•

•
August
Rhythm icons
Stick notation • Melodic contour
• Picture icons for
beat
Goals: • Steady Beat
• Ta and Ti-Ti • Singing voice • So and Mi • Picture icons for
Grade: • Beat vs. Rhythm
• Body percussion to
a steady beat •
rhythm
Read Ta and Ti-Ti
2nd Rhythm Melody Practice
Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Up the ladder; z Beat is steady; sing z Apple Tree PowerPoint; z Tap steady beat on
Lesson 1

GamePlan 3rd grade while patting on read text, with beat, the board; have
z Apple Tree different body parts with rhythm, contour individuals go up to
z Apple Tree; pat a of song the board (Apple
steady beat switch to z Up the ladder Tree)
clapping the words,
play game

z Flying Man; We’re z Flying Man; Do body z Apple Tree; read z Apple Tree; review z Apple Tree; tap beat
Orff! percussion activity & rhythm, picture contour, read with on beat charts
Lesson 2

z When Sheep Get Up Movement (imitation, icons, stick notation solfa, read solfa on z Apple tree; tap
in the Morning; Tom Exploration) (PowerPoint) staff rhythm on board
Borden z When I go Walking z Ta and TiTi z Read Ta and TiTi on
z Lullaby; Ally Bally book (When Sheep board
get…)

z Doggie, Doggie z Queen, Queen; pat the z Hoops; place 4 z Doggie, Doggie; voice z Apple tree; tap
z Flying Man beat, switch to hoops on the floor, recognition (timbre) rhythm using picture
Queen, Queen clapping with the each hoop Flying Man; Speech icons
Lesson 3

z z
Caroline words represents a body imitation, use different z Queen, Queen; tap
z Rain, Rain percussion (snap, voices the beat on the
z Hoops; body clap, pat, stamp. z Queen, Queen; Use board
percussion Have students be PowerPoint; go over
conducting conductors beat and rhythm of the
song
z Rain, Rain PowerPoint
z Flying Man z Rain, Rain; So-Mi hand z Queen, Queen; use
Rain, Rain signs rhythm charts
Lesson

z
4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 August
Echo Follow conductor cues Develop Listening
Grade: Goals:
•
• Two groups; Beat • Recall solfa pictures
•
• Body percussion
•
skills •
•
Copy Movement
Stop & Go
and Rhythm • Recall rhythm • Play rhythm on Non- • “Do as I Do”
2nd • Identify the beat Pitched percussion • Form • Personal Space

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory
Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z Good morning; z Bear Hunt; Janet z Different Beat;
Denise Gagne Sclaroff Making Music
Lesson
1

z Root Beer Rag by

Billy Joel; Follow Me,
Lesson 2

teacher leads (beat

buddies)

z Queen, Queen; z Watch first 5mins of z Ancient Airs and

teacher pats beat Quaver; Steady beat Dance; Move It! DVD
Lesson 3

while students clap DVD

rhythm , then switch
z Quaver Website IWB; z Hoops; put on some z Ancient Airs; discuss
Trampoline, Steady instrumental music, movements as same
Beat. students conduct body or different (prepare
percussion to a steady form AB)
beat
z Queen, Queen; z Flying Man; work on z Ancient Airs;
divide into two classroom Instrument without video
Lesson 4

groups, one group activity

pats the beat while
the other claps the
rhythm z Apple Tree memory z Ancient Airs; label
PowerPoint (Amy form A=apples, B=
Abbott) Bananas

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 September • Read to steady beat • Read Sol-Mi on staff
• Body Signs= S-M-L • Match Pitch; Sol-Mi • Notate S-M on 1 line

Grade: Goals: •
•
Bar lines
Repeat signs •
•
one line staff
Step and skip
•
•
Melodic contour
So-La-Sol-Mi •
staff
Notate Ta, Ti-Ti with
craft sticks
2nd Rhythm Melody Practice
Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Rain, Rain z Who’s that Tapping?; play z Bounce High; use z Read flashcards with
z Bounce High, a steady beat one person PowerPoint, read text, So and Mi
Lesson 1

