Second Grade - Lesson 6A

• 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!

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*next slide is for instructor reference only*

Rhythm Echoes

*instructor will stop sharing screen here*

Invite students to pick a place to show a steady beat on their body. Instructor chooses one example. 

"Keep your steady beat and echo me."

Instructor reads rhythms four beats at a time using neutral syllable "bah."

Read rhythms using rhythm syllables (quarter note = ta, quarter rest = no sound, eighth notes = ta-ti, sixteenth notes = ta-ka-ti-ki; refer to rhythm syllable cheat sheet if needed)

Students echo. 

Challenge time! Remember, I say 'bah.' You 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," "ta-ti," and "ta-ka-ti-ki."

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Sixteenth Note Aural Prep - Drag & Drop

Discuss the fruits from the video and how many syllables each fruit made.

Instructor picks one pattern (or improvises a pattern with fruit) and says pattern while demonstrating a steady beat on hearts. Make sure to include a sixteenth note in only one of the “heartbeats”. If students demonstrate 90% accuracy you may have two sixteenth notes either paired or separated heartbeats.

Students echo.

Discuss how many sounds each fruit made per beat (example: pear makes one sound, apple made two sounds, etc.)

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*next slide is for instructor reference only*

Body Piano

*instructor will stop sharing screen*

Preparing La

*instructor viewing only*

"Stand up, use your body piano, and echo me."

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

Instructor uses body piano and sings each measure one-by-one using sol, mi, and la.

Students echo

"Time for our challenge! Remember, I am going to sing 'bum.' You sing sol and mi. I also replaced the sound for 'higher' with a different word. What is our new word?"

La

Instructor sings and uses body pian. Students echo.

Swirling Wind

*Instructor reference only*

"Sing 'Swirling Wind.'"

Instructor gives starting pitch. Students sing.

"This time, I want you to sing the song using rhythm syllables. Remember, rhythm syllables are ta, ta-ti, and ta-ka-ti-ki."

Instructor gives starting pitch.

Students sing using rhythm syllables. Assess for accuracy before moving on.

"This time, I want you to sing the song again using rhythm syllables, but I also want you to tap the rhythm on your lap. Make sure to tap softly. If you are hurting, that means you are tapping too hard! Make sure to keep yourself and other safe."

Instructor gives starting pitch. Students sing using rhythm syllables while tapping rhythm on laps. 

"Now let's take out or xylophones." 

Review how to set up xylophones.

"Sing the song again using rhythm syllables, but this time, I want you to tap the rhythm on your xylophones with your right hand pointer finger."

This song will be continued in the next lesson.

Swirling Wind on Xylos

Take out xylophones and discuss set up.

"What note do we start with in this song?"

Sol

"What color is sol on your xylophone?"

Dark green

"How many sols do we play at the beginning of the song?"

2

"Play 2 sols with your fingers."

Students play.

"What note comes next?"

La

"Is la higher or lower than sol?"

Higher

"So we will move which direction on the xylophone?"

Right

"What color is la?"

Purple

"What other note will we use in this song?"

Mi

"Is mi higher or lower than sol?"

Lower

"What color is mi?"

Yellow

"Go ahead and play the song with your fingers. Remember to sing the solfege as you play!"

Instructor gives starting pitch. Students sing and play. Instructor watches students play and assess for accuracy and understanding. 

If time permits:

"Sing the last half of the song using words."

Students sing

"Sing the last half of the song using solfege." 

Students sing but will most likely struggle with the last note. Do not worry about the last note.

"Hm...let's worry about that last part later. For right now, I want you to use your fingers to play what you just sang on your xylophones. Remember to sing as well!"

Students sing and play.

"Now let's talk about the last note. Is it a high sound or a low sound?"

Low

"Is it lower than mi?"

Yes

"What color bar have we played before that is lower than mi?"

The red one.

"So let's end our song on the red bar."

Students sing and play song with their fingers. May move to mallets if time permits.

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