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General Information
General Information
Emergency Binder is in the top left desk drawer
Seating charts are in white binder in brown cubby next to SmartBoard but students should know their spots.
Students should not touch any instruments in the room unless it is indicated in the sub plans.
Emergency "everything has gone wrong and I don't know what to do:" Google Chrome Music Lab or Incredibox.com and let kids play around as a class. Please only do this as a last resort!
Second & Third Grade
Second & Third Grade
Reilly - 8:45-9:25
Marceau - 11:00-11:40
Bernarducci - 2:15-2:55
- Play, "Pass the Pumpkin"
Students sit in a circle
While singing, they pass the blue/purple pumpkin around to the beat.
Once they get out they can sit on the small carpet and when enough students make a second circle they can play for fun or watch the original circle.
Halloween Rhythms
Halloween Rhythms
**Need at least 15 minutes to do this activity.
Students can collect the following materials to use manipulatives to compose their own halloween stories.
They should practice saying the pictures & rhythms by themself and then share with a neighbor. You can have volunteers share their stories with the class and the class can sing the "Halloween is scary, halloween is neat, play the spooky rhythm on the creepy crawly beat" in between volunteers.
Materials:
2nd or 3rd Grade Rhythm Bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled
Halloween erasers bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled. ***PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS PUT ALL OF THE SAME ERASERS BACK IN THEIR BAG
"Placemat" to organize station (located under gray cubicle)
Heart/Beat Paper - located in red drawer of rainbow tower next to gray cubicle.
**STUDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. They should be able to self manage so long as you facilitate them getting organized and pausing every few minutes to share out via turns or with a neighbor.
They should clean up the same way they collected.
Play, Pass the Witch's Broomstick
Play, Pass the Witch's Broomstick
Students STAND in a circle
Any student who breaks the rules is out. Non-negotiable (aide or sub makes this call, NOT the students)
Rules:
Students must pass to the beat. They cannot hold on to a broom longer or shorter than the beat on purpose.
Students who get "out" fly around the circle holding the broomstick. NO RUNNING
All other students must stay standing inside the carpet so they don't accidentally trip someone
Don't forget: the last verse (4 broomsticks) lasts a bit longer!
They can use colorful boomwhackers as "broomsticks" (in orange buckets by first entry door)
Play as many rounds as you have time for!
5th Grade
5th Grade
DelMonaco - 10:15-10:55
- Watch, Skeleton Dances
Watch this old Disney classic of skeletons dancing. Notice how there are no words, only music, to tell the story.
How can this influence your Halloween Scripts?
Take 3-5 minutes in your halloween story groups to think about how instruments can enhance your story.
Halloween Stories Instruments.MOV2.Practice your Halloween Script
2.Practice your Halloween Script
CLICK HERE for your script.
Practice: you MAY use instruments but need to decide as a class, which ones are best. You are NOT picking random instruments because they're fun to play. You MUST pick ones that make sense. You can only use instruments from our "instrument bank" in the bins, which includes chimes, triangles, ocean drums, and gongs. You canNOT use: ukuleles, big drums, xylophones.
3.Halloween Rhythms
3.Halloween Rhythms
NEED AT LEAST 12 MINUTES FOR THIS ACTIVITY. If you don't have that time left, watch the video below and practice reading through the script again.
Students can collect the following materials to use manipulatives to compose their own halloween stories.
They should practice saying the pictures & rhythms by themself and then share with a neighbor. You can have volunteers share their stories with the class and the class can sing the "Halloween is scary, halloween is neat, play the spooky rhythm on the creepy crawly beat" in between volunteers.
Materials:
4th Grade Grade Rhythm Boxes - *located on brown cubicle in plastic rainbow bins bottom left corner. (YES, 3rd grade rhythm box even though they're 4th!)
Halloween erasers bag - *located on gray cubicle & labled. ***PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS PUT ALL OF THE SAME ERASERS BACK IN THEIR BAG
"Placemat" to organize station (located under gray cubicle)
Heart/Beat Paper - located in top red drawer of rainbow tower next to gray cubicle.
4. Read Over in the Hollow
4. Read Over in the Hollow
Video Above has someone singing for you but the book is on the bookcase and you can show it while the students watch.
First Grade
First Grade
Cucolo - 12:50-1:30
- Watch Pumpkin Bones Video
Click on THIS link to watch.
2. Dance to, "Dem Bones" Video!
2. Dance to, "Dem Bones" Video!
Students can watch this fun sing along video twice!
3. Halloween Rhythms
3. Halloween Rhythms
**Need at least 15 minutes to do this activity.
Students can collect the following materials to use manipulatives to compose their own halloween stories.
They should practice saying the pictures & rhythms by themself and then share with a neighbor. You can have volunteers share their stories with the class and the class can sing the "Halloween is scary, halloween is neat, play the spooky rhythm on the creepy crawly beat" in between volunteers.
Materials:
1st Grade Rhythm Bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled
Halloween erasers bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled. ***PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS PUT ALL OF THE SAME ERASERS BACK IN THEIR BAG
"Placemat" to organize station (located under gray cubicle)
Heart/Beat Paper - located in red drawer of rainbow tower next to gray cubicle.
**STUDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. They should be able to self manage so long as you facilitate them getting organized and pausing every few minutes to share out via turns or with a neighbor.
They should clean up the same way they collected.
4. Read Over in the Hollow
4. Read Over in the Hollow
Video Above has someone singing for you but the book is on the bookcase and you can show it while the students watch.
If time allows....
If time allows....
Read:
1. "Bear Feels Scared"
2. Click Clack Boo
or
3. Bone Soup
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Nedwick - 1:30-2:10
- Sing Hello Song
Students should sing the hello song and sing hi to 4 people each time in between singing. The students know this song well so they should be able to lead you through the activity!
Hello, Hello How are you?
Hello, Hello How are you?
Hello, Hello How are you?
It's time for music class!
2. Dem Bones
2. Dem Bones
(Click link to watch, unfortunately we can no longer embed on googlesites)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns91jtuPHZI
Students can watch/Dance along!
Not So Scary Vocal Exploration.pptx3. Not so Scary Vocal Exploration
3. Not so Scary Vocal Exploration
Click on the slides presentation above
One student at a time can take a turn to show the vocal sound of the line
For the last several, a student volunteers to draw the path!
Ms. White Had A Fright.pptx4. Ms. White Had a Fright
4. Ms. White Had a Fright
Students are also familiar with this activity. Click on the presentation to view
Have the class practice the chant
Students can take turns coming up to be the beat conductor line by line and then for the whole chant.
5. Read Over in the Hollow
5. Read Over in the Hollow
Video Above has someone singing for you but the book is on the bookcase and you can show it while the students watch.
6. Play Jack-o-Lantern Game
6. Play Jack-o-Lantern Game
Students know how to sing and play this on their own!
Sitting in their spots, the students can turn into a pumpkin by leaning foward. On "THAT" of "Just like that" they pop up and show a jack-0-lantern face.
Remind students that jack-o-lanterns don't make noise
They can volunteer to have a new type of face each time (e.g. happy, spooky, sad)
Remind them that since I am not there, they need to help sing to keep the game going.
7. Autumn Tracing Map
7. Autumn Tracing Map
If time allows....
If time allows....
Read another halloween story from the bookshelf or have them play the jack-o-lantern song game! They would need to sing for you:
Pumpkin, pumpkin, round & fat,
turn into a jack-o-lantern just like that!
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