Second grade is a fun, fresh new time in music class! We learn a new hello song, which we sing at the beginning of every class. We are also working learning our newest note the eighth notes, or "du day" as we call them. We read this new note, along with two we learned last year, and we read and clap various rhythms with them.
We also love to sing, and we sing all the time! We love singing various solfege patterns (Solfege is a special way of singing notes on the musical staff).
In second grade, we learn about the piece of music "Carnival of the Animals". Please enjoy this great video!
George Gershwin, a famous American composer, wrote the music in this cartoon.
Can you sing along with these solfege patterns?
Echo these solfege patterns, but listen carefully! They get more challenging!
In this video of "In the Hall of the Mountain King", we can read the rhythms with the music! It uses "Du" and "Du-day".
Can you copy the movements in this Korean folk song and dance?
Can you read all of these rhythms?
Fishkill Plains Elementary Learning Plan
During Prolonged School Closure
(adapted from Mamaroneck UFSD)
Music: Second and Third Grade
Directions: Please use the following prompts to discuss music and music activities on your own or with a family member. Don’t forget to use your singing voice and dance while you work! Have fun!
1.Think of a song or game that you have loved singing or playing in your music class at school. Take 20 minutes to teach your family. If it is a game, take time to play the game together. Make sure to explain to them why you chose this particular song or game. What do you like about it? Why did you want to share it with your family?
2. With help from an adult, listen to a piece of music and move to the beat. You can choose to dance as a family, be the leader while someone in your family follows you or dance/move by yourself.
3. Using items from around your house (examples: toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls, rubberbands, string, pots and pans) create a musical instrument. After creating your instrument, play along with one of your favorite songs.
4. Change the lyrics of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” to describe the weather today or your favorite food. Perform your new song for someone in your household.
5. Go to the library and take out a book or books that are existing songs and sing along with them. These could be patriotic songs, folk songs or pop songs. Some examples could be Down by the Bay, 5 Little Ducks, If You’re Happy and You Know It, My Country ‘tis of Thee, This Land is Your Land and many more. Many of these books also come with CD accompaniments that you can sing along with.
6. Put on a song that you like. Move to the beat in these ways: clap, march, hop, and stomp. Keep switching around these four motions as the song plays.
7. Think about musicians in your house and Interview them. Does anyone in your house play an instrument? Does anyone else that you know play an instrument? What instruments do they play? How long have they played these instruments? Why did they choose these instruments? Did anyone that you know play an instrument for a while and then stop playing?
8. Go to Mrs. Hershman’s website. Can you sing along with the solfege videos? Can you copy the movements in the video of the Korean folk song and dance?