Week 29: March 16-20!

Monday!
3RD GRADE 9:15-10:00!

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OBJECTIVES: !
COGNITIVE: By the end of the lesson, students will understand that ta-a (half note) is
twice as long as ta (quarter note)!
BEHAVIORAL: Students will be able to 1) play E on the recorder 2) sing/ audiate
pentatonic patterns on solfege 3) pass/ bounce a ball in a steady tempo !
EXPERIENTIAL: Students will experience comprehensive music lesson focusing on
pentatonic scale, audiation, recorder playing, and steady beat (dalcroze).!

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1. OPENING: PENTATONIC SCALE (3 mins)!
1. REVIEW: Rocky Mountain. Singing. B section: do - mi - sol - la!
2. ECHO-SING: pentatonic scale (hand sign: mi, re, do)!

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2. HIGH CONCENTRATION - RECORDER (18 mins)!
1. REVIEW: Gently Sleep (Yellow Belt). Informal assessment.!
2. TEST: one by one (Alice/ Sofia bonus is Go Round the mountain)!
3. PREPARATION: Its Raining (green belt) !
1. INTRODUCE E: fingering (hand position with the right hand now engaged)!
2. ECHO-PLAY MELODIC PATTERNS: B-A-G-E (practice E-A-G)!
3. ECHO-SING: the song in chunks!
4. ECHO-PLAY: the entire song in chunks!
5. INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT!

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3. CHANGE OF PACE: MEET ME AT THE GARDEN GATE (5 mins)!

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Two four six eight,!
meet me at the garden gate,!
If Im late, dont wait,!
two, four, six, eight.!

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1. PREPARATION (1 min):!
1. ECHO CLAP-SPEAK: ta-a (half note), ti-ka ti-ka (sixteenth combo), !
1) Class 2) Individually (informal assessment)!
2. RHYTHM GAME (4 mins):!
Read through flashcards on syllables. SLOW AND STEADY.!
You will reorganize two rhythm cards on a pocket chart before class
finishes the chant.!
Ss chant (S switches two cards). Repeat. !

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4. MODERATE CONCENTRATION: ENVELOPE GAME (5 mins)!
1. Each student has an envelope with 4 cards, each with a different pentatonic
melodic motive (4 beats) !
2. T sings one of the cards on lu. Students identify which melody the teacher
sang by showing the number of the card with fingers!
3. Combine 2, 3, 4 cards for challenge!

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5. CLOSING: STEADY BEAT / LISTENING / DALCROZE (5 mins)!
1. PREPARATION (5 mins):!
1. Ss form a circle around the T. Sit.!
1. T establishes a steady beat. Ss passes a ball in a steady beat.!

2. With a recording: Listen, wait for 10 seconds. Feel the steady

beat. Pass the ball IN A CONTINUOUS MOTION.!
3. All Stand.!
2. OPTIONAL EXTENSION!
1. T: models bounce and catch!
1) T alone !
2) T bounces to Ss in order !
3) random selection!
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* guide students to bounce back without hesitance. STEADY BEAT.!

Tracks!
1. MGMT: Kids !
2. Enya: Only Time & Orinoco Flow!
3. Greig: Norwegian Dances!
4. Tchaikovsky: June from The Seasons, Op. 37!
5. Mozart: Ah vous dirai-je, Maman!

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Future Extension!
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Macro vs Micro beat, roll & catch!

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