Lesson Plans Oct. 24-28

Kdgn: Students will be working on voice exploration and singing in triple meter.
Song material: Halloween Sounds, The Haunted House, and This is Halloween
Movement activity: This is Halloween and The Calabaza (Jack-o-Lantern)
Literacy Link: 5 Little Ghosts

First grade: Students will be working on melodic shape and learning to play Orff xylophones and melody bells.
Song material: Black Cat, The Little Pumpkin, and Halloween Sounds
Movement activity: The Calabaza and Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Literacy Link: The story of Peer Gynt
Assessment: Playing steady beat on drums to recorded music.

Second Grade: Students will be working on singing in round and playing instrument accompaniment using quarter notes and rests.
Song material: Jack-o-Lantern (minor mode) and Trick or Treat (major mode)
Movement activity: This is Halloween
Literacy Link: Guess What I Am? and the poem The Happening

Third Grade: Students will be working on reading quarter notes, beamed eighth notes, and quarter and eighth notes in song material and in rhythm charts.  Students will also be singing in round.
Song material: Old Mrs. Witch ( student solo responses), The Witches Brew, and Trick or Treat.
Movement activity: The Witches Brew (Hap Palmer)
Literacy Link: Lyric reading in verse form.

Fourth Grade: Students will be working on singing an ostinato pattern in the minor mode and reviewing singing in round and using Orff accompaniments to class singing.
Song material: Hey, Ho, Nobody Home, Jack-o-Lantern, Trick or Treat.
Halloween Fun Sing-a-Long on Friday with Pumpkin Carols.
Students will also be practicing the No! I Say rap for  the assembly on Thursday.

Fifth Grade: Students will only have music once, due to the field trip on Tuesday.
On Thursday, students will be introduced to their final 20th century co-op assignment.
Random Composition-students will use dice and playing cards to create a musical piece.
The dice will determine the rhythm and the cards (with the use of a key) will determine the pitches.
Instructor will model and demonstrate.....composing will take place next week

Sixth Grade: Students will be working on their second co-op composition. Students will view the you-tube video of Henry Cowell's composition ''Ostinato Pianissimo." Students will begin composing on Monday, share their works for assessment with the class on Wednesday.  On Friday, students will begin their introduction to Random Composition. ( see 5th grade notes above.)

5th graders will not have chorus this week. (gone on Tuesday and in the Red Ribbon Week assembly on Thursday.)

6th grade chorus: Students will be working on the following octavos in preparation for the Christmas concert: First Footprints, Zootsuit Santa, and The Song of Peace.  Students will have a Halloween Sing on Friday.