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Music Lesson Plan

Title: Down By The Bay Grade Level: 2nd

Source:

Materials needed:
Down by the bay song

Procedure:

A.S:Have you guys ever written your own song before?

Do you know what someone who writes their own music is called?
-composer or artist

Who is ready to be an artist or a composer?

First we play the song one time one verse

Now we are going to teach you the song Its called “Down By the Bay”

Sing it verse by very

Down by the bay

Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do,
My mother will say

“Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose”

Or
“Did you ever see a whale with a polka dotted tail”
Or
“Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie”
Or
“Did you ever see bear combing his hair”
Or
“Did you ever see llamas eating their pajamas”
Or
“Did you ever have time where you couldn't make a rhyme”
Down by the bear

Teach through twice then play the whole song

Have them say the animals they heard

Have them create their own animal rhymes

Raise hand and have them tell the group then sing there rhyme into the song

Closure: did you guys enjoy being composers today? What did you leanr ?

Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned . . .

Rhyming

Social/ Cognitive Physical Musical Non-

MusicalSubjects
Emotional
Singing in Thinking Singing National Standards “Core” Music Content Standards
Standards
front of about
class rhyming Standing in1. Singing Creating Anchor
Imagine Standard 1:
and circle
 Raising listening
Plan and Make Generate
hand and 2. Play Instruments and
saying a Evaluate & Refine conceptuali
ze artistic
rhyme ideas and
Present
work
3. Improvising
Performing
Select

Analyze
4. Composing
Interpret

Rehearse,
5. Reading & Evaluate, &
Refine
Notating

Present

Responding
6. Listening Select

Analyze

7. Evaluating Interpret

Evaluate

Connecting
8. Integration
Connect #10
(outside arts)

Connect #11

9. History/Culture

Have you guys ever written your own song before?

Do you know what someone who writes their own music is called?
-composer or artist

Who is ready to be an artist or a composer?

First we play the song one time one verse

Now we are going to teach you the song Its called “Down By the Bay”

Sing it verse by very

Down by the bay

Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do,
My mother will say

“Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose”

Or
“Did you ever see a whale with a polka dotted tail”
Or
“Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie”
Or
“Did you ever see bear combing his hair”
Or
“Did you ever see llamas eating their pajamas”
Or
“Did you ever have time where you couldn't make a rhyme”

Down by the bear

Teach through twice then play the whole song

Have them say the animals they heard

Have them create their own animal rhymes

Raise hand and have them tell the group then sing there rhyme into the song

Ending question?