Grade Two Unit Plan

Remembrance, Peace, Love, and Friendship November 2016 6 classes

Generative Topic: As we transition into the cooler months and begin to look at
holidays such as Remembrance Day, and winter celebrations, it is crucial to
begin looking at the meaning behind the music we are making. To assist in our
understanding of the expressive qualities of music we will look at the finer
aspects of dynamics. Our understanding of sol-fa will also be expanded to
include d-r-m, and during this introduction, we will begin to look at how
melodies can move in steps (d-r-m) or skips. Once we are familiar with some
pieces of the season, we will look at how the rhythm is organized to review 2/4
meter. All of this will be done through exploring themes of remembrance,
peace, love, and friendship.
Unit Title: Remembrance, Peace, Love, and Friendship
Big Idea: Exploring the expressive and expanding sol-fa literacy.
Essential Questions:

1. So what is there between forte and piano?

2. How can melodies be organized?
3. What else can we sing in sol-fa other than s-m?
Concepts Taught:
Curricular Outcomes:
E9 Music dynamics may change suddenly (accent),
Mezzo forte/mezzo piano
or gradually (cresc.decresc.)
Melodies move by skips and steps
M7 Sounds that move up or down by steps or half
(scales)
steps within the octave are called scales (Melodies
Review 2/4 meter
may move by scale steps, melodies may move by
Introduce d-r-m
leaps)
L9 Detect the rise and fall of the melody
S9 Extend the use of sol-fa training with hand signals
to include re and do
RW 10 Extend the use of sol-fa training to include
do and re
RW13 Recognize 2/4 and time signatures
R8 Beats may be grouped by accent (a stress in
music)

Activities:
- Follow the Leader
- Grand Old Duke of York
- Starlight
- Sing for Peace
- Napoleon
- Its Doh
- Ive got Peace like a River
- Tap Dance

Materials Needed:

Lesson Summary
Remembrance, Peace, Love, and Friendship November 2016 6 classes

Less
on
1

By the end of the

lesson, students
will be able to
Use action to
demonstrate beat in a
2/4 meter
Use s-m Curwen hand
signs while singing a
new piece.

Play an instrumental
accompaniment to a
simple tune.
(Starlight)
Perform a piece as
learned by rote. (SFP)
Determine and dictate
the rhythm of a song.
(Starlight)
Perform an
instrumental
accompaniment to a
piece as learned by
rote. (SFP)
Use body percussion
to substitute words in
a song

Demonstrate a half
note pulse in 2/4
through locomotor
movement.
Use the appropriate
volume when
prompted to sing in
mf/mp

Assessment/
Evaluation

Activities

Observation
Checklist
- Moving to
the beat (in
2/4)
- Sing s/m
while using
hand signs
Observation
Checklist
- Instrument
skills
- Ta/ti-ti

Follow the Leader

Grand Old Duke of
York (10 min)
Starlight (8 min)
Sing for Peace (10
min)

Observation
Checklist
- Body
Percussion
- Mf/mp

Follow the Leader

Sing for Peace (10
min)
Napoleon (10 min)
Starlight (3 min)
stand up/sit down
on S/M
Grand Old Duke of
York (5 min)

Observation
Checklist
- Moving to
the pulse in
2/4
- Mf/mp (S)

Follow the Leader

Starlight (10 min)
Sing for Peace (10
min)
Napoleon (8 min)

Follow the Leader

Its Doh (10 min)
Ive got Peace Like
a River (10 min)
Grand Old Duke of
York (8 min) (2/4)

Resources

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Demonstrate MRD
through hand signs
and movement on the
appropriate note. (Its
Doh)
Use body percussion
to substitute words in
a song (Tap Dance)
Determine where the
bar lines should rest
in a song in 2/4
(Starlight)
Use the appropriate
hand signs for MRD in
a familiar piece

Observation
Checklist
- MRD

Follow the Leader

Its Doh (5 min)
Ive got Peace Like
a River (10 min)
Tap Dance (12 min)
(MRD, 2/4)

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Shieron
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Observation
Checklist
- 2/4 (S)
- MRD (S)

Follow the Leader

Ive got Peace Like
a River (10 min)
Starlight (10 min)
Its Doh (10 min)

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