Bounce Low plays on “Tapping on my beat, picture icon z Read Ta and TiTi on
z We Are Dancing in Window” and another rhythm, stick/real flashcards
the Forest; game students plays on notation, melodic
z Who’s that Tapping?; “knocking at my door”, contour, Body signs:
name with beat sing song, then answer mi= shoulders, so= z Notate Rain, Rain on
activity with students names head, la= hands in air a one line staff
(playing the instruments)
z Rain, Rain z Fiddle Diddle Dee; z Bounce High; review z Read flashcards with
z Fiddle Dee Teacher chants one melodic contour, read So and Mi
Lesson

z Bounce High, phrase, students echo solfa, read solfa on z Read Ta and Ti-Ti on
Bounce Low staff flashcards
2

z We Are Dancing in z Who’s that…; solo singing,

the Forest; game student playing sings their
own name

z Bounce High z Bar lines and z Review La z Bounce High; bounce

z Mi-So= one line staff repeat signs z Big Floor staff; teach balls (Mi=bounce, So=
Lesson

z Ricos Pizza lines and space , step hold in front, La= over
and skip head) z Notate rhythm s you
3

z Rico’s Pizza; solo sing hear with craft sticks

on So-Mi

z Bounce High z Bouncy balls; notate z So-Mi Texting

Lesson 4

z Rico’s Pizza with balls Bounce high,

and We are Dancing…
z Rico’s Pizza; assess
pitch matching z Notate So and Mi on
a two line staff.

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 • Keep a steady beat
September •
•
Bordun
Non-Pitched Copy Movement
Strong and Weak Echo four beat rhythms Percussion Steady beat •
• • •
Grade: Goals: •
beat
Remember the solfa
• Identify word from
rhythm
• Play the rhythm of the
song (words)
• Strong and Weak
Beat
•
•
Circle Dance
Create steady beat
movement (8 beats)
2nd pattern • Create steady beat
movements

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory
Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z KinderPolka z Quaver Website: z Flying Man; Work on
IWB, Tap the Beat, Orff instruments part
Lesson 1

z No More Pie (bordun)

z Ta, Ti-Ti; four beat

rhythm echo
z Quaver Website: z Quaver DVD; watch z Fiddle Diddle Dee;
Lesson

IWB, Tap the Beat, the rest of the students copy

z No More Pie Steady beat episode teacher, perform
2

body percussion
pattern for students
to copy

z Solami; game z Mother Goose has z Fiddle Diddle Dee;

Lesson 3

z Quaver Website IWB; Rhythmical Rhyme; pick a student to

Strong and Weak Hap Palmer (non- create a body
beat pitched percussion percussion pattern,
z No More Pie; solo class copies.
z Create movements to
a steady beat
z Label music you hear z clap rhythms from z Mother Goose has
with strong and Fiddle Diddle Dee; Rhythmical Rhyme;
Lesson 4

weak beats students guess what Hap Palmer (non-

(manipulatives) the words are pitched percussion
z No More Pie; solo

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 •
October
Read 4 beat
• Read So-La-So-Mi;
rhythms • La in So-La-So-Mi • Solfa rhythm
Goals: • No Sound= Rest • Bar lines • La in So-Mi—La-So-Mi • Solfa on staff
group, individual
Grade: •
•
Repeat sign
Rest
• Dynamics; Forte Piano • Read Ta and Ti-Ti;
group, individual

2nd Rhythm Melody Practice

Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Strong & Weak Beat z Read 4 beat z Bobby Shaftoe z Read So-La-Sol-Mi
Bobby Shaftoe PowerPoint; read text, on flashcards
Lesson 1

z rhythms
z Insert missing bar text with beat, stick/real z Read Ta, Ti-Ti on
lines notation, body signs for flashcards
melodic contour
z Read rhythms
with repeat sign

z Lucy Locket z Use PowerPoint; z Ta, Ti-Ti, Rest z Lucy Locket PowerPoint; z Bobby Shaftoe;
Lesson

z So Mi La So Mi; identify the beat with read text, text w/beat, review melodic
MusicK8 14/3 no sound stick/real notation, body contour, solfa with
2

z Naughty Kitty Cat signs for melodic contour rhythm, solfa on staff

z John Jacob Jingle z Lucy Locket; review z Pass stuffed pumpkin

Lesson 3

Heimerschmidt melodic contour, around the circle,

z Forte Piano; Mk8 solfa w/rhythm, solfa last student reads a
z Lucy Locket; game on staff rhythm
z Pumpkin, pumpkin; z Dynamics;
Making Music Forte/Piano

z John Jacob Jingle z Pass stuffed pumpkin

Heimerschmidt around the circle,
Lesson

z Forte Piano; Mk8 last student reads a

z Lucy Locket; game So-La-Sol Mi pattern
4

z Pumpkin, pumpkin

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 • Labeling Strong and •
October
Echo 4 beat rhythms
• Non-Pitched
Weak beats • Recalling missing • Copy Movement
Grade: Goals: • Remembering the
Poison rhythm •
rhythm
Decode rhythm •
Percussion
Play on Cue from • Dynamics •
•
Circle Dance
Personal Space
music
2nd • Solo • Decode Solfa

