Welcome to Music Class

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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• September Week One

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Learning Skills Behaviors

• Raise Your Hand
• Listen Attentively
• Be Kind and Considerate
• Play Instruments when asked
• Be an Active Participant

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Welcome Back to School
Welcome back to school, Welcome back to
school. Can you clap and count to eight? Can you
clap and count to eight? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 -
7 - 8
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Move and Freeze
Can you freeze when you hear this rhythm?
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Five Little Monkeys
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed. One fell
off and broke his head. Momma called the doctor
and the doctor said, NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON
THE BED!
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• September Week Two

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Warm up
Moving to the Pulse I Think Musics Neat
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, Dickory Dock! The mouse ran up the
clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran
down. Hickory, Dickory, Dock
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Monkey See and Monkey Do
Oh my goodness, I declare, Theres a monkey in a
chair! Copy him because its true, Monkey see and
monkey do!
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• September Week Three

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Warm up
I Think Musics Neat - notating beat on
board Sing me your name Moving High and Low
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Look At Me!
Hey! Hey! Look at me. I am smiling you can see!
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, Dickory Dock! The mouse ran up the
clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran
down. Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Syncopated Clock by LeRoy Anderson
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• September Week Four

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Warm up

• I Think Musics Neat - notating beat on board
• Sing me your name

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Glockenspiel
UpHigher
Down Lower
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, Dickory Dock! The mouse ran up the
clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran
down. Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Syncopated Clock by LeRoy Anderson
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Saw, Saw, Saw Away
Saw, saw, saw away. We will build a house today.
Create new verses by answering this
question What other actions would you perform
in building a house?
Bling, Blang by Woodie Guthrie
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• October Week One

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Fang and Twang
I had a friend and his name was Fang. Hello.
(Hello) Fang had a friend and his name was Twang.
Hello. (Hello) Fang said, Hi to Twang (Hello).
Twang said, Hi to Fang. (Hello). And they sang
and they sang and they sang and they sang.
Hello. (Hello)
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The Muffin Man
Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the
muffin man? Oh, do you know the muffin man who
lives on Drury Lane?
Create a rhythm by saying yum for each muffin
on a plate.
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Legs and All
Spider, Spider, legs and all. Creepy crawling
down the wall. Creepy, crawling on the
floor. Please keep going out the door!
Can you play the steady beat?
Can you play the rhythm?
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• October Week Two

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The Muffin Man
Say Ta for each muffin, instead of yum. For
the empty plate touch your shoulders.
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The Muffin Man
A quarter note gets one beat of sound. A rest
gets one beat of silence.
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Big Black Cats
Big Black Cats! Big Black Cats! Running, running
through the town Big Black Cats!
Can you perform the rhythm patterns on the hand
drum and woodblock?
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Sing this song, stopping after each line. Can
you play upwards and downwards on the xylophone?
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• October Week Three

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Stirring My Brew
Use different voices to make this rhyme sound
spooky!
Stirring, and stirring, and stirring my
brew. Stirring, and stirring, and stirring my
brew. Tiptoe........Tiptoe.........Tiptoe....... B
OO!
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Big Black Cats!
A quarter note gets one beat of sound. A rest
gets one beat of silence. What happens when
there are two sounds on one beat?
ta
These are called eighth notes
ti - ti
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Big Black Cats
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Hippity Hop
Can you sing your favorite candy?
Hippity Hop to the candy shop To buy a piece of
candy One for you and one for me And one for my
sister Mandy.
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Sing this song, stopping after each line. Can
you play upwards and downwards on the xylophone?
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• October Week Four

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Mirroring
Can you follow my movements to the beat?
In the Hall of the Mountain King By Edvard Grieg
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Little Jack Pumpkin Face
What is a musical phrase?
Little Jack Pumpkin Face lived on a vine. Little
Jack Pumpkin Face thought it was fine. First he
was small and green, then big and yellow. Little
Jack Pumpkin Face is a fine fellow.
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• November Week One

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Magic Rhythms
Why? - playing rhythms with tas tis
Create rhythm with students in chairs. Students
say rhythm to the beat until teacher changes
rhythm.
Hot Pretzels from Rhythmically moving 8
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Pease Porridge Hot
Can you notate the rhythm?
Pease porridge hot. Pease porridge cold. Pease
porridge in the pot Nine days old.
A
Speak the poem while marching through space.
B
Standing still, clap the rhythm of the poem.
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Engine, Engine
Can you make the beat fast or slow?
Engine, engine number nine, going down Chicago
line. If the train should jump the track, will I
get my money back?
G1 Pulse keepers
G2 Train
G3 instrument players
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• November Week Two

