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Current Music Lessons

Here you can find what we are working on in music class. Objectives & lessons will be updated every other week.

Kindergarten Week 1.

2025-26 Lesson: 1. Welcome to Music

Materials: Recording of Whale Sounds, Whale Puppet, Circle on Floor, Room rules

Vocabulary: Echo, High, Low, Slow, Fast

Objectives: <Post on Board, Align with State Standards>

  1. Students will demonstrate procedure of entering the room.
  2. Students and teacher will discuss room rules.
  3. Students will demonstrate singing in a characteristic voice the song “Hello Song” <CSS K 1:2, 2:1)
  4. Students will be able to demonstrate how to “echo” by clapping, tapping and stomping. <CSS K 2:2, 3:3, 3:4>
  5. Students will explore high and low sounds with their voices. <CSS K 1:2, 2:1, 3:1, 3:3>
  6. Students will explore differences between slow and fast tempos. <CSS K 1:2, 3:1

Lesson: <Step by Step, Check for knowledge>

  1. Procedure: Entering The Room

Students will be instructed to enter the room, following each other around the circle while singing the song “Come Follow Me”.  This is to be done every day in Kindergarten Music.

Lyrics: “Come follow me, follow me, follow me” (starts high, then down low)

After students complete the circle, then Welcome the students to class, Introduce the teacher, and Prepare them what the rest of the lesson will be.

  1. Discussion: Rules

Students are to raise their hand to get the teacher’s attention.  Students are to stay on the outside of the circle unless asked to come into the circle or go to another area of the room.  Students are instructed when the teacher is talking, they are listening.  School rules are reinforced.

  1. Hello Song:

Students will be introduced to the Hello Song.  Echo Song.  Hello, How are you, I’m fine, Thank You. <Together> Hello Hello Hello to You and You. <Teacher directed, students named must come into circle and do a simple motion (1st day wave).> I see <name> 4x then <Together>

  1. Echo

Describe what an echo is, Me then You.  Clap a simple rhythm, wait for echo.  Check For Understanding and repeat as necessary.  Add tapping and stomping for simple rhythm, then CFU.  Add other simple rhythms.

  1. Voice Exploration: High and Low Lesson is Page 16 of First Steps in Music (FSM)

Students will explore High and Low sounds with their voices.  Play a recording of whale sounds Ask what animal is making those sounds:  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhaBsuDVISU)

Use a whale puppet to “talk whale” to the class.  Have students mimic whale sounds high (hold puppet up high) and low (hold puppet low).  Have a few students lead class in high and low using the puppet.

  1. Voice Exploration: Slide Whistle
  2. Tempo Exploration: Fast and Slow

Students will explore Fast and Slow movements to music.  Using a fast moving puppet and a slow moving puppet, ask the students which animal moves fast and which moves slow (whale vs. turtle).  Playing a simple pattern on the piano, have the students mimic each movement, while moving around the circle.  Alternate between the two speeds, adding stops in the music (no music, no motion).

  1. Song Fragment: No More Pie 24
  2. Simple Song: Frog in the Meadow (52)
  3. Arioso: I speak like this

11.Movement Warm Up

12.Motion: Finger Play

Chop Chop 116

13.Beat Motions: Listen Listen 143

14.Song Tale: Had a Little Rooster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 1st Grade Music Lesson Plan

Month:  August Week 1 and 2                           # of Classes:

Lesson Title: Welcome, Expectations and Syllabus, Movement Exploration and Echo Chant

Materials: Finger Puppets,

Vocabulary: Echo (me then you)

Objectives: Students will echo voice patterns (CDEstandard 1.1.a, )

                    Students will echo rhythmic patterns (CDEstandard 1.1.b)

                    Students will keep a beat using movement(CDEstandard 1.1.c ,1.2.a)

Lesson: <Step by Step>

  1. Welcome and Introduction (Hello Song) Time:
  2.      Expectations and Syllabus Time:
  3. Movement Hickory Dickory Dock
  4. Syncopated Clock *Listening and Movement
  5. The Tailor and the Mouse (Story)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 2nd Grade Music Lesson Plan

Month:  August Week 1 and 2                           # of Classes:

Lesson Title: Welcome, Expectations and Syllabus, Movement Exploration and Echo Chant

Materials: Finger Puppets,

Vocabulary: Echo (me then you)

Objectives: Students will echo voice patterns (CDEstandard 2.1.a)

