Lesson Plan

Week 12/2 – 12/6

Focuses:
Grade Focus
Pre-K Continue to reinforce classroom routines.
Understanding the difference between high and low.

K - 1st Understanding the difference between high and low.

2nd - 3rd
4th - 5th Identifying rhythmic motives in music.

Songs:
Grade Songs
Pre-K Little Snowflakes
K - 1st Little Snowflakes and Sheep in the Meadow
2nd - 3rd Jingle Bells
4th - 5th Trepak from the Nutcracker

Materials:
Grade Materials
Pre-K
K - 1st
2nd - 3rd
4th - 5th Cups, YouTube video of Trepak, and audio recording of Trepak

TEKS:
Grade TEKS
Pre-K
K - 1st
2nd - 3rd
4th - 5th
Pre-K Procedures
Section Description Time TEKS
Routine Walk in the room song. 10 Minutes
Mr. Monkey
attendance.
Body warm up motion.
Echo me.
Introduce Model the song and 5 Minutes
Little discuss winter.
Snowflakes
Sing Little 10 Minutes
Snowflakes
Game 5 Minutes

K – 1st Grade Procedures

Section Description Time TEKS
Routine Walk in the room song. 10 Minutes
Mr. Monkey attendance.
Body warm up motion.
Echo me.
Transition Going from a circle to the board near the
piano.
Introduce Sheep in the Model the poem to the students while 10 Minutes
Meadow acting it out. Then go through the actions
with the students.

Introduce Little Play the song little snowflakes to the 5 Minutes

Snowflakes students and discuss winter.

Teach Little Snowflakes 5 Minutes

Game Little Snowflakes 15 Minutes

2nd – 3rd Grade Procedures
Section Description Time TEKS
Routine 8
Minutes
Tuneful Singing 1
Minute
Transition Going from a circle to
a the board near the
piano.
Review (Only 3rd Grade) 2
Briefly discuss notes Minutes
on lines and spaces
Sight Reading (Only 3rd Grade) 10
Minutes
Introduce Jingle Bells 10
Minutes
Body percussion Jingle Go through the 5
bells rhythm and steady Minutes
beat of Jingle Bells
Play Jingles bells with Play Jingle Bells with 10
instruments the instruments Minutes

Game (2nd Grade Only)

4th – 5th Grade Procedures

Section Description Time TEKS
Routine Walk in the room song. 8 Minutes
Mr. Monkey attendance.
Body warm up motion.
Echo me.
Tuneful Singing 1 Minute
Transition Going from a circle to the board near the
piano.
Review 5 Minutes
Sight Reading 10 Minutes
Transition Gather around the smart board so they
can see the screen

Watch Trepak from the Briefly tell them about the nutcracker 4 Minutes
nutcracker and its origins then watch it as a class.

Transition Everyone faces the board with the road

 map drawn out.
Roadmap Show the class the road map of Trepak 5 Minutes
and take the class through it with the
song. Have them think about how parts
of the songs repeat and are the same.
Have them listen for the rhythm they'll
be using with the cups.

Body percussion Teach the body percussion of and where 3 Minutes

they'll be doing what rhythm.

Transition Everyone gets into the circle they came

into the room in.

Perform Listen and play with the cups to Trepak. 5 Minutes

Game