First Grade - Lesson 4B

• 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 Screen

The instructor will stop sharing screen as next slide is only for instructor viewing

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.

See next slide for continuation of this activity.

Rhythm Echoes Continued

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

Students echo. 

Instructor reads each rhythm on neutral syllable "bah."

Students echo.

Instructor reads each rhythm with rhythm syllables "ta" and "ta-ti."

Students echo.

"Now it's challenge time! Remember, I am going to say 'bah.' What do 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" and "ta-ti"

Preparing Rhythms Visually

Ngan - replace with KPiano video and redo instructions

Instructors may add body percussion here if students are ready.

Blank Screen

The instructor will stop sharing screen as next slide is only for instructor viewing

Body Piano

*instructor will stop sharing this 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

See next slide for continuation of this activity.

Preparing La continued

*instructor viewing only*

Instructor uses hand signs and sings each measure one-by-one using solfege and body piano

Students echo

"Time for our challenge! Remember, I am going to sing 'bum.' You sing sol and mi."

Instructor uses hand signs and sings each measure using neutral syllable 'bum.'

Students echo using solfege.

Assessment

"Time to take our xylophones out. Remember, when you carry your xylophones, you use how many hands to carry?"

2

"Do we hold on the top or bottom?"

Bottom

"Who do we get if a bar falls off?"

A grown up

Once students have their xylophones:

"Which side does the big red bar go on?"

Left

"And the small green bar goes on the...?"

Right

"Look on your xylophones. What color is sol?"

Dark green

"What color is mi?"

Yellow

Record this activity for student assessment:

Divide students into groups of 4-5 according to assigned color and number. 

"Put one finger on sol. Use a finger on your other hand and put it on mi. Now sing 'Seesaw' using solfege while playing the bars on your xylophone."

Invite 2 groups at a time to demonstrate.

Stop recording once students have played song.

May add mallets if students are successful. *see next slide for mallet lesson*

Extra challenge:

Divide class in half. Half play steady beat on C. Other half play melody. Switch (Record this if students are ready)

Hopping Through the Snow

Students sing song with words.

Students sing song with rhythm syllables.

Students sing first 2 measures using high and low.

Sing and play first 2 measures on xylos.

"Does that part repeat anywhere else in the song?"

Yes

"So I want you to try to sing the song and play only that part when you sing, "hop, hop, hop, hop."

Students sing and play

Instructor demonstrate singing and playing measures 3 and 4.

Students echo.

Put measures 1-6 together.

Instructor demonstrates measures 7-8. Students echo. Put whole song together.

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