Sept. 8/92021 - Hello Hello Hello; - Introduce the song by rote;,Add movement with a partner; Hickety Tickety Bumblebee - Introduce the game. Create B section by sharing our names. Perform in Rondo form. Let's Take a Walk - Creative movement exploration; Your name is a song - Listen to the story; 2,4,6,8 - Introduce the poem by rote.
Sept. 10/13 - Let's Sing Hello - explore marching,jumping, and flying; Hickety Tickety Bumblebee; The Rainbow of Confidence; 2,4,6,8 - Review families of instruments; Introduce phrases; if time Review Hello Hello Hello
Sept.14/2021 - Let's Sing Hello; Affirmations; Fire Drill; 2,4,6,8 - Phrases/beats/double barline; Notate; Ensemble with scarves and tubanos.
Sept. 16/2021 - Hello Hello Hello - Review movement; Add B section - locomotor movement; Affirmations; Hickety Tickety Bumblebee; 2,4,6,8 - Phrases - notate and move with scarves; steady beat - notate and play on drums; Old Brass Wagon - Introduce the dance.
Sept. 21/2021 - 1A 1B 1H Hello Hello Hello - Add instruments; Affirmation; Say your name; 4 Square; Mr. Potato Head; The Old Grey Cat
Sept. 23 1F Somebody's knocking at my door - Introduce the song; Transfer the BP woodblocks.; Affirmations; Say your name and when you do - with a tambourine; They all saw a cat - Read the story; The old Grey Cat; 4 Square ostinati - Art class; Mr. Potato Head - if time
Sept. 24/2021 1A/1B/1H - Funky Friday - Weird but true Super dogs
Sept. 27 1F - Somebody's knocking at my door - add metals; and shakers; Affirmations; Say your name - Hand drum and assess; Art Class - Stamp; Snip; Whoosh, dab, dab; squish stretch - Rehearse moving from square to square; Old Grey Cat; Strawberry Moon
Sept. 28 1A/1B./1H Somebody's knocking at my door - Introduce the song; Transfer the BP woodblocks.; Affirmations; Say your name and when you do - with a tambourine; They all saw a cat; The old grey cat; 4 Square Art Class - Stamp; Snip; Whoosh, dab, dab; squish stretch
Oct. 6/2021 1A/1B/1H Count on me - Movement with the video; Introduce the verse by rote; Grateful Book - Read with the students; The Beauty of the TRees - introduce by rote; Add gathering drum; 2 minutes of gratitude; Mabel Mabel - introduce by rote; what would we eat for thanksgiving
Octt. 7/2021 1F Count on me - Movement with the video; Introduce the verse by rote; Grateful Book - Read with the students; The Beauty of the TRees - introduce by rote; Add gathering drum; 2 minutes of gratitude; Mabel Mabel - introduce by rote; what would we eat for thanksgiving7
Oct. 13/2021 - 1F Count on Me; In a Spooky Haunted House with We are Scary Skeletons; Teeny Tiny Ghost; If I were a little ghost review glockenspiel and proper playing technique with feathers; Pete the Cat and the itsy bitsy Spider;
Oct. 142021 - 1A/1B/1H Count on Me; In a Spooky Haunted House with We are Scary Skeletons; Teeny Tiny Ghost; If I were a little ghost review glockenspiel and proper playing technique with feathers;
Oct. 18/2021 - 1A/1B/1F/1H Mrs. White - introduce with vocal exploration cards; If I were a little ghost - with movement and glockenspiel; Trick or Treat - Steady beat/ rhythm Explore Dalcroze Halloween movement; Pete the Cat and the itsy bitsy spider; Spin Spider spin; Halloween Freeze dance
Oct. 20/2021 - 1A/1B/1F/1H Mrs. White - More turns and discuss finding your singing voice; In the hall of the Mountain King - Introduce the story of Peter and the Mountain King. Introduce the colour game; If I were a little Ghost - Last day and record.; Trick or Treat - Review movement; Notate phrases, beats, double bar line, and sounds per beat. Label ta and titi. (1B didn't do Trick or Treat. Notate next day)
Oct. 22/2021 - Mrs. White - introduce the singing voice; In the Hall of the MOuntain King - color game; Trick or treat - notate and introduced ta and titi; introduced the small group game.