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z Highway No. 1; z Label music you hear z Old McDondald had a z In the Hall of the
Shenanigans with strong and Band; non-pitched Mountain King;
Lesson 1

z Poor Little Bug; weak beats percussion Move It! 2 DVD

MusicPlay2 (manipulatives) (slow to fast)
z Charlie Over the
Ocean; teacher sings,
students echo
z Four beat rhythm echo

z Label music you hear z Old McDondald had a

with strong and Band; non-pitched
Lesson 2

weak beats, percussion

worksheet,
assessment
z Erasing game; use
songs they know

z Poison Rhythm with z Identify known songs z Watch Quaver DVD

Ta and Ti-Ti from teacher rhythm on dynamics
Lesson

z In Two groups, step clapping

the beat and clap the
3

rhythm while singing

a known song
z Charlie Over…; solo
z Charlie Over..; solo z Identify songs from;
stick notation, staff
Lesson 4

notation, hand signs

from teacher

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 November
• Read to steady beat
• Read S-M-L-S-M
Grade: Goals: •
•
No Sound= Rest
Half note
•
•
Ta Ti-Ti, Rest
Identify rest
•
•
Read rhythm stick/real
So-Mi-La-So-Mi
• So-Mi-La-So-Mi on staff
in different places • Notate rhythms with
rests
2nd Rhythm Melody Practice
Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Naughty Kitty Cat z Use PowerPoint; z Ta, Ti-Ti, Rest z Naughty Kitty Cat z La in a So-Mi-La-So- z La in a So-Mi-La-So-
z Falling Leaves; identify the beat with PowerPoint; text w/beat, Mi pattern; on staff Mi pattern; read
MusicPlay2 (round) no sound words with rhythm icons, in many different melodic flashcards
Lesson 1

stick and real notation, places containing the mi-la

melodic contour, solfa interval

z Wee Willie Winkie z Draw a Bucket…; use z Identify that no z Wee Willie Winkie z Read Ta, Ti-Ti, and
z Natty Kitty Cat; game scarves with partners. sound is a rest PowerPoint; text w/beat, rest on flashcards
Lesson 2

z Draw a Bucket of Each group of partners words with rhythm icons, z S-L-S-M texting
Water will need 2 scarves. stick/real notation,
Make pulling motion melodic contour, solfa
(half note)

z Wee Willie Winkie; z Read and clap

Lesson 3

game rhythm of Draw a

z Draw a bucket of Bucket of Water
Water; in groups of 4 (half note)
z Notate rhythms with
rest with craft sticks

z Thanksgiving Break
Lesson
4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 • Echo
November
•
•
Decode hand signs
Identify the rhythm
• Play to steady beat • ABC: Apples, • Copy Movement
Goals: • Bordun played
• Creative movement Bananas, Cherries • Circle Dance
Grade: •
•
Ostinato
Round
• Identify the solfa
melody
with prop (scarf) • Personal Space
• Read rhythm individual
2nd Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z The wind blew East: z Tongo z Identify song fragments z Shake them
Making Music, use z Falling Leaves; learn from hand signs ‘Simmons Down
Lesson 1

scarves. Invite about canon z Rhythm Bingo; Teams z Lt. Kije Suite, Op. 60;
students to move on the board Move It! DVD
the scarves in the
direction of the
wind z Four beat melodic echo z Move scarf to the song z Lt. Kije Suite, Op.
The Wind Blew East. 60; label form
with fruit
z Ostinato part to Wee z Melodic dictation; z Wee Willie Winkie z Lt. Kije Suite, Op. 60;
Willie Winkie identify So-Mi La No video
pattern on board qQqQqqqQ
qQqQqqq
Lesson 2

