PreK & K Grade - Lesson 5B

• Music
• Age 5

Introduction (5 minutes)

Greet the students and introduce the K-Piano equipment and learning system.

Provide an overview of the lesson objectives and what students can expect to learn.

Class Expectations (5min)

• Read over classroom expectations for the Little Fingers class.
• Have students describe what these behaviors look like and don't look like.
• Example: A good choice is following directions. A silly choice is to be laughing at your friends.

Movement Activity

This movement activity at the beginning of class gets the wiggles out and helps mentally prepare students for the start of class.

Little Fingers - Lesson 1

Movement Activity Videos

• Choose a video from either 3 slides

Little Fingers - Lesson 1

Movement Activity Videos

• Choose a video from either 3 slides

Little Fingers - Lesson 1

Movement Activity Videos

Choose a video from either 3 slides

Vocal Exploration (3min)

 

"What is this a picture of?"

An elevator

"What does an elevator do?"

It moves people up and down in buildings

"I want you to point at the elevator. Use your finger and your voice to show the elevator is moving up."

Students move finger from low to high while making a siren sound going from low to high

"Now use your finger and voice to show the elevator is moving down."

Students move finger from high to low while making siren sound going from high to low

Try different combinations at various speeds. Make it fun!

Blank Slide

*next slide is for instructor reference only*

New Song - Sledding Fun

*Instructor will stop sharing screen*

"I want you to listen to my song. When I am finished, tell me what we are sledding down."

Snowy hill

"Listen again. When I am finished, tell me what word you hear that rhymes with hill."

Chill

"Listen again. This time when I am finished, I want you to tell me what other rhyming words you hear."

Cheer and here

"Now echo me."

Instructor sings the first 2 measures.

Students echo.

Instructor sings measures 3 and 4. 

Students echo.

Instructor sings the first line.

Students echo.

Instructor sings measures 5 and 6.

Students echo.

Instructor sings measures 1-6. Students echo.

The instructor sings the whole song.

Students echo.

Rhythm Echoes

*instructor will stop sharing screen*

Instructor invites students to show an example of a steady beat. Pick one example for class to use.

"Ready and echo me."

Instructor reads rhythms four beats at a time using neutral syllable "bah." You may need to point to your self at your turn and to class at their turn as a reminder when to echo.

Students echo.

Once all rhythms are read, repeat using rhythm syllables (quarter note = ta, eighth notes = ta-ti; refer to rhythm syllable cheat sheet if needed)

Students echo. 

"Now I am going to do a challenge. Remember, I'm going to say the rhythms using 'bah.' When you echo, you are going to say..."

Ta and ta-ti

Instructor reads rhythms a third time, 4 beats at a time using neutral syllable "bah" while students echo using rhythm syllables "ta" and "ta-ti"

Preparing Rhythms Visually

The instructor begins sharing the screen here.

Next slide contains Hopping Through the Snow for instructor viewing/reference only

"Now I want you to sing 'Hopping Through the Snow' with words."

Students sing

"Sing the song again, but this time, with rhythm syllables."

Students sing.

"Sing the song with rhythm syllables one more time while touching the hearts."

Students sing.

"What rhythm syllables did we use in this song?"

Ta and ta-ti

"How many heartbeats is ta?"

1

"How many heartbeats was ta-ti?"

1 (if students struggle here, ask them to touch a heart and say ta-ti. They should see that it is only 1 heartbeat)

"Huh...so ta-ti was 1 heart, but how many sounds?"

2

Hopping Through the Snow

For instructor viewing only

Blank Slide

*next slide is for instructor reference only*

Body Piano

*instructor will stop sharing screen*

High/Low Sol & Mi Review

*instructor viewing only*

Instructor uses body piano and sings each measure, one at a time, on neutral syllable "bum." Students echo each measure

Once all the patterns have been sung, repeat each measure but sing using solfege "sol and "mi"

"Challenge time. Remember, I will sing 'bum.' You will sing solfege."

Instructor sings. Students echo. 

Playing High and Low Assessment (1)

Discuss xylo care

Remind students which bars to play for high and low (G/dark green for high, E/yellow for low)

Record this activity for student assessment.

Place students in groups of 4-5 according to assigned color and number.

Invite students to come up 2 groups at a time to play slides.

Stop recording once all students have been assessed. 

Playing High and Low Assessment (2)

Playing High and Low Assessment (3)

Adding rhythm to Snowflakes

Students sing "Snowflakes" without playing.

Students sing "Snowflakes" and play using fingers.

Switch students to mallets if ready. 

"I want you to remember those 8 beats you made up last week using ta and ta-ti. Say those 8 beats for me."

Students say improvisations while instructor counts 8 beats on fingers.

"Pick a bar and tap the rhythm with your fingers."

Students say and tap while instructor counts 8 beats on fingers.

May add mallets if students are successful. 

Choose 3-4 students to be improvisors.

Putting it together: Class plays\ "Snowflakes."

One student improvises 8 beats.

Class plays "Snowflakes."

Second student improvises 8 beats.

Class plays "Snowflakes."

Continue until all chosen students have improvised and class ends on "Snowflakes."

Movement Activity

This movement activity at the beginning of class gets the wiggles out and helps mentally prepare students for the start of class.

Little Fingers - Lesson 1

Movement Activity Videos

• Choose a video from either 3 slides

Little Fingers - Lesson 1

Movement Activity Videos

• Choose a video from either 3 slides

Little Fingers - Lesson 1

Movement Activity Videos

Choose a video from either 3 slides

Lesson Recap

Recap with students what they learned.

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• Steady Beat
• Low and High Sound