October

Week 1

Grade Two
 WEEK 1 - Overview
Movement /Listening Booth- Fossils
Students pretend to be burglars who sneak into a museum when it is closed. They "play" on the dinosaur
bones during the A section while the guard has fallen asleep and they freeze into dinosaur shapes for
the B and C sections of the rondo when the guard wakes up. students experience repetition in a rondo
form. Assess for ability to respond to same/different in a listening example.

Frog in the MEadow - teach melody - mrd

Mrd patterns -

Bubble, Bubble
Simultaneous imitation pat/pat/clap/clap
Chant the rhyme and perform the OSTINATO
Review improv poem with measures of rest
Fill in with four quarter notes (clapping) then four eighths
T models four beat improv.
Students improv as a large group
Perform in ABA form with main poem
transfer BP to UTP (sticks)
 WEEK 1 - Overview (PART 2)
Witch, Witch - Game
Play traditional singing game
Gordon, triple patterns - macro and micro
Crawdad Song- Improvise/create new verse lyrics with movements
Jump Jim joe- Movement Game - Mixer & jump on rhythm
 Lets PRetend.
..to be burglars who sneak into a museum when it is closed.

Can you respond to same/different?.

"play" on the dinosaur bones during the A section while the guard has fallen asleep
freeze into dinosaur shapes when the guard is woken up by the change in the music.
Today we will. TODAYS GOAL:
Perform a poem with an
ostinato.
Improvise a four beat
Greetings Second Grade Musicians, rhythm pattern

Last weeks introduction to rhythmic improvising went

really well. Today we are going to build on our
improvising skills. We will also learn about an
OSTINATO and practice how to perform a rhythmic
ostinato and our poem at the same time. Warm TODAYS SCHEDULE:
Up - same/different
Singing - Frog in the Meadow
Mrs. Stover Bubble - ostinato/improvising
Witch Witch - singing game
Jump Jim Joe
Frog in the MEadow

Frog in the meadow.

Cant get him out!

Take a little stick and

Stir it about.
Frog in the MEadow - Lets Move.
1. Lets take a walk to the
beat
2. Stand in place and sing
while clapping the rhythm
3. Walk to the beat while
singing
4. Walk to the beat while
clapping the rhythm
Simultaneous Imitation
Ostinato: pat/pat/clap/clap
Chant the rhyme and perform the ostinato

Bubble said the kettle - , bubble said the pot

Bubble, bubble, bubble we are getting very hot
Shall I take you off the fire? No you need not trouble
This is just the way we talk, bubble, bubble, bubble
Fill in with four quarter notes (clapping) then four
eighths
T models four beat improv.
Students improv as a large group
Improvisation
Perform in ABA form with main poem

Improvise Improvise

Improvise Improvise

Improvisation
Fill in with four quarter notes (clapping) then four
eighths
T models four beat improv.
Students improv as a large group
Improvisation
Perform in ABA form with main poem

Improvise Improvise

Improvise Improvise

Improvisation
Fill in with four quarter notes (clapping) then four
eighths
T models four beat improv.
Students improv as a large group
Improvisation
Perform in ABA form with main poem

Improvise Improvise

Improvise Improvise

Improvisation
Witch, Witch (Singing Game)
Witch, witch fell in a ditch
Picked up a penny and thought she was rich
Witch, Witch
Are you my children?
Yes, were your children
Are you my children?
No you old witch!
Be My Echo!

Echo my four-beat patterns

du and du-da-di
Jump, Jim Joe
Jump. jump, jump Jim Joe
Shake your head and nod your head and tap
your toe
Round, round, round you go,
And then you choose another partner and
you jump Jim Joe.
Crawdad Song
You get a _________
And Ill get a __________, honey/babe
And well go down ____________
Honey, oh baby, mine