Will you be my friend

Play on Orff instruments C &
Q G
Will you be my friend
z Tongo Eight beat rhythm echo
z

z Ostinato part to Wee z I Have; Ta, Ti-Ti, and z Students who had a turn z Lt. Kijie Suite, Op.
Willie Winkie Rest in game will play on 60; without the
Lesson 3

instruments teacher
qQqQqqq
Q
Will you be my friend
z Tongo; solo
z Thanksgiving Break
Lesson
4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 December
• Read rhythms with Read rhythms with
•
Grade: Goals: •
Ta-a
Bar lines in 2/4, • Match pitch= s-l-s-m
•
Ta-a
Bar lines
3/4, 4/4
2nd Rhythm Melody Practice
Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z 2, 4, 6, 8; GamePlan z Brass Key; students z Read Ta, Ti-Ti, rest,
p14 sings answer on s- and Ta-a on
z I’m a Little Brass Key; l-s-m flashcards
Lesson 1

Amy Abbott

z Indicate bar lines in

four beat meter in
proper places on
board

z 2, 4, 6, 8; Orff z Brass Key; assess z S-L-M texting

instruments
Lesson 2

z I’m a Little Brass Key

Lesson 3

z Winter Break
Lesson
4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 December
• Identify non-pitched
Grade: Goals: •
•
Ostinato
Orff instruments
•
•
Read mystery song
Recall rhythms •
percussion by sight
Orff instruments; • Form; with letters •
•
Copy Movement
Personal Space
2nd woods & metal

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z Jingle Bells Dance z Ostinato; z Class identifies a song z Instrument Activity; z Fur Elise; Move It!
from stick or staff p9 GamePlan DVD
h q qhqq
Lesson 1

notation (mystery
Late. Don’t be late. song)
On drums
Poem on Lumni sticks
z Label form with letters

z Play Ostinato and z 2,4,6,8; Orff z Fur Elise; without

Poem on Orff instruments DVD
Lesson 2

Instruments Woods= play rhythm

Metals= play ostinato

z Rhythm Bingo; whole

Lesson 3

class, divide into two

teams

z Winter Break
Lesson 4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 January
Grade: •
•
Read to a steady beat
Read rhythm to a • Melodic contour • Read dmsl
Goals: steady beat • Prepare new note Do • New note Do • Read rhythms with
2nd • 4 sounds= 4 sixteenth
notes
• 4 sounds= 4 sixteenth
notes
• m-s-l
•
Ta-a
Solfa texting; dmsl

Rhythm Melody Practice

Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Wallflowers; singing z Wallflowers z Wallflowers PowerPoint; z Read d-m-s-l on
games vol. 4 PowerPoint; text melodic contour flashcards
z I Have a Car; Share w/beat, text w/ picture z Read rhythms with
Lesson 1

the Music p20 icons, stick/real Ta-a on flashcards

notation,

z Wallflower; game z I Have a Car z I have a Car PowerPoint; z Wallflowers; Solfa, z Read d-m-s-l on
Lesson 2

z I Have a Car; Share
the Music p20
PowerPoint; text melodic contour new note Do flashcards
w/beat, text w/rhythm z Read rhythms with
icons, stick and real Ta-a on flashcards
notation, melodic
contour

z Review songs,
Lesson 3

chants, singing
games; attending the
CMEA conference)
will have a sub

z Wallflower; game z Dinah PowerPoint; text z Dinah PowerPoint; z I have a Car; Solfa, z d-m-s-l texting
Lesson 4

z Dinah; Making Music w/beat, text melodic contour, Solfa on staff, m-s-l
2nd p120 w/picture, discuss 4
sounds on a beat

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 January
Grade: Goals:
• Rhythm Canon;
watching one thing
• Recalling known songs
thru solfa • Copy Movement
• Personal Space
2nd while doing another • Recall rhythms

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory Improvisation Listening/Form Movement

z Knuckles and z Rhythm Canon; z Post Office game; ta-a z Fur Elise; without
Knees; Jim Gill teacher starts 4 z Class sings a known the teacher (they
Lesson 1

z Freeze (musicK8 beats with body song in solfa from can do this song
14/2) percussion, students teacher’s hand signs with the sub for
echo, as the students week 3)
are echoing the
teacher gives the
next 4 beat rhythm.

z Rhythm Canon; z Rhythm Bingo; divide

teacher starts 4 into two teams
Lesson 2

beats with body

percussion, students
echo, as the students
are echoing the
teacher gives the
next 4 beat rhythm.

