Malcolm Price Laboratory School
Elementary General Music
Mrs. Michelle L. Swanson, Instructor


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Lesson plans for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten
2007-08



WEEK OF...

- Wednesday -
9:30 Hoffman
10:00 Bromwich


Thursday -
2:00 p.m.

(Kindergarten only)


August 20
Song:  Welcome to School (MP k gagne 1)
Book:  School is Cool
Song:  Listen as I Play the Beat
Song:  Alligator Alarm

Book:  Froggy's 1st Day of School -- using UPP instrumental sound effects
August 27
Song:  Welcome to School
 (MP k gagne 1)
Song:  Stay and Play
  (piggy 9)
Book:  School is Cool
   (finish)
Song:  Count and Go
  (MP k gagne 3)
BEAT:

Poem:  This is my Voice

Song:  Let's Get on Board
(MP k gagne 52)

September 3
DOLLS - STUFF ANIMALS

Song:  Miss Polly

Song:  Count and Go
Time for Music
"Ish Fish" song and game (coloring)
"Star Light, Star Bright" song
Sol - Mi instruduction solfege
September 10
Welcome
Solfege
"Sally Go 'Round the Sun" game
Barred Instrument Introduction
"Ish Fish" song and game
Time for Music
"Big Drum, Small Drum" -- using hand drums

September 17
Welcome
Solfege review (sol-mi)
Movement:  "The Mice Go to the Zoo" -- foot story
Welcome activity
STILL
Poem:  "Cobbler, Cobbler" (introducing long sounds and rests)
September 24
Welcome
Song/Game:  "Counting Animals"

"Cobbler, Cobbler" -- long sounds and quiet sounds
Long and Short posters
October 1
Welcome
"Counting Animals"
Long and Short Posters

October 8
Welcome Activity
Long and Short = quarter and 8th notes
Quarter / 8th rhythm reading
STILL
October 15
Chicken Little - story

NO SCHOOL
October 22
RHYTHM:
- Hey Betty Martin
- analyze rhythm (new 8th)
- movement

- Alligator Alarm
- movement

- 13 hours of Halloween
- story / song

- 5 Little Ghosts
- Halloween Looby Loo
- Costume Fun
- Pumpkin Pumpkin
October 29
- Time for Music
- analyze rhythm of "right now"

BOOK:
Spookly - the square pumpkin


LISTENING
- Stars and Stripes Forever -
- movement activity
- listening map
RHYTHM:
- Rum Ba Da Dum
- 2 rhythms:
   - 5 quarter notes
   - 2 8th notes
   - 2 8ths and 1 quarter

STILL
- Grieg - listen and color
November 5
RHYTHM:
- Tap Those Sticks (SIU)
- 3 quarter note rhythm
- Unpitched percussion (sticks)

- Alligator Alarm

RHYTHM:
- review cards
- small groups

- Rum Ba Da Dum
- 2 rhythms:
   - 5 quarter notes
   - 2 8th notes
   - 2 8ths and 1 quarter


November 12
- Elephants have Wrinkles
- song - movement

- Clap Stamp Shake
- song
- analyze rhythm
- 3 quarter notes
- movement

RHYTHM
- review (together) with cards
DYNAMICS:
- Grumpy Grizzly (MP K 38)
- loud / soft

- Can't Wait to Hibernate
- song / story

November 19
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
November 26
METER:
- magic houses
- magic numbers

- Days of the Week (MP K 45)
- song
METER:
- barline
- double barline
- notes in measures

- Take my Little Car (MP K 44)
- song
- movement

December 3
METER:
- filling in measures

- Clap Stamp Shake
- Elephants have Wrinkles



December 10


December 31


January 7


January 14


January 21
NO SCHOOL

January 28


February 4


February 11
Concert songs:
- Clap Stamp Shake
- Looby Loo
- Ears Hang Low
- Elephants have Wrinkles
NO SCHOOL
February 18
In auditorium
 - practicing songs for  concert


February 25


March 3
Song:
- One Green Jelly Bean
MELODY:
- ups and downs
- tone bells
- voices
- Game - visual ID of contour

New Song:
- One Green Jelly Bean

March 10
MELODY:
- review up and down poster
- review voices


March 17
NO SCHOOL


NO SCHOOL

March 24


March 31
New Song:
- Bunny Hop

April 7

NO SCHOOL
April 14


April 21


April 28


May 5


May 12


May 19

NO SCHOOL