Movement Activity: Scarf dancing Dancing Students will choose a space” in the room and explore high and low – “personal space using the colored scarfs provided. Students need to stay in their personal space. Listening: Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring” by Delius “On Introduce the song and give a brief background on Delius and the composition, Hearing the “On First Cuckoo in Spring,” Listen to selection (Naxos CD). Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 Warm Up: Solfege exercise, bird calls Students will perform melodic interval exercises. Teacher will model with piano and voice. Listening: Sketches of Birds” by Messiaen. Discussion to follow “Little Introduce the song and give a background on the piece. Listen to and view the piece using the following link; After listening, discuss what students heard. Open the discussion on what constitutes music (abstract). Review clips in the video; do we see happening in the music when the bird “What calls are present? Can we tell when another bird call is coming?” Piano/Xylophone: Mimicking Bird Call Model bird riffs on the piano. Give students time to experiment with the Orff instruments, creating their own bird calls riffs. Share riffs with the class (audience/performer roles). Visual Project: Create Your Own Bird; Students will create their own variety of bird. Introduce bird project: Your Own Bird;” Students will create their own species of bird. “Create They will begin by illustrating their bird using any medium (crayon, color pencil, marker). The second stage of this project will begin at the next lesson; Students will create a 3D replica of their bird. Birds will be hung in the music classroom for all students to observe. Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 Folk Song(s): (K/1/2/3) Over the Ocean,” *See Appendix for song “Charlie (4/5) Cough” “Whooping
Movement Activity: Scarf dancing Dancing – Students will choose a “personal space” in the room and explore high and low space using the colored scarfs provided. Students need to stay in their personal space. Listening: “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring” by Delius Introduce the song and give a brief background on Delius and the composition, “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring,” Listen to selection (Naxos CD). Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 Warm Up: Solfege exercise, bird calls Students will perform melodic interval exercises. Teacher will model with piano and voice. Listening: “Little Sketches of Birds” by Messiaen. Discussion to follow Introduce the song and give a background on the piece. Listen to and view the piece using the following link; After listening, discuss what students heard. Open the discussion on what constitutes music (abstract). Review clips in the video; “What do we see happening in the music when the bird calls are present? Can we tell when another bird call is coming?” Piano/Xylophone: Mimicking Bird Call Model bird riffs on the piano. Give students time to experiment with the Orff instruments, creating their own bird calls riffs. Share riffs with the class (audience/performer roles). Visual Project: Create Your Own Bird; Students will create their own variety of bird. Introduce bird project: “Create Your Own Bird;” Students will create their own species of bird. They will begin by illustrating their bird using any medium (crayon, color pencil, marker). The second stage of this project will begin at the next lesson; Students will create a 3D replica of their bird. Birds will be hung in the music classroom for all students to observe. Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 Folk Song(s): (K/1/2/3) “Charlie Over the Ocean,” *See Appendix for song (4/5) “Whooping Cough”
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