Will be gone; attending

Lesson 3

CMEA conference

z Ta-a; erasing game,

rhythm grid
Lesson 4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 • Syllables=Number of
February
• Reading rhythms • Rhythms with 4

Grade: Goals: •
sounds
Tika-Tika
with 4 sixteenth
notes
•
•
New Note Re
Melodic contour • Identify Re
•
sixteenth nots
d-m-s-l texting
• Body Percussion • Syllable Sounds • Syllable sounds
2nd Rhythm Melody Practice
Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Dinah z Identify the number of z 4 sixteenth notes z Dinah PowerPoint; review z Rhythms with 4
z Amarillo Armadillo; sounds a word makes melodic contour, solfa sixteenth notes on
Making Music (syllable sound) hum new note Re, identify flashcards
Lesson 1

z Jelly in a Dish; practice with various new note as Re z D-m-s-l; texting

making music words
z Tideo; activiy Rob
Amchin (crew time) z Notate rhythms of a
song on the board
(Armadillo/Jelly in a
Dish)

z Rocky Mountain; z Tideo; create body z Syllable sound z Rocky Mountain

Lesson 2

Making Music p98 percussion, one for activity; students PowerPoint; text w/beat,
z Armidillo/Jelly in a each note value (e.g are given a word text w/picture icons,
dish; notate ta, TiTi, Tika-Tika) and they have to sit stick/real notation,
z Tideo; body by the correct cone melodic contour z Notate rhythms of
percussion (crew (1 sound, 2 sounds song on beat chart
time) or 4 sounds) w/magic notes

z Use known songs to z Rocky Mountian;

notate rhythms; solfa, identify Re
Lesson 3

whole group

z Notate rhythms of
known song as a
whole class on Poly
dots with beanbags
or cups
z Use known songs to
Lesson 4

notate rhythms;
small groups

z Notate rhythms of
known song; group
work

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com


Grade: Goals: • Rhythm Canon
• Auditory Close
2nd
Just for Fun Part Work
z Baby Shark; The z Rhythm Canon;
learning Station teacher starts 4
Lesson 1
(youtube) beats with body
z Mail Myself to You; percussion, students
Share the Music echo, as the students
are echoing the
teacher gives the
next 4 beat rhythm
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
z Tideo; Auditory
Close, teacher points
Lesson 4
to self to sing, then
to the class when it’s
their turn. Mix-up
times to sing
created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com
February
•
•
Decode hand signs
Recall rhythms with 4
• Question & answer
with rhythms
• Listening for 4
•
•
Single circle mixer
Partners
• Identify instrument by
sixteenth notes sound (timbre) sixteenth notes • Double Circle
Practice
Instruments/
Inner Hearing/Memory Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z S-m-l-s-m; class sings z Valentine Dance
known songs in solfa (Making Music)
from teacher’s hand
signs
z Ta-a; eight beat
question and answer
z Dinah; guess the z Hayden, Symphony in
non-pitched G, No. 88 (4 sixteenth
percussion by sound notes)
z Dinah; guess the z Tideo; dance, step
non-pitched one person to the
percussion by sound right, both hands on
Tideo, pat on jingle
z Ta, Ti-Ti, Rest, and Ta-a;
rhythm grid 16 beats
z Dinah; guess the z Tideo; dance, step
non-pitched one person to the
percussion by sound right, both hands on
Tideo, pat on jingle
 March
• Different places on
Grade: Goals: • Do •
•
d-m-s
m-r-d •
the staff
Notate in different
places
2nd • Melodic dictation

Rhythm Melody Practice

Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Sea Shell; Making z Sea Shell PowerPoint; text z Read known songs
Lesson 1

Music p100 w/beat, text with rhythm or song fragments in

icons, stick/real, melodic stick or staff notation
contour in many different
places on the staff

z Frog in the Meadow Frog in the Meadow z Sea Shells; melodic

PowerPoint; text w/beat, text contour. Solfa,
Lesson 2

w/ rhythm icons, stick/real discuss line and

notation, melodic contour space of d-m-s
z Write song
fragments in
different tonal
centers; staff boards
z Let Us Chase the z Let Us Chase the Squirrel z Frog in Meadow;
Lesson 3

Squirrel; game PowerPoint; text w/beat, melodic contour,

text w/rhythm icons,
stick/real notation,
melodic contour
Solfa, identify m-r-d
z Melodic dictation
with s-m-d and l-s-
m-d

z Spring Break
Lesson
4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 March
• Match the song
Grade: Goals: • Melodic ostinato
• Identify song on
neutral pitch • Create movements
•
•
Personal Space
Stop & Go
• Different
2nd •
•
Mystery Song
Decode hand signs
movements

