives: SWBAT
- Name and explain rules/classroom expectations
- Explain fire drill procedures
- Use speaking, whisper, and singing voices
- Follow the leader
- Materials:
- Procedure
- Assign spots in circle
- Assign spots in circle
- Teacher intro and Hello’s
- We sing hello’s; like a conversation in our singing voices
- Teach by echo
- Rules and Procedures
- Go over rules of the room/expectations
- Go over MUSIC chart (taking away letters); turn chips
- Go over fire drill procedure
- Engine, Engine
- Stand in spot and turn to make a train
- Make your hands match mine and your feet match mine
- T. leads around room while saying chant
- Up hill (slow)
- Down hill (fast)
- Tunnel (low voice)
- Valley (high voice)
- Town (whispering voice)
- Lead to spots on floor
- Types of Voices
- In music, we use many kinds of voices (students give examples)
- Echo sounds to get into head voice
- This is my... (speaking, whisper, singing)
- Walk and Stop
- If time, play game to line up at the door
- Informal/Formal Assessment: Informal assessment of movement and singing
- Homework:
2nd Grade Lesson Plan 2.1
- Goal: Practice so-mi-la; practice ta and ti ti, quarter rest
- Objectives: SWBAT
- Keep the steady beat
- ID so-mi-la sounds
- Tap the rhythm of a song
- Move to various styles of music
- Materials: rhythm sticks
- Procedure
- Show new spots / Hello’s
- Show new spots / Hello’s
- Review Rules/Procedures
- Rhythm Cards
- Review rhythms from last year - ta, ti ti, quarter rest
- Tap/say
- Rhythm improv - T. asks questions about the summer, school year
- Students who want to share can take a turn!
- Apple Tree
- Sing whole song with rhythm tappers
- Play a few rounds of game
- Poison Pattern
- T. plays against students with melodic patterns!
- We Are the Dinosaurs/Palo Palo/Stick Tune
- Students can vote on which song to do!
- Informal/Formal Assessment: Informal assessment of improvising rhythms
- Homework:
3rd Grade Lesson Plan 3.1
- Goal: To practice ta, ti ti, quarter rest, half note; practice la-so-mi-do
- Objectives: SWBAT
- ID ta, ti ti, and quarter rest in songs and patterns
- ID sounds as la, so, mi or do
- Describe the music staff
- Materials:
- Procedure
- Show new spots / Hello’s (smd)
- Show new spots / Hello’s (smd)
- Review rules / procedures
- Rhythm Review
- Tap say rhythm cards - ta, ti ti, ta-a-, quarter rest
- Rhythm improv - T. asks questions about summer/school year
- Ss who want to share can!
- Mouse Mousie
- Sing song with rhythm tappers
- Sing and play game
- Poison Pattern
- T. plays against students with melodic patterns (smd)
- Listen and Move
- Do movement activity, if time
- Goodbyes
- Informal/Formal Assessment: Informal assessment of rhythm patterns and hand sign singing
- Homework: None