Posts Tagged ‘rhythm’
Lessons with Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree
Lessons with Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree is a charming children’s book about a too-tall Christmas tree that keeps getting whittled down, providing Christmas joy for a variety of humans and animals alike, from a wealthy man to a mouse. I actually don’t remember how I learned about the book, but it…
Read MoreRhythm Lesson: Queen Caroline
This piece can be used off and on throughout the elementary school years. It has a “perfect rhythm.” Kindergarten and 1st Grade, beginning of the year: 4 Voices: Whisper Shout Talk Sing – Create a story about a king and queen. 1) All the people in the castle were whispering about the queen’s hair (whisper…
Read MoreGood, Better, Best
Good, Better, Best A Rhythm and Movement Lesson for Grades 4-6 Download a printable version of Michael Chandler’s lesson here. Objectives: Working with beat and divided beat through movement, body percussion, and instruments. Choreographing simple movement to elemental forms. Rhythmic and melodic improvisation and composition with elemental forms. Arranging and orchestrating a performance piece. Materials: Unpitched…
Read MoreClass Composition Using So, La, and Mi
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: Class Composition Using So, La, and Mi Suggested Grade Level: Late First Grade, Early Second Grade Objectives: Students decipher eighth and quarter notes by ear Students compose and notate melody using So, La, and Mi Students play melody on Orff instruments from written notation Materials: …
Read MoreExplore Rhythm and Meter With the Chrome Music Lab
Katie Wardrobe of Midnight Music shares her music tech lesson plan, which guides students to compose and play rhythms in different meters with Chrome Music Lab. In March, Google launched the free Chrome Music Lab Experiments site to celebrate Music In Our Schools month and to allow users to explore the way in which music works.…
Read MoreLesson: Candy Corn Composition
Amy Fenton shares a creative process for capturing the rhythms of the season in her Halloween lesson for soprano recorder: Candy Corn Composition.
Read MorePurposeful Pathways Lesson: Old Mother Brown
We hope you and your young students enjoy this Old Mother Brown lesson taken from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book Two – by BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams. Designed to encourage active music making, this lesson includes pathways to pitch, literacy, composition, rhythm, and ensemble. Click on the link to download the lesson: Purposeful…
Read MorePurposeful Pathways Lesson: Simple Simon
This lesson is from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book One – by Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn. Click on the link to download the lesson: PurposefulPathways_SimpleSimon
Read MorePurposeful Pathways Lesson: Cinderella
This lesson is from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book One – by Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn. Click on the link to download the lesson: PurposefulPathways_Cinderella
Read MorePurposeful Pathways Lesson: Peas Porridge Hot
This lesson is an excerpt from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book One – by Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn. Click here to download the pdf.
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