Sample Unit Plan

General Music 1st Grade

Long-Term Planning Calendar: 4 Weeks General Music

Teacher: Bonnie Mitson Date: Month 00 - Month 00
Grade: 1st
Unit’s Main Objectives: Melodic Contour and Body Percussion
Unit Name: Singin' and Stompin'
AZ Standards: MU.CR.1.1a, MU.CR.1.1b, MU.CR.2.1b, MU.CR.3.1a, MU.PR.4.1b, MU.PR.4.1c, MU.PR.4.1d, MU.PR.6.1a, MU.RE.7.1a,
MU.RE.7.1b, MU.RE.8.1, MU.RE.9.1, MU.CN.10.1a, MU.CN.10.1b
Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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Topic: Singin' Topic: Singin' Topic: Singin' Topic: Stompin' Topic: Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT Sing Mi, Main Obj: SWBAT Sing Main Obj: SWBAT Sing Mi, Main Obj: SWBAT use Main Obj: SWBAT create
So, La Mi, So, La Kodaly hand signs rhythmic patterns
Standard: MU.PR.4.1c So, La Standard: MU.CR.1.1b, Standard: MU.CR.1.1a, Standard: MU.CR.1.1a,
Standard: MU.CR.1.1a MU.PR.4.1c, MU.PR.4.1c, MU.CR.2.1b,

Activity 1: Song with Game.
Sing "All Around the Circle"
" use SML. Students will
sing their names
independently and class
echoes their names back.
Activity 2: Vocal exercise
with shapes. Students will
raise voice pitch and lower
pitch according to the
shapes (pyramid, squiggle,
circle, etc).
Activity 1: Vocal exercise Activity 1: Smart Board
with movement. Students Match Sound to Picture.
will react to the shapes Students will listen to
with appropriate pitch and snippets of Wee Falorie Man,
with class decided body Hot Cross Buns, De Colores,
motion Two Tigers, and match to the
melody shape that matches
the best.
Activity 2: Smart Board Activity 2: Vocal exercise with
Create Shapes. Students emotion. Student will use the
will create shapes to sing shapes they previously
and move to. created to sing happy,
content, sad, or angry
sounds.
Activity 1: Students will use
body percussion to create a
pattern then present in
groups (Words optional).
Activity 2: Simon Says.
Students will create the
hand shape as indicated by
"Simon".
Activity 1: Pattern Game.
Students will create patterns
with the Kodaly hand signs.
Student B will repeat
Student A's pattern before
creating a new pattern
Activity 2: Student Teams
will be able to use Kodaly
hand signs, body
percussion, and SML to
create/write a short song.

Repertoire: "All Around the Repertoire: Wee Falorie

Circle" Man, Hot Cross Buns, De
Colores, Two Tigers
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Topic: Singin' Topic: Singin'' Topic: Singin' and Stompin' Topic: Singin' and Stompin' Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT perform Main Obj: SWBAT Sing Main Obj: SWBAT perform Main Obj: SWBAT Main Obj: SWBAT Sing Do,
melodic and rhythmic Mi, with expression demonstrate musical Re, Mi,
patterns So, La Standard: MU.PR.4.1b, concepts of various styles Standard: MU.PR.4.1c
Standard: MU.PR.4.1b, Standard: MU.PR.4.1c MU.PR.6.1a of music. MU.PR.4.1b,
MU.PR.4.1d Standard: MU.RE.7.1b

