Second+Grade+Improvisation


 * ** Subject/Grade: ** || Second Grade General Music ||


 * ** Concepts/Skills/Values: ** || Rhythm, Improvisation, Steady Beat ||


 * National Standards (check all that apply): **


 * ** x ** || ** 1. Sing ** ||  || ** 2. Play ** || **X** || ** 3. Improvise ** ||   || ** 4. Compose/Arr. ** ||   || ** 5. Read/Notate ** ||
 * **X** || ** 6. Listen ** ||  || ** 7. Evaluate ** ||   || ** 8. Related Arts ** ||   || ** 9. History/Culture ** ||   ||   ||
 * **X** || ** 6. Listen ** ||  || ** 7. Evaluate ** ||   || ** 8. Related Arts ** ||   || ** 9. History/Culture ** ||   ||   ||

** Learning ** ** Objectives: ** || After practicing using quarter and eighth notes, students will be able to improvise short rhythm patterns during the song “Good Friends.” ||
 * ** Behavioral **


 * ** Materials: ** || Chalk board, chalk ||

** Activities and Assessment: ** || 1. Before class, draw quarter and eighth note patterns on the board (two beats, three beats, two beats, three beats). 2. Have the class quietly find their place in a circle on the floor. 3. Teacher will sing “Good Friends” with pats on the rests – have the class listen. 4. Ask students what I was doing between singing (patting chest). 5. Sing the song again, and ask the students to count how many times I pat my chest between singing. Is the same or different each time? (different) (two, three, two, three) 6. Sing again. Invite students who feel comfortable to sing along. Have everyone do the pats. 7. Everyone stand. Everyone sing. Pat the steady beat on legs. Instead of patting the beats on chest, clap them. 8. Sing again, but this time students will walk around the room to the steady beat, stopping on the claps. 9. Have students sit, facing the board. Ask them to identify the notes drawn on the board (quarter, eighth/ta, ti-ti). Ask them which set they think they have been clapping (quarter). 10. Try activity again, this time using the eighth notes. Model one time. Have the students speak “ti-ti” out loud. 11. Final step – improvise. Point out the students have used quarter notes and eighth notes. Now they can mix and match to create their own rhythms! Perform activity again, only now students will improvise in between singing. Have them still clap, and have them speak their rhythms out loud as well ||
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** Effectiveness ** ** Reminders: ** || Behavior reminders during instruction are a good thing. ||
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