Oct. 26/2021 - 1A/1B/1F/1H - Station day - Mrs. White; Notate Trick or Treat; Trick or Treat Rhythm game
Oct. 28/2021 - 1A/1B/1F/1H Mr. Gauthier is in
Nov. 1/2021 1A/1B/1F/1H - Mr. Potato Head; Alligator One - Introduce the poem by rote; Mirror the movement; Try with a partner; The Wishing Star - Introduce STar Light with the story; Engine Engine Number 9 - Introduce the song by rote; Introduce the game travelling as a train; Do you know the Muffin Man - Introduce using the Gulp Approach with the game 1F was late; Didn't finish Engine Engine; or The Muffin Man
Nov. 3/2021 1A/1B/1F/1H - Mr Potato Head - Talk about finding your singing voice; Break Free; Match pitch; Engine Engine - Play game; Isolate Yes no Maybe So Notate ta and titi; Visual Musical Minds - Stage one; Seven Jumps; Star Light - Intro song; Intro solid bordun; Alligator one - if time; Add B section identify high/low
Nov. 9/2021 - 1A/1B/1F/!H- Peace Round - Introduce the song by rote with movement; Perform ABA Sing think sing; Can you say Peace?; Peace - Introduce ostinati; Introduce sign language ; Explore the idiophones and create a soundscape; Sing you home - Introduce the refrain by rote with sign language.; Star Light - if time review the story and add scarf movement.
Nov. 16/2021 1A/1B/1F/1H Mr. Potato - Is this finished ? Engine Engine - Review with game; Model how to create B sections; Group work using ta and titi; Seven Jumps
Nov. 18 1A/1B/1F/1H - Old Gray Cat; Art Class; Star Light - melodic contour with scarves and notate; 1B didn't do Star Light
Nov. 22/2021 1A/1B/1F/1H - Star Light - melodic contour with scarves; Notate high/Low; The Squirrel's Nutty Quest; Let us Chase the Squirrel - Introduce the song with movement; Art Class - Review parts; prep for group work.; Pease Porridge Hot
Nov. 24/2021 Star Light - Review notation; Play Star Light on bells; Art CLass - Create an arrangement using non-pitched percussion instruments;
Nov. 29/20211A/1B/1F/1H STar Light - Introduce orchestration BX ; Must be Santa - Introduce verse 1 and refrain by rote; Niguno Shel Yossi - Introduce the movement; Sesame Street Hanukkah; Tis the Season - Introduce the song by rote and introduce the elimination game; (1B didn't do Tis the Season)
Dec. 1/2021 - Olaf's Frozen Adventure - A musical treat
Dec. 3/2021 1A/1B/1F/1G Star Light - Review BX; steady beat; Add finger cymbals on Star; Must be Santa - Add verse 2; Eight days of Hanukkah - Introduce melodic ostinato; Niguno Shel Yossi - Review dance movement; Listen to them Play - Introduce song and woodblock playing technique; Jingle Bell Pop - Introduce cup movement; Tis the Season - allow for more turns 1H didn't do Hanukkah dance or woodblock; 1B didn't do woodblock
Dec. 7/2021 1A/1B/1F/1H Star Light - Review BX and finger cymbals; Introduce the guiro on wish; Tis the season; Must be Santa - review verse 1 and verse 2; intro verse 3; Ring those CHristmas Bells - introduce the song and sight reading jamboard; Jingle Bell pop - with cups and maracas; The Nutcracker - read the story. If time introduce the ribbon dance.
