Grade Three Unit Plan

Giving Thanks and Getting Spooky October 2016 7 classes

Generative Topic: There is a lot to discuss and celebrate thematically in October

and looking at Thanksgiving and Halloween will be the main focus of the month.
Through songs that celebrate Thanksgiving and Halloween, we will refresh
ourselves on 2/4, , and 4/4 time signatures. Through this review we will also
look at how the meter can change within a piece. Melodic literacy will continue
to expand as we look at low la, low so and high do. We will explore
pieces through rhythm, our voices, and instruments to build strong technique
and beautiful arrangements to celebrate the season.
Unit Title: Giving Thanks and Getting Spooky
Big Idea: Expanding literacy beyond the basics
Essential Questions:
1.

What time signatures are there that include the quarter note and how
can I tell the difference?
2. Can a piece change time signatures? If so, how and why?
3. How can I demonstrate sol-fa notes that are not in the do-ti range?
Concepts Taught:
Curricular Outcomes:
R11 Beats may be grouped in 2s or 3s
Review 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meter
R13 A time signature tells how beats are grouped in
Meter can change within a piece
a measure
Introduce low la, low so, and low S12 Extend the use of sol-fa training with hand
do into solfege hand signals
signals to include low la, so and high do
RW19 Recognize 4/4 time signature
RW20 Continue sol-fa training to include low la and
low so and high do

Activities:
- Follow the Leader
- A Turkey Named Bert
- Do at your Belly-Button
- Falling Leaves
- Im Thankful For
- Sol-fa game
- Indian Summer
- Alouette
- Double Trouble
- Bells in the Steeple
- Old Woman All Skin and Bones
- Bats
- Little Tommy Tinker
- The Halloween Cat

Materials Needed:

Lesson Summary
Giving Thanks and Getting Spooky October 2016 7 classes

Less
on
1

By the end of the

lesson, students will
be able to
Speak and move in
accurate rhythm
Perform the correct
sol-fa hand signs in a
song including fa and
la

Sing in round with

their peers
Demonstrate high do
in context

Assessment/
Evaluation
Observation
Checklist
- Sol-fa

Observation
Checklist
- High do

Identify the meter that

various pieces are in.
Sing in languages
other than English.

Observation
Checklist
- 2/4
-
- 4/4
- Meter
change

Identify a change in
the meter of a piece
Perform pieces in a
variety of time

Observation
Checklist
- Meter
change

Activities

Follow the Leader

A Turkey Named Bert
(10 min)
Do at your bellybutton (3 min)
Falling Leaves 4/4
sol-fa (10 min)
Im Thankful For
start learning (5 min)
Follow the Leader
Sol-fa game (falling
leaves) (6 min)
Falling Leaves round
(6 min)
Im Thankful for
continue learning
(high do) (10 min)
Indian Summer (4
min)
A Turkey Named Bert
(2 min)
Follow the Leader
Alouette 4/4 (6 min)
Indian Summer
4/4+2/4 (10 min)
Double Trouble (2/4)
(4 min)
Bells in the Steeple
-3/4 (8 min)

Resources

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Follow the Leader

Indian Summer
discuss the meter
change (8 min)

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signatures

Perform pieces in a
variety of time
signatures
Identify meter by how
many beats are in
each bar

Perform pieces
including low la, low
so, and high do

Label where the hand

sign for high do, low la,
low so belong
Build body percussion
patterns to go along
with a poem.

(S)

Observation
Checklist
- Low la
Meter worksheet
(S)

Observation
Checklist
- Low la,
low so
- High do

Observation
Checklist
- High do,
low la, low
so
High do, low la,
low so worksheet
(S)

Alouette (4 min)
Bells in the Steeple (4
min)
Double Trouble 2/4 (4
min)
A Turkey Named Bert
(5 min)
(Look at examples of
different meter for
each piece)
Follow the Leader
Review songs in
different meter (10
min)
- Double trouble
- Bells in the
Steeple
- Falling Leaves
Meter worksheet (5
min)
Old Woman All Skin
and Bones (10 min)
Follow the Leader
Review Old Woman All
Skin and Bones (5
min)
Bats (10 min)
Little Tommy Tinker
sol-fa game (10 min)
Follow the Leader
Review songs with low
la, low so, high do (10
min)
- Old Woman All
Skin and Bones
- Bats
- Little Tommy
Tinker
High do, low la, low so
worksheet (5 min)
The Halloween Cat
(10 min)

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