Download 2nd GRADE MUSIC—BW LESSON PLANS From: (W) Oct 2

2nd GRADE MUSIC—BW
LESSON PLANS
From: (W) Oct 2 - (M) Oct 7, 2013
Unit/Objective: “What are pitch and scale?”
Standards Incorporated/Bloom’s: Rhythm; Melody; Singing alone and with others; Music Literacy; Form
CORE Integrations: SS: Citizenship; LA: Aural Language, Diction, Reading; Phys: Gross Motor Skills;
Math: Patterns, Reading a graph; Science: Anatomy (Posture affects singing technique)
Materials/Elements: Class List; Seating Chart; White Board; Rubric for singing assessment; CD for “Time to
Sing” and “All Around the Corn Sally” and “The music’s in me”.
Essential Question: “What are pitch and scale?”
Set/Introduction: Greet students in line in the hallway; Lead them in to assigned places
Introduce ESSENTIAL QUESTION and recite CLASSROOM RULES
Activity/Lesson:
Review “Ebeneezer Sneezer” by question/answer about our terms PITCH and SCALE.
Listening to the song “Time To Sing” students will listen for pattern/form in the song by listening for the
different directions given in each verse and singing the recurring chorus. After identifying the pattern, the
students will be familiar enough with the song to sing along and perform the motions. While singing the song,
students will listen for the pitch pattern (up, down, same pitch) in the part of the chorus that says “Let’s all sing
a song that we know”. After singing, the students will show what they heard one sound at a time by pointing
up, down, or using a level hand to show same pitch as we map out the direction of the melody on the board. We
will sing with motions a third time and students will show the pitch pattern of the chorus on their hands that
matches the chart on the board and reinforces good aural pitch identification.
We will follow the same pattern for the song, “All Around The Corn Sally” and play the music game
that goes with it after listening, practicing, writing the form pattern and pitch pattern.
If time allows, we will do a third song with the same learning pattern exercise for the song “The Music’s
In Me” listening for the chorus line “It keeps me rockin’ you see”. This song not only has a verse/chorus
pattern, but an ABA pattern. We will incorporate this in another lesson later if time does not allow in any
particular class this week.
Review/Closure: Review the terms PITCH and SCALE. Review the lines charted from the chorus of each new
song learned showing the pitch patterns with our hands.
ASSESSMENT: Is visual/aural observation of students following directions, repeating correct pitches and
words in the song, performing the correct motions in time as an individual/group, etc.
Reflection Notes: