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

musicln.gif

Lesson plan outline for Unit II
2007-2008


WEEK OF...

Mrs. G:  Wednesday--12:30 p.m.
Mrs. S/T: Wednesday--1:00 p.m.

Mrs. G:  Friday--12:30 p.m.
Mrs. S/T:  Friday--1:00 p.m.
August 21
Hey There Friend -
(mp k gagne 75)

Seating Chart

Rule Review

Song:  The Body Boogie  (Mk-8 15/1 20)

Follow The Leader - movement and aural I.D. of beat (K/DeL I & WK 1)

Rig-A-Jig-Jig - song and game
- song
- movement game
- T (xy)



August 28
Welcome Back to School - (K/DeL I)
- song
- BP (clap, pat, snap, jump)

Movement Game - K/DeL I)
- "tour"
- hand drum

Welcome Back to School (K/DeL I)
- song
- UPP (wd bk, tamb, c bell, triangle, hd drum, guiro)

Moving to the Pulse - K/DeL II)

I Think Music's Neat - (K/DeL II)
- poem
- BP
September 4
Dancin' in the Kitchen - book
Kitchen Game - beats in vocabulary
All Around the Kitchen - movement game

Rig-A-Jig-Jig - song, game and xylophones

September 11

NO SCHOOL - early dismissal

FAST - aural I.D. of fast tempi
Larry Lobster - song, game and xylophones (steady beat, bordun)

September 18
SLOW - aural I.D. of fast tempi

Peas, Porridge - poem, I.D. rests
Little Kitty Cat - game review

September 25
Unpitched Percussion Exploration - I.D. vocabulary and sound


NO SCHOOL
October 2
Chicken Little -
- story
- song (w/ orchestration)

Chicken Little -
- other version of story
- rhythms of characters
- retell story with song & sounds

October 9

NO SCHOOL - early dismissal
RHYTHM
- review
- rhythm cards (in groups)

October 16
RHYTHM
- worksheet


NO SCHOOL - teacher institute
October 23
Citizenship Song:
- Kindness is Contageous
Song / Game:
- Apple Tree
- beat game (walk with apple)
- xylophone (turns)

Citizenship Song:
- Kindness is Contageous

Halloween Activity:
- book:  Little Old Lady
- UPP sound effects

- song:  The Haunted House
- xylophone
- rhythm of scary friends
October 30
RHYTHM:
- Apple Tree (review song)
- analyze rhythm
- repeat turns for game/xys

RHYTHM:
- Unit II rhythm test

- Shakin' It Up
- UPP:  shakers
- ti-ti  ta rhythm

November 6
GUEST TEACHER -

METER:
Song:  Mouse Mousie
- analyze rhythm
- magic number
- barlines, house, double
- game

GUEST TEACHER -

METER:
Meter review -
- barlines
- measure
- magic number
Meter Activity -
- rhythm cards with stick barlines
- MR 2 and MR 3

November 13
p.m. schedule in a.m.

METER:
- aural / visual ID of MR in 3
- kinesthetic

Song:
- Over the River

November 20
NO SCHOOL
    Conferences
NO SCHOOL
    Thanksgiving Break

November 27
UNI teachers
- Head & Shoulders Baby 1, 2, 3


METER:
- aural / visual ID of MR in 2
- kinesthetic

December 4
METER:
Meter Activity -
- rhythm cards with stick barlines
- MR 2 and MR 3

Songs:
- Head & Shoulders Baby


Finish Rock 'N Roll video
December 11
NO SCHOOL - early dismissal


December 18


NO SCHOOL - Christmas break


NO SCHOOL - Christmas break
January 1
Rhythm of the Week

Song:  Car
Instruments:  bordun accomp.

METER
- review on board:  barlines, magic number,
- MR in 3

Computer:  introduction
Rhythm of the Week

Song:  Car
Instruments:  bordun, UPP and glockenspiels

METER:
- new:  how to put in barlines

MELODY:
- new:  two new landmarks
- middle C - bass clef F

January 8
(p.m. schedule in a.m.)



Rhythm of the Week

Drum walking:  MR 2 & 3

METER:
- cards / stick barlines
- MR 2 and 3

Song: 
January 15
Austrailan Song:
   Waltzing Matilda

METER:
Worksheet - MR 1-


January 22
MELODY:
- Staff
- treble cleff
- magic G line

Boomwhackers -
MELODY -
- Review:  staff, treble clef, G
- New:  musical alphabet
January 29
MELODY:
- Notes on treble staff

Concert songs:
MELODY:
- Notes on treble staff

Concert songs:
February 5


NO SCHOOL - early dismissal

MELODY:
- Notes on treble staff

Concert songs:
- Head & Shoulders Baby
- Topnotcher
February 12
Concert songs:
- Head & Shoulders Baby
- Topnotcher

MELODY:
- Notes on treble staff
- worksheet


NO SCHOOL - teacher institute

February 19
Rehearsal in auditorium
Rehearsal in auditorium

February 26
Rehearsal in auditorium

NO SCHOOL - conferences
March 5
Celebration:  watch video of concert


March 12
NO SCHOOL

NO SCHOOL
March 19
MELODY:
- Notes on treble staff
- worksheet (crossword puzzle of notes on staff)
MELODY:
- finish worksheet

Boomwhackers -
- transparency
- name that note

March 26
MELODY:
- review treble staff notes

Citizenship Song:
- Cooperation Hop

Pass the Stick - (Orff Sce, p. 30)
- song with xylophone accomp.
- game (circle, with cymbals)

MELODY:
- review steps / skips
- bell stairs
- ID visually

Drum Beat -
- small and large hand drum game

April 2
Song / Game:
- Tisket, Tasket (Orff Sce p. 24)
- song, xylophone accomp.
- game (hide basket)

- Bunny Hop


April 9

NO SCHOOL - early dismissal


NO SCHOOL - Beg. Rdg. Conf.
April 16


April 23


April 30


May 7
(p.m. schedule in a.m.)



May 14


May 21