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One Song, Many Voices
Students discuss the purpose and meaning of the song "One Song, Many Voices" and how the music expresses the composer's message. Students sing, conduct, and analyze two different songs during the lesson in a choir setting. This lesson is...
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Sing What You Mean, Mean What You Sing
Students discuss the vocal styles characteristic of different genres and composers. The explore the use of lyrics, their relation to the music, and the use of the voice to convey emotions and character.
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Simple Gifts
Pupils examine the concepts of half notes, quarter notes, whole notes, and musical phrases by performing the Shaker song "Simple Gifts". Emphasis is placed on movement with music and meeting national standards for the arts.
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Songs
Second graders practice singing the chorus of a Scottish ballad. They also sing two American folk songs in class. They are encouraged to use the correct pitch while singing.
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Canons Recognition
Students recognize canons by listening and by reading them in the context of a musical work. They notate canons and perform canons on their instrument. Afterward, they combine their simple canons with other students in order to create...
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5 A Day
Students examine the 5 a day program. They sing different songs and discover how to be healthy. They identify different parts of the music as well.
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Composing From a Thread
Students listen to music composed in the 20th century and discuss varying interpretations. They play a contemporary piece of music and explore techniques available to a modern composer.
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VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx, Lesson 2
Students compare and contrast classical piano style with jazz piano style. They watch a segment of the video, "VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx," participate in a class discussion of the music from the video, and develop a list of adjectives for...
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Strings that Sing
Students listen to Isaac Stern lead a musician through steps to self-evaluating a performance. They compare their instrumental performance with a live vocal performance.
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Lesson Plans for 2nd grade Japan Unit
Second graders explore the music and dance of Japan in this five lessons unit. Aspects of Janpanese and American culture are compared. The food, holidays, clothing, and the school day of the two countries are discussed.
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Children's Books
Students explore daily dilemmas students face. They write and illustrate a story book dealing with one dilemma. Students write reviews of their books. They read their books to second grade students. Additional cross curriculum activities...
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Language Arts: Rhyming Words
Second graders discover words that rhyme and how to recognize them. After reading a book and singing a song, they identify the rhyming words in each. Students add their own rhyming words and complete a worksheet.
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Groovy Grooping
First graders listen to the teacher read "The M&M's Addition Book." They estimate the number of gum balls in a bag. Students use unifix cubes to estimate the number of gum balls each student will receive. The indicated worksheet and...
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Alleluia
Singers practice perfecting the song, Alleluia. They focus on singing techniques, style, phrasing, and working with syncopation. This lesson is a microteahing lesson and includes a warm up and vocal exercises.
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Get On Board This Train
Students examine and discuss the African American Spiritual in a choir setting. They also sing the spiritual "Get On Board This Train" while using terms and techniques studied in the lesson plan.
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Hello Girls
Ninth grade girls get together to sing the song Hello Girls. They warm up with common voice exercises then work to maintain melody, harmony, pitch and tone.
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Jazz: An Expression of Democracy
Students watch a video segment about the distinguishing characteristics of jazz. They describe those characteristics and the relation between the culture of jazz and democracy. They improvise simple rhythms and melodies.
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Creating Sight-Singing Originals
Students create sight-singing examples for presentation in the high school choir class. Day One is used for review/introduction of the material. Day Two is used for student work time and Day Three is for presentation and evaluation.
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Using Numbers to Teach The Major Scale
Middle schoolers study the numbers to the diatonic major scale using C note as a basis in this standards-based 45 minute lesson. Emphasis is placed on singing correct pitch, rhythmic accuracy, and proper breath control.
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This Land is Your Land - Travel Posters
Eleventh graders compile a list of places in the United States where they have either traveled or where their relatives or friends live. They collect travel posters, brochures, postcards, and maps from their region of the United States.
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Note Names and Note Values - An Interactive Smart Board Lesson
Using the Note Names and Values SMART notebook file, review the whole, half, quarter and eighth note with students. Students sing "Apple Tree Song." They add body percussion, and then instruments. Students use the SMART apple tree, they...
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Sakura
Sixth graders play through a duet, on part A and part B, with out stopping or giving up. Students become comfortable with playing in small ensembles. They also get more comfortable with their peers listening to them perform.
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Sakura
Sixth graders perform the song "Sakura" from the Standard of Excellence book for peers and are assessed based upon that performance in this lesson plan for Beginning Band. Emphasis is placed upon positive comments and public performance.
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The Star Spangled Banner
Students perform Star Spangled Banner, and analyze purpose and meaning of patriotic songs.