                   Students will echo rhythmic patterns (CDEstandard 2.1.a, 2.1.b 2.2.b)

                   Students will keep a beat using movement(CDEstandard 2.1.a)

Lesson: <Step by Step>

  1. Welcome and Introduction (Hello Song) Time:
  2. Expectations and Syllabus and Syllabus Time:
  3. Movement (Me then You) with body percussion. Time:
  4. The Comedians *Listening and Movement (Red Book)
  5. The Tailor and the Mouse (Story)
  6. Conversational Solfege 1, steps 1 readiness
  7. Vacation fun (gp 2)
  8. Go go go (gp 3)

9 I can keep the beat (gp 5)

 

 

 

 

 

2025 3rd Grade Music Lesson Plan

Month:  August Week 1 and 2                           # of Classes:

Lesson Title: Welcome, Expectations and Syllabus, Movement Exploration and Echo Chant

Materials:

Vocabulary: Echo (me then you)

Objectives: Students will echo voice patterns (CDEstandard 3.1.b )

                   Students will echo rhythmic patterns (CDEstandard 3.1.b)

                   Students will keep a beat using movement(CDEstandard 3.2.b)

Lesson: <Step by Step>

  1. Welcome and Introduction (Hello Song) Time:
  2. Expectations and Syllabus Time:
  3. Movement symphony 1, MI 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwpUhg8L7ko&t=35s

  1. Fuzzy Wuzzy (GP )3
  2. Down to the Baker Shop (GP 4)
  3. The Golden Rule (GP 6)
  4. America the Beautiful Presentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 4th Grade Music Lesson Plan

Month:  August Week 1 and 2                           # of Classes:

Lesson Title: Welcome, Expectations and Syllabus, Movement Exploration and Echo Chant

Materials:

Vocabulary: Echo (me then you)

Objectives:    Students will echo voice patterns

                    Students will echo rhythmic patterns                           

Students will keep a beat using movement

                    Students will learn AB Form (4.3.a)

                    Students will demonstrate knowledge of a Staff and Treble Clef (4.1)

Lesson: <Step by Step>

  1. Welcome and Introduction (Hello Song) Time:
  2. Expectations and Syllabus Time:
  3. Movement (Me then You) with body percussion. Time:
  4. Symphony #1 *Listening and Movement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwpUhg8L7ko&t=35s

  1. I want to Rise (5GP)
  2. Sagidi Sagidi (6 GP)
  3. AB Form (7GP)
  4. The Staff has 5 (7GP)

 

 

 

 

 

2025 5th Grade Music Lesson Plan

Month:  August Week 1 and 2                           # of Classes:

Lesson Title: Welcome, Expectations and Syllabus, Movement Exploration and Echo Chant

Materials:

Vocabulary: Echo (me then you)

Objectives:    Students will echo voice patterns

                    Students will echo rhythmic patterns                           

Students will keep a beat using movement

                    Students will learn AB Form (4.3.a)

                    Students will demonstrate knowledge of a Staff and Treble Clef (4.1)

Lesson: <Step by Step>

  1. Welcome and Introduction (Hello Song) Time:
  2. Expectations and Syllabus Time:
  3. Movement Symphony #1 *Listening and Movement (Red Book)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwpUhg8L7ko&t=35s

  1. Out Goes the Rat (3 GP)
  2. The Pink Panther (4GP)
  3. Listening Activity (7GP)
  4. Band Instruments Trials.

 

2025 6th and 7th/8th Grade Music Lesson Plan

Month:  August Week 1 and 2                           # of Classes:

Lesson Title: Welcome, Expectations and Syllabus, Movement Exploration and Echo Chant

Materials:

Vocabulary: Echo (me then you)

Objectives:    Students will echo voice patterns

                    Students will echo rhythmic patterns                           

Students will keep a beat using movement

                    Students will demonstrate knowledge of Orchestra Instruments (6.3.3)

                    Students will demonstrate knowledge of Vocal Ranges (6.3.3)

Lesson: <Step by Step>

  1. Welcome and Introduction (Hello Song) Time:
  2. Expectations and Syllabus Time:
  3. Movement (Me then You) with body percussion. Time:
  4. O Fortuna Orff *Listening and Movement
  5. Orchestra Instruments (identification)
  6. Vocal Ranges (identification)
  7. 6th grade Band Trials (switching or interested)