Second graders are preparing for their December holiday performance.
Quarter Two Objectives
The Big Picture -Think about these questions:
Quarter Two Objectives
- create, notate, & perform rhythmic patterns
- create, notate, & perform melodic patterns
- make up a coda using voice or instruments
- maintain a steady pulse while performing an ostinato using movement, speech, singing, or playing instruments
- identify the xylophone, metallophone, & glockenspiel by sight and sound
- demonstrate forte and piano
- identify songs from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker"
The Big Picture -Think about these questions:
- How can I use my body to communicate what I know about music?
- What affects the quality of a performance?
- How are musical instruments like a box of crayons?
- The human body is a musical instrument that can read and perform musical notation expressively.
- Movement can communicate concepts, ideas, and feelings.
- Body posture affects singing and playing.
- Vibration of different objects produces different sounds or tone colors.
- demonstrate steady beat
- create, perform, and notate rhythms
- perform an ostinato
- rate the quality of a performance
- read, perform, and notate sol-mi patterns
- demonstrate good pitch, posture, tone, and diction
- demonstrate mallet technique
- identify classroom percussion instruments
- identify xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels as woods or metals
ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME
1. Practice songs for the December holiday program.
2. Identify the following instruments:
3. Watch this video to see how Bobbie McFerrin uses his
body as a musical instrument.