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory
Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z Mother Gooney z Song match z Shamrock
Bird movement activity
Lesson 1

z Irish folk Music with

shamrock movement
activity
z Melodic ostinato; z Identify a known song
half the class sings from teacher humming
Lesson 2

Do-So while the on a neutral syllable

other half sings the
song “Sea Shell”
z Echo with hand signs
and solfa

z Identify a known song

by reading from the
Lesson

board (mystery song)

3

z Spring Break
Lesson 4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 April •
•
Read m-r-d
Read s-m-r-d
Grade: Goals: • Rhythm to a steady
beat
• drm sl; Do-pentatonic
in F
•
•
Do-Pentatonic in F
drm sl
•
•
Solfa on staff
mrd sl texting
• Stick notation to
2nd Staff notation

Rhythm Melody Practice

Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z Let Us Chase the z Let us Chase the z m-r-d flashcards
Squirrel Squirrel; melodic
Lesson 1

z Do Do Pity My Case contour, solfa, d-r-

m-s

z There’s a Penny; z Great Big House z Great Big House z s-m-r-d flashcards
game PowerPoint; text PowerPoint; melodic
Lesson 2

z Great Big House; w/beat, text w/rhythm contour

Making Music p204 icons, stick/real
notation
z Write song
fragments in
different tonal
centers; staffboards
z Great Big House; z All Around the z All Around the Buttercup z Great Big House: z drm sl; texting
dance Buttercup PowerPoint; PowerPoint; melodic melodic contour,
Lesson

z All Around the text w/beat, text contour solfa, d-r-m-s-l, F

Buttercup; Making w/rhythm icons, pentatonic z Transcribe from stick
3

Music p170 stick/real notation notation to staff

notation; board

z All Around the z All Around the

Lesson

Buttercup; game Buttercup; melodic

contour, solfa, m-r-d
4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 April
Peter and the Wolf
Grade: Goals: • solo
•
•
Decode song
Recall rhythm
•
•
Create text to song
Create steady beat
•
• Orchestra
Instruments
2nd • Read rhythms movements
• Identify the beat

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory Improvisation Listening/Form Movement
z Fred the Moose; z Peter and the Wolf
The Learning
Lesson 1

Station, youtube z Do Do Pity My Case;

z A Sailor Went to beat buddies, teacher
Sea led

z Create text to the

song; Do Do Pity My
Case
z There’s a Penny; solo z Mystery song; Re z Peter and the Wolf
sing (d-m-s) z Do Do Pity My Case;
Lesson 2

student led

z Student leads group

in keeping a steady
beat on different
body parts
z Rhythm Bingo; all z Peter and the Wolf
Lesson 3

known notes

z I have Who has;

sixteenth notes set
Lesson 4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 May
Grade: • drm sl
Goals: • Pick-up note; single Ti • Melodic contour • High Do • Rhythm dictation
2nd • Solfa texting

Rhythm Melody Practice

Songs/Chants Prepare Present Prepare Present Reading/Writing
z The Farmer’s Dairy z Farmer’s Dairy Key z Farmer’s Dairy Key z d-r-m-s-l on
Key; Making Music PowerPoint; text PowerPoint; melodic flashcards
p182 w/beat, text w/rhythm contour
Lesson 1

icons, stick/real
notation
z Rhythm dictation
with rhythm
maniputalives; beat
strips and note
squares
z Farmer’s Dairy Key; z Farmer’s Dairy Key; z Solfa texting; d-r-m-
game melodic contour, s-l
Lesson 2

z Review all songs, solfa

chants, and games

z Review all songs,

Lesson 3

chants, games.

Last week of School

Lesson 4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com

 May
Grade: Goals: • Melodic Ostinato
• Read rhythms with
Tika-Tika • Play Melodic Ostinato • Identify Re
2nd • Echo mrd on Orff

Practice
Instruments/
Just for Fun Part Work Inner Hearing/Memory Improvisation Listening/Form Movement

z Hunt the Cows; z I have, Who has?; z Georges Bizet;

Share the Music sixteenth notes L’Arlesienne Suite, No.
Lesson 1

1, IV. Carillon (Re)

z Review activities z Melodic ostinato to z Echo play on barred z Play melodic z Louis Spohr;
from the whole Farmer’s Dairy Key d- instruments; m-r-d ostinato d-s-d p183 Wiegenlied (in dre
Lesson 2

year s-d Tonen), Re

z Last week of school

Lesson 3
Lesson 4

created by Tami Mangusso www.ariosostudio.com