What Have We Been Studying in Music Classes This Quarter?

Music Progress Report

1st Quarter, 2015 2nd Grade

What have we been studying in music classes this quarter?

Pitch Exploration (Vocal Warm-up): Instrumental Glissandos (Slide Whistle) Teacher Demonstrates, Group echoes, The Ice Cream Sundae (Group makes response sounds), The Airplane Ride (Group makes response sounds), Flying Puppets (Ghost) (Teacher moves ghost up and down and makes sliding sounds, group echoes)

Song Fragments (Echo Songs/ Call and Response): No More Pie (Teacher sings, students do motions), No More Pie (Group echoes and then student solos), In the Woods (Teacher sings, group echoes), In the Woods (Group echoes, then student solos), Kye Kye Kule (Teacher sings, group echoes), Kye Kye Kule (Group echoes, then student solos)

Simple Songs: Frog in the Meadow (Teacher sings, students do motions), Frog in the Meadow (Teacher sings, then group sings), Frog in the Meadow (Group sings, then students solo), Hop Old Squirrel (Teacher sings, students do motions), Hop Old Squirrel (Teacher sings, group echoes)

Arioso: I Speak like this, I sing like this” (Teacher demonstrates), Moo the cow speaks like this, she sings like this (Moo, a puppet, demonstrates, students answer using the vowel shape oo)

Movement Exploration: Bubbles, 4 activities 1.) Pretend to pass a bubble to someone in the class. 2.) Pretend to be inside a bubble. Concentrate on moving your whole body to the music while being in the bubble. 3.)Room of Jell-o. 4.) Star Dance

Goal: Awareness of Body Parts and Whole, Awareness of Time – slow, Awareness of Space – personal/general, Awareness of Weight – light, gentle, Awareness of Flow – sustained, Awareness of Levels – high, middle, low. Background music, Aquarium.

Movement for Form and Expression: Fingerplays/Action songs/Circle Games: Chop, Chop Chippity Chop (Teacher chants, students do motions), Chop, Chop Chippity Chop (Teacher chants, students do motions and chant), Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Teacher chants, students do motions), Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Teacher chants, students do motions and chant), My Hat It Has Three Corners (Teacher chants, students do motions), My Hat It Has Three Corners (Teacher chants, students do motions and chant), Cousin Peter (Teacher Sings, Students do Motions), Cousin Peter (Teacher Sings, Students do Motions and sing)

Beat Motions: Songs/Rhymes: Listen, Listen (Child taps tambourine, teacher sings following the child’s tempo), Listen, Listen (Child taps tambourine, class sings following the child’s tempo), ‘Twas on a Monday Morning (Teacher sings and moves body part, Child mirrors motion), ‘Twas on a Monday Morning (Teacher sings and moves body part, Child mirrors motion and sings), Mother Goonie Bird (Teacher sings and moves body part, Child mirrors motion), Mother Goonie Bird (Teacher sings and moves body part, Child mirrors motion and sings)

With Recorded Music: Keeping the Beat #19, Keeping the Beat #25, Keeping the Beat #26, Keeping the Beat #27, Keeping the Beat #31, Keeping the Beat #32, Keeping the Beat #33

SongTales: Had a Little Rooster (Students Listen), Over in the Meadow (Students listen), The Old Woman and the Pig, Kitty Alone, The Frog and the Mouse, Old Joe Clark,

Using descriptive terms: Look at a painting and use descriptive terms to discuss what’s going on. Listen to different types of music and use descriptive terms to discuss what you heard.

Assessment: Do, Re, Mi pitch matching

Pieces used: Eine Kleine Nacht Music 2nd Mvt. (Mozart)