Second Grade - Lesson 5A

• 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*

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."

Quarter, Eighth Notes, and Rest Video

Students follow along with the video.

Blank Slide

*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 higher.

Students echo

See next slide for continuation of this activity.

Tonal Echoes continued

*instructor viewing only*

"Time for our challenge! Remember, I am going to sing 'bum.' You sing sol and mi. However, this time, I will not be helping you with the body piano. I want you to see if you can figure it out yourself."

Students echo using solfege and body piano.

Hand Signs

"Let's use sol and mi again, but this time, I am going to show you our secreat musician hand signs! I want you to make the same hand sign as me. Remember to use both hands!"

Instructor uses hand sign for sol. Instructor sings, "sol, sol, sol" while showing hand sign for each one.

Students echo. 

"Now try this one."

Instructor uses hand sign for mi and sings, "mi, mi, mi."

Students echo.

Instructor sings and shows combinations of sol and mi while using hand signs (may use examples from previous slide if needed). Students echo and show hand signs. 

Blank Slide

*next slide is for instructor reference only*

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.

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