Dec. 13/2021 1A/1B/1F/1H Star Light - Put all the parts together; Must be Santa; The Nutcracker - story; Party scene; stretchy band' Mouse King interview; Trepak Russian Dancers;
Jan.31 1A, 1B, 1F; 1H Hello SOng - Introduce the song by rote; Introduce the movement game using the Gul Approach; What shall we do - Introduce using the Gulp Approach; Create a B section using movement inspired by outdoors activities.; Pease Porridge Hot - Introduce the Poem by Rote; Show phrases/beats/ rhythm/ double bar line; Hush Hush - Introduce the poem; Review the glocke and playing position; The Snowy Day - Read with The snow is dancing; Introduce Claude Debussy with 2 truths and a lie. 1F didn't do Pease Porridge HOt; 1H added 7 Jumps
Fe,b 2/2022 1A 1B 1F 1H Hello SOng; Pease Porridge Hot - Notate phrases/beat/ double barline; What shall we do? The Snowy Day - Listening worksheet
Feb. 7/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Hello Song - a volunteer to sing the colors? Last day; What shall we do?- refine creative movement; Pease Porridge Hot - Worksheet on phrases, beat, double bar line, and rhythm; Roses are Red - Introduce with Body percussion; use high/low visuals for B section; Skinnamarink
feb. 9/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Skinnamarink; Jack be nimble; Roses are Red = group work 1A started Lady and the Tramp
Feb. 16/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Skinnamarink; Valentine Directed Drawing; Roses are Red; Introduce the instrument parts; Cobbler Cobbler - introduce the song; introduce cobbler partner game; 1A needs to do melodic reading 1B barely introduced Cobbler; 1F modeled how to fix shoes with the song
Feb. 23/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Hello there; - Introduce the song by rote; Roses are Red - Instrument traveling experience; Cobbler Cobbler - review or introduce song and fixing shoe activity
Feb. 28/2022 1A,1B,1F, 1H Hello there - in circle formation; prep for assessment; Cobbler Cobbler - Review song with steady beat Body percussion; Transfer to pitched percussion;The Keel Row - House/pin/mouse; 2 Little Blackbirds - Introduce with hand game; Explore music opposites; Something from Nothing - Introduce the story to prepare for the sound story.
March 2/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H - Hello There - assessment; 2 Little Blackbirds - dramatization; Cobbler Cobbler - review playing steady beat bordun; Introduce creating a B section using cobbler and shoe; Something from Nothing; Introduce BP for repeated patterns; Explore instrument possibilities with NPP; Keel Row if time 1F explored instruments and made choices; 1H explored instruments but did not make choices.
March 7/2022 1A,1B,1F,1H Puff the Magic Dragon - Introduce; Keel Row - Student leader for poses; Something from Nothing - Explore unpitched percussion; Make choices for the sound story; Perform if time.
March 21/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Oh Mister Sun - introduce with movement, Cobbler Cobbler - Review partner work; Allow time to play and assess; This Old Man - introduce with non -pitched percussion;
March 23/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Oh Mister Sun - Review movement; Brainstorm things to do in the sun; Create a B section; Perform ABA; This Old Man - Review song and add instruments with the rotation game; Accompany with ukulele; Sleeping Bunnies - Introduce with the video; Cuckoo - Introduce the pitch matching game.; 2 Little Birds - Review the poem and dramatize with hula hoops.
March 30/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Oh Mister Sun - Create B sections; 2 Little Blackbirds - Introduce flying music (Glissando); Add to movement; Model the highs and lows of phrase 1; Using jamboard, notate the melodic contour Label as so and mi and play on glocks; Sleeping Bunnies - Play; How man parts are in this game? How are they different;?; Cuckoo -Another practice day before assessment. This Old Man - show the little video. 1F didn't have class - one hour delay
April 4/2022 - 1A,1B, 1F, 1H Mr. Sun Last day; 2 Little Black BIrds - Review song and glissando with movement; Art project; Sleeping Bunnies; Cuckoo - Assessment
April 8/2022 - 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Bubble Bubble - introduce with the body percussion staff; All Around the Village - introduce with the game; Rain on the Green Grass Notate phrases, beat, double bar line; Create storm - ;Peter Cottontail - Introduce through mirroring; Cuckoo 1F
April 12/2022 - 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H All around the Village - more turns; How many parts? Label form; Bubble Bubble - Review the poem and body percussion staff; Model how to create a new pattern; Volounteers ; ;Peter Cottontail - Introduce through mirroring; Rain on the Green Grass Notate phrases, beat, double bar line; Create storm ;Cuckoo
