Learning Objectives:

• Explore music literacy and further develop musical skills by learning to play the ukulele.

• Develop ensemble skills through participation in various group music making activities, that promote and foster teamwork, respect, tolerance, problem-solving, and creativity, as well as singing and instrumental techniques.

• Create their own rhythmic or melodic patterns through improvisation while playing instruments or using body percussion.

• Develop and understanding of basic music theory in relation to playing songs on the ukulele.

• Further develop singing skills, including singing in parts, vocal technique, learn age appropriate repertoire and performance etiquette by playing ukulele.

• Explore African percussion instruments

• Lead the group in drum circles

• Learn origin and history behind African drums and drum circles

• Analyze and respond to works of famous composers.

• Develop music vocabulary.

Week 30

• Finishing Drum Circles with student facilitators 

Week 29

• Game Day of choice - Brain Break :)

  • Music Bingo

  • Rhythm baseball

  • Rhythm 4 Corners

  • Boomwhackers

Week 28

• Continuing Drum Circle with Student Facilitators

  • Have a drum circle with students leading the group

Week 27

• Drum Circle with Student Facilitators

  • Have a drum circle with students leading the group

Week 26

• Facilitation in Drum Circles

  • Learn the basics of facilitating/leading

  • Stopping and starting

  • call and response

  • gestures 

Week 25

• Drum Circle with Shakers

  • Call and response

  • Echo Patterns

  • Free for all - drum circle with shakers

Week 24

• Intro to Shakers

  • demonstrate new shaker instruments

  • practice playing shakers

  • echo patterns

  • Play a groove!

Week 23

• Drum Circle

  • Call and response

  • Drum Talk - conversation with improv patterns

  • Free for all - drum circle

Week 22

• Review of drums

  • echo patterns

  • pass the pattern

  • improv rhythms

  • pass the improv

Week 21

• Intro to African Drumming/Drum Circles

  • Introduce each type of drum and origin

  • "Let's All Play Our Drum"

  • Echo Patterns on drums

Week 20

• Practice Happy Birthday, singing and playing

Week 19

• Finish Worksheet

• Practice Happy Birthday

Week 18

• Time Signatures Worksheet

Week 17

• Review Ukulele string names and chords

• Start learning Happy Birthday

Week 15

• Snowball fight with sixteenth note rhythms

Week 14

• Learn chords C7 & F on Ukulele

Week 13

• Continuing Ukulele Mystery Songs

• Tablature

Week 12

• Ukulele Mystery Songs

• Tablature