Kindergarten 1/ 3-6

Objective (I Can)

Blooms Level/Rigor

-sing with good tone

-play instruments to match the text
-move to the music
-perform speak/sing/think/play
-hear high and low pitches

-Remember
-Understand
-Apply
-Analyzing

Key Questions

Assessment of Learning

-What does singing with good tone sound like?

-What repeating word can we play the instruments on?
-How do we make our body look like the music?
-How could the instruments play to sound like the text?

-Play instruments to match the text

-Hear individual students sing
-high and low assess
-Observe movement to match the music

Activities
Hook/Building Background
-Follow Me
-Good News (Sung)**Extra time to hear students sing
-Its a Brand New Year

3xs-students sing when ready

Direct Instruction (I DO)

1.

Guided Practice (We DO)

Independent Practice (You DO)

2. Ten Little Fingers

Speak thru as a class
Speak/Think/Different
voices

2. Ten Little Fingers

Small groups perform

Review expectations

2 Ten Little Fingers

Speak Thru
With movement
Challenge students to
think and perform the
movements
3 Handy Dandy

Sing Thru

Review high and low pitches

4.Hush Hush
Speak Thru
How does a snowflake
fall to the ground?
5. Read Snowy Day

Prepare for activity next week

3.Hand Dandy

Sing Together

Move body to high or low

pitches

With partner and small groups

4. Hush Hush

Students move like a snowflake

to the ground while teacher plays
piano/glockenspiel

Speak Text
6. The Skaters

Move to the music

Sing song while moving

4. Hush Hush

Student plays glockenspiel to

match the song lyrics

6. The Skaters

Sing Through Song

Demonstrate movement

Lesson Closure
Hey Goodbye Song
-line-up procedure (practice as needed)

Key Vocabulary
High vs. Low
Beat/Pulse
Wood Rhythm Sticks
Fast vs. Slow
Same vs. Different
High vs. Low
Xylophones
Improvise
Curved
Angular