Activity 1: In a standing
circle, students will create
an echo pattern of four-
beats using SML with hand
signals.
Activity 1: Students will Activity 1: Students will Activity 1: Use Wee Falorie Activity 1: Students will sing
move the Taxi's that Listen to De Colores and Man and De Colores, to the tune to Hot Cross Buns,
represent So Mi La to draw/make the melodic create improv high medium substituting the words for
create the Taxi song. contour. and low dance moves. Mi, Re, Do
Activity 2: Students will
Listen to Wee Falorie Man
and have students
draw/make melodic
contour.
Repertoire: Wee Falorie
Man
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Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT use Do
Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do and
Kodaly hand signs to
perform melodic patterns
Standard: MU.PR.4.1c,
MU.PR.4.1d
Activity 1: Student will learn
"Do A Deer", Kodaly hand
signs and body motions.
Activity 2: Students will take
turn being Simon Says.
Students sing solfege
syllable and "audience"
gives the hand sign back as
a response.
Repertoire: Do A Deer
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Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT
differentiate between major
and minor
Standard: MU.CR.1.1b,
MU.CR.3.1a
Activity 1: I can sing High
(Me), I can sing Low (Do).
Students will learn minor
Solfege, Me
Activity 2: Use Do Re Me
Fa So to create a sad or
spooky story.
Activity 2: Students will
match the correct solfege
syllable to the correct hand
sign.
Repertoire: Taxi, Taxi
Topic: Singin' and
Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT
differentiate between
organized music and daily
sounds.
Standard: MU.CN.10.1a,
MU.CN.10.1b
Activity 1: Students will
listen to sirens sounds,
dog bark, vacuum sound,
and match the sound to
the shape card that
matches the best.
Activity 2: Students will
make a Noise Piece and a
Melody Song to
differentiate between
organized music and
everyday "noise"
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Topic: Singin' and
Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT
differentiate between
major and minor
Standard: MU.CR.1.1b,
MU.CR.3.1a
Activity 1: Students will
use vocal warm up slides
to learn minor Solfege Le
Activity 2: Students will
sing Twinkle Little Star in
minor. then sing in its
parallel major
Activity 2: Students will
choose 3 expressive ways to
perform De Colores
(emotion, dynamics, tempo,
ect).
Repertoire: De Colores
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Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT
differentiate between
organized music and daily
sounds.
Standard: MU.CN.10.1a,
MU.RE.7.1a
Activity 1: Students will
perform their Noise Piece
and Melody Song. Then a
structured discussion will be
had to see what made a NP
and a Melody Song
Activity 2: John Cage Find It.
Students will watch/listen to
Cage's music to find all the
instruments he used.
Repertoire: Sampler of John
Cage: 4:33, Living Room,
Music of Changes
15
Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT write and
describe music notation in
minor
Standard: MU.CR.1.1b,
MU.PR.4.1c, MU.PR.4.1d
Activity 1: Students will write
then sing a four-beat pattern
using Do Re Me Fa So Le
with appropriate hand signs.
Activity 2: Students will listen
to Old King Cole (Harmonic
Minor) and describe its
melodic contour,
Activity 2: Students sit in a
circle and pass a ball while
singing Hot Cross Buns,
Wee Falorie Man and De
Colores. Students will
verbally explain what shape
the melody is.
Repertoire: Wee Falorie
Man, Hot Cross Buns, De
Colores,
Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT perform
musical concepts from a
variety of cultures
Standard: MU.PR.4.1b
Activity 1: Students will use
Hot Cross Buns and Two
Tigers to sing in rounds.
Challenge round song is
"Do a Deer."
Activity 2: Students will
Wee Falorie Man as an
example to create and
perform a class Irish tune
Repertoire: Hot Cross
Buns, Two Tigers, Do a
Deer, Wee Falorie Man
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Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT describe
musical intent and
expression of a
performance
Standard: MU.RE.8.1
MU.RE.9.1
Activity 1: Student will listen
to major and minor
melodies. They will respond
with a happy/vibrant or a
sad/muted body movement.
Activity 2: Students will
listen and watch Joshua Fit
the Battle of Jericho. Then
discuss the musical intent
and describe the
expressions used.
Activity 2: Students will
Listen to Two Tiger and
have students draw/make
melodic contour.
Repertoire: Hot Cross Buns
and Two Tigers
10
Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT perform
reading sheet music
Standard: MU.PR.4.1c
Activity 1: Students will write
anonymous melodies using
a eight space work sheet.
Classmates will draw from a
box the work sheet and
perform the piece.
Activity 2: Arpeggi-go
Arpeggi-stop. Students will
play "Red Light Green
Light", Green being Do Me
So Do1 and Stop being Re,
Fa, La, Ti. The solfege is
written on large flashcards.
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Topic: Singin' and Stompin'
Main Obj: SWBAT
differentiate between major
and minor
Standard: MU.CR.3.1a
Activity 1: Students will
choose a known piece to
change Mi and La to Me and
Le.
Activity 2: Ostinato of eight
beat body percussion will be
used while echoing back all
learned solfege syllables
Repertoire: I can Sing High, Repertoire: Twinkle Little Repertoire: Old King Cole Repertoire: Joshua Fit the Repertoire: Wee Falorie
I can Sing Low Star Battle of Jericho Man, Hot Cross Buns, De
Colores, Two Tigers,
Twinkle Little Star, Do a
Deer.
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