Preparing: qsd

OUTCOME
Practice: High and Low Melody
INTRODUCTION

Warm-Up Body Warm-up Children as

Beat Activity Performers/Active
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies from Nuckracker Suite, Listeners
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Breathing: Ss practice blowing up a balloon and
watch how air is released when deflating the
balloon
Resonance: explore a cow sound using low and
high voices make sure Ss are inhaling and
exhaling correctly with the support muscles.
Posture: remind Ss of the correct posture for
singing.

Known Song Seesaw Children as Performers

CSP: A
Ss sing song
Ss sing and pat the beat
Ss create other beat motions to perform while
singing the song
Ss continue the beat while T sings the next song.

Tuneful Singing Snail, Snail Children as Performers

CSP: A
Ss sing song while performing the beat
Ss sing song and change the vowels (ex: sneel,
snile, snool, snawl)
Ss buzz like a bee to explore head voice
Ss sing song on a [z] (sing like a bee)

Known Elements Bee Bee Bumble Bee; Engine, Engine, Number Nine Children as Performers
Ss chant the rhyme
T chants one phrase at a time and Ss echo with
text while clapping the rhythm; perform this echo
game for each phrase of the rhymes.
T selects one S to play the beat on a hand drum
S steps the beat and claps the rhythm of Engine,
Engine, Number Nine
S continue the beat while T sings the next song

CORE ACTIVITIES

New Song Ducks and Geese Children as Critical

p/i CSP: A Thinkers/Stewards of
T sings song with finger puppets to show call- their Cultural Heritage
and-response roles
 T sings calls and Ss chime in on the responses
T and Ss may sing and play the game

Kinesthetic Rain, Rain Children as Critical

Awareness CSP: A Thinkers/Stewards of
qsd Ss sing song and pat the beat their Cultural Heritage
Ss sing song and clap the rhythm
Ss sing and point to a representation of phrase 1
on the board
Ss sing song while one S taps the
representation. Line up several Ss and have
them sing and tap the phrase.
Divide class in half; have one group walk the
beat while the other claps the rhythm Switch
roles
Choose individual Ss to walk the beat and clap
the rhythm
Ss inner-hear the song while performing beat
against rhythm.

Game Doggie Doggie Children as Performers

CSP: A
Ss identify the song
Ss sing and play the game
After playing the game, Ss perform the song with
various beat and rhythm motions.
Ss continue the beat while T claps the rhythm of
another mystery song.

Practice: Reading: Cobbler, Cobbler; Doggie, Doggie Children as Critical

High/Low Melody CSP: A Thinkers/Stewards of
Ss identify the song their Cultural Heritage
Ss sing
T writes a representation of the melodic contour
for phrase 1 of the song on the board.
Ss sing and point to representation using high
and low
T transforms the pattern into Seesaw
Ss read the new pattern and identify the song
T transforms the pattern into phrase 1 of Doggie,
Doggie
Ss read the new pattern and identify the song
T transforms the patter into other known songs
as time permits.
For fun use Moussorgsky - Pictures at an
Exhibition Tuileries to demonstrate high and
low melody (Also good for so and mi later on)

CLOSING

Close Ducks and Geese Children as

CSP: A Performers/Active
Listeners