April 14/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H All Around the Village - A few more turns; Review form; Peter Cottontail - Mirror movement; Bubble Bubble - A few more turns; Refine to pat pat clap clap, transfer to NPP; Acka Backa - Introduce the song by rote; Introduce maintaining a steady beat on the NPP; Introduce the elimination game; Sleeping Bunnies
April 20/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Good day - introduce the cumulative song; HIckety Tickety Bumblebee - name game; Piggy jig - Introduce how to front gallop; In the small small pond; Acka Backa - review the song and introduce the Bass xylophone bordun; Sugar Sugar - introduce the poem by rote; Create BP patterns using the BP staff 1A and 1B didn't get to Sugar Sugar
April 22/2022 1A 1B 1F 1H Good day - Review the cumulative form and use suggestions from the class; Fiddle Dee Dee - Introduce the movement game; Hickety Pickety; Acka Backa - Review the bordun; Introduce the colour part; put the 2 together; Piggy Jig - Galloping; Sugar Sugar - Review the song; review the body percussion staff; Ask for volounteers; In the small small pond - Introducing the Graphic Score. 1H didn't get to Sugar Sugar;
April 26/2022 - 1A,1B,1H, 1F Good day - Take suggestions from the class; Label Cumulative form; Last day; Piggy Jig - Last day assess Galloping; Hickety Pickety - Last Day; Fiddle Dee Dee - Identify the form; Last Day; Sugar Sugar - Introduce/ review by rote; model how to create; volunteers; In the small small pond - Introduce the graphic score
April 28/2022 1A,1B,1F, 1H She'll be coming round the mountain - Introduce the song using the gulp Approach; Sugar Sugar - model group work if time; Up the Ladder; Acka Backa - Playing in the round;
May 2/2022 1A,1B,1F,1H She'll be coming round the Mountain; Acka Backa - Review instrument parts; Play elimination game; Sugar Sugar - Model using the body percussion staff; In the small small pond - read if time
May 4/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H - Up the Ladder; Sugar Sugar - Body percussion activity; She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain - introduce instrument parts; Allison's Camel; Lucy Locket - Play game.
May 9/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H - She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain - Campfire edition; Allison's Camel; Lucy Locket - introduce song and game; The Gallant Ship - Introduce melody and instruments; Jump Jim Joe.
May 11/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H - Jump Jim Joe - Entrance Activity, The Gallant Ship - Review melody, introduce B part, Review instrument parts; If I had a Big Blue Boat - Read story; Lucy Locket - Review song and game, connect to so, mi, la; Allison's Camel - Review song, add body percussion staff and take suggestions; Recital Sample (if time).
May 13/2022 1A. 1B, 1F, 1H - Jump Jim Joe - Entrance Activity, combine groups; Allison's Camel - Review song, add body percussion staff and do examples; Lucy Locket - Review song and game, connect to so - mi - la, class examples; The Gallant Ship - Review melody, chant, and instrumentation; If I had a Big Blue Boat - read story, introduce instruments.
May 17/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Jump Jim Joe - Review additive form; Elevator song - Introduce with movement; sing the diatonic scale using solfege; Lucy Locket - game; review the body scale; introduce the 3 line staff; introduce la; The Big Blue Boat - with instruments; Recital excerpt - Pure Imagination
May 19/2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H Jump Jim Joe - Review additive form; The Big Blue Boat - with instruments; Elevator Song - Review and teach remaining lyrics, review pitch syllables; Lucy Locket - Play game; Allison's Camel - Group work, hand out body percussion staves.
May 24 /2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H - Willum - Students provide actions; Higglety Pigglety Pop - Teach words and ostinato part to play simultaneously; Allison's Camel - Group work, hand out body percussion staves; All Around the Buttercup - Teach A and B section, play circle game;
May 24 /2022 1A, 1B, 1F, 1H - Willum - Students provide actions; 1A, 1H - Higglety Pigglety Pop - Teach words and ostinato part to play simultaneously; Allison's Camel - Group work, hand out body percussion staves; All Around the Buttercup - Teach A and B section, play circle game; 1B, 1F - All Around the Buttercup - Teach A and B section, play game, Drip Drop - Introduce lyrics, make flower rhythm B sections; Higglety Pigglety Pop - Review words and ostinato, practice ostinato parts to play simultaneously with poem.
May 30/2022 Drum Circle day