Lessons

Multi Cultural Lesson Share - March 2014 >>>
 * Brandy Minnix's Cajun Culture lesson- This is a Smartboard lesson I use to teach "Bonjour, Mes Amis" from the 1st grade Spotlight on Music book. I capitalized on the popularity of the television show "Swamp People" and turned it into a mini lesson on cajun culture. The Smartboard file was too large to upload, so I have included a link to it instead.
 * Lesson description
 * [[file:Bonjour Mes Amis.pdf]]
 * Smartboard file
 * https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74833148/Bonjour%20Mes%20Amis.notebook


 * **Nancy Stover**'s "Jan Ken Pon" Tournament -This lesson is a Japanese Rock-Paper-Scissors game and a comparison of Japanese folk and popular music. I do this in 3rd grade, but it would be appropriate for 3-5. The Japanese folk song is in Making Music Grade 3. The lesson details are below. Enjoy!
 * Lesson description
 * [[file:Jankenpon lesson.pdf]]
 * Music for "Jan Ken Pon"
 * [[file:jankenpon.pdf]]
 * Audio files needed - these are .zip files so you will have to extract the files inside the folder to use them. Included are: Jan Ken Pon in Japanese and English, accompaniment only and pronunciation practice track. The other file contains two modern, popular songs from Japan - one rock song and one pop song for the students to listen to as a comparison.
 * [[file:Jan Ken Pon tracks.zip]]
 * [[file:Popular music songs.zip]]
 * This is a 24-team/person tournament bracket. You can download the correct number for your class at printyourbrackets.com - You can type in each student's name, or I just project it and have the kids use a sticky note and move their names.
 * [[file:24-team-single-fillable.pdf]]


 * **Carolyn Smith**'s K-1 Native American Lesson [[file:NativeAmericansongforKindergarten-1stGrade.docx]]
 * **Carolyn Smith**'s 1st-2nd-3rd Swedish Song and Game [[file:SwedishFolkSongandDance.docx]]


 * **Jane Patterson**'s Rainstick Lesson [[file:Make a Rainstick.doc]]


 * **Christy Woppman**'s Contextual Relevancy Recorder Intro Lesson [[file:Recorder Intro LF.pdf]]


 * **Cheryl Lewis** - Rhythm review with singing game from Mexico [[file:Bate, Bate - Grade 2 Spotlight on Music.pdf]]


 * **Amanda Hollifield:** Hill and Gully Rider (folk song from Jamaica) song and clapping game. This is a good review for form; it is call and response, verse and refrain, //and// has D.C. al Fine. I also use it to practice singing and reading do-mi-so-la and to prepare syncopated rhythms.


 * **Rosanne Rousseau-Cavender**'s Stomp Odyssey Lesson [[file:global lessons fall 2013.doc]]


 * **Jennifer Wilson** //Kibungo, Beast of the Forest// story and songs from Brazil []





=__Old Lessons:__=
 * ===[|Ava Morgan's Podcast Page]===


 * Robyn Parnell Composer Game[[file:Composer Game.notebook]](work in progress!)


 * Robin Smathers - PowerPoint[[file:MusicTech project.ppt]]

> (The flip blocks can be used with the term on the front and the > definition on the back or reversed to show the definition first.)
 * Jane Patterson -SmartBoard Dynamics __**Lesson no. 1**__ [[file:Dynamics_flip.notebook]]
 * Jane Patterson-SmartBoard Dynamics **__Lesson no. 2__** [[file:Dynamics.notebook]]


 * Major/minor scale and key notebook by Barbara Budhisetiawan[[file:Major scale.bar lines.notebook]]


 * Leigh Stanley's "Skips, Steps, and Repeats" with the Virtual Keyboard [[file:Teaching Skips.doc]]

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 * Rosanne Cavendar: For my lesson I wrote down the notes for three songs.... Mary Had a Little Lamb, Hot Cross Buns and Ode to Joy. You could use other songs if you want. Then we used a class period where the students identified the notes and wrote each letter name under the note. The next week we met in the computer lab where I demonstrated how to get to the [|Virtual Keyboard]on the wikispace (I used the smartboard to show the students). Then the students played their songs at their own pace. Once they played through them they were allowed to try different sound effects and background rhythms.

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 * Elena Cotsonas: Here are two songs that you may already have, but they were hand written. I have printed them on Finale. One came from Dr. Hensley, "Musical Letters," and the other "The Earth Is Our Mother," from Robin Smathers. On this second song, I couldn't get Finale to do exactly what I wanted. The part "Heyyana hoyana heyyana," is the Refrain and should be sung twice. The final "Hey" - is supposed to to say "Hey - ya." Your voice starts singing "Hey" on G, and goes up then speaking "Ya." There is also a page of instructions that I hope make sense. Best Wishes - call me if you need further instructions! :-)

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 * Nancy Stover: This is a SmartBoard notebook that I use with my projector (I don't actually have a SmartBoard), but it works great! I used two songs, "Frere Jacques" and "Chicken on the Fencepost" (both are in our old SB textbooks). We learned the songs first, then I projected this notebook onto the board. First the students figued out how many steady beats were in each line, then how many sounds are on each beat and which rhythm corresponds to each number (2=ti ti 1= ta), and so forth. The page with the red steady beat lines is for the students to make up their own 4-beat rhythm - my students sit in groups of 4, so each group made one rhythm and the class played it. We did "Frere Jacques" one week and I used "Chicken on the Fencepost" to introduce tika tika two weeks later. I hope this makes sense and you all can use this!! :D

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 * Jim Ellington: "Music Connects the World". This file has four parts to it to show the connection between a composer's lifetime and who was president of the U.S, what inventions were invented and some art and historical events. I printed the four documents in poster size and made a large bulletin board with pictures. Use it anytime you are discussing a composerand the time frame in which they lived. Go online and add more inventions and events. Customize to your own needs. Enjoy!!


 * Jennifer Wilson: I used this activity to prepare students for the strings concert at Sand Hill-Venable [[file:violin bass vortex.notebook]]