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What is he?
Wheres his supper? In the shell. Snappity,
crackity. Out it fell!
Whisky Frisky. Hippity Hop. Up he goes To the
tree top!
Furly, curly What a tail! Tall as a feather Broad
as a sail!
Whirly, twirly. Round and round. Down he
scampers To the ground.
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Chase the Squirrel
Can you play a steady beat?
Round up four and chase the squirrel, Chase the
squirrel, chase the squirrel. Round up four and
chase the squirrel Way down below.
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Hop, Old Squirrel
Can you create movements for this simple song?
Hop old squirrel, eidledum, eidledum, Hop old
squirrel, eidledum dee! Hop old squirrel,
eidledum, eidledum, Hop old squirrel, eidledum
dee!
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Engine, Engine
Can you compose a rhythm train?
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America
AmericaWords by Samuel Francis Smith
My country! tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrims pride, From evry mountain
side, let freedom ring!
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• November Week Three

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Walk and Stop
Can you freeze when the music stops?
Oh well you walk and you walk and you walk
Can you identify the phrase?
Danish Sextur Rhythmically Moving 8
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Nows the Time
Can you improvise a response?
Nows the time we all give thanks. Im thankful
for _______________
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Gobble Gobble Gobble
Can you sing this simple song?
Gobble, gobble, gobble, said the turkey on the
run. Gobble, gobble, gobble, I dont want to be
the one!
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Gobble Gobble Gobble
Can you sing this simple song?
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• November Week Four

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Hello Everybody
Can you create a steady beat?
Hello everybody, yes indeed, Yes indeed, yes
indeed! Show us how you keep the beat, Then well
pass it on.
Can you play a steady beat?
Yuki Song
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Body Notation
Why? - creating rhythms with tas tis
Create rhythm with students. One student alone is
a quarter note (ta), two students standing side
by side, arms linked to create bar are eighth
notes (ti-ti).
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Jim Along Joe
Can you keep a steady beat?
Hey, Jim along, Jim along Josie. Hey, Jim along,
Jim along Joe! Face to the center, hands on your
knees. Clap three times and turn around please!
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• December Week One

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Warm Up
Why? - keeping a steady beat
Dance of the Reed Pipes
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Popsicle Stick Rhythms
Can you notate the rhythm?
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Hanukah is Here
Why? - keeping a steady beat
Hanukah is here, its wintertime at
last! Candles burning bright and Dreydls spinning
fast!
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Dance for Hanukah
Why? - keeping a steady beat
Stamp Pat Knees Tap Shoulders Tap Head
Part One
Partner Clap/Clap Own Elbow Swing
Part Two
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• December Week Two

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Marionette Game
Why? - keeping a steady beat
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
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Time for Toys
Why? - reading rhythms
Oh my goodness look at all those toys! Its the
time of year for girls and boys.
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Toy Soldier
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Air-plane
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Rocking Horse
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Bike
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Time for Toys
Oh my goodness look at all those toys! Its the
time of year for girls and boys.
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Jack in the Box
Jack-in-the-box, Jack-in-the-box. When will we
see the Jack-in-the-box?
Can you play the ratchet?
Can you play the hand drum?
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Teddy Bear
Why? - keeping a steady beat
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around Teddy bear,
teddy bear, touch the ground. Teddy bear, teddy
bear, tie your shoe. Teddy bear, teddy bear, that
will do. Teddy bear, teddy bear, go
upstairs. Teddy bear, teddy bear, say your
prayers. Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the
light. Teddy bear, teddy bear, say Goodnight.
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• December Week Three

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Teddy Bear
Why? - keeping a steady beat
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around Teddy bear,
teddy bear, touch the ground. Teddy bear, teddy
bear, tie your shoe. Teddy bear, teddy bear, that
will do. Teddy bear, teddy bear, go
upstairs. Teddy bear, teddy bear, say your
prayers. Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the
light. Teddy bear, teddy bear, say Goodnight.
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Teddy Bear
Which one is So? Mi?
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La Piñata
Why? - singing a different language
Dale, dale, dale, No pierdas el tino mide la
distancia Que hay en el camino.
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Oh What Fun!
1. 2. 3. 4.
Why? - Can you play these rhythms on a jingle
bell?
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• January Week One

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Christmas Now is Over
Christmas now is over The holidays are
through Tell me what was your favorite gift That
Santa brought for you!
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Lucky Me!
Can you create a word chain?
Lucky, lucky white horse Lucky, lucky lee. Lucky,
Lucky white horse Bring my wish to me!
Wild Horses from Carnival of the Animals By
Camille Saint-Saens
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• January Week Two

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Warm up

• Singing So and Mi
• Listening for So and Mi
• Reading rhythms
• Rhythm Quiz

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Out to Play
Mus.1.1.1, Mus.1.1.3, Mus.1.3.1, Mus.1.4.3)
Can you pantomime?
What shall we do when we all go out, all go out,
all go out? What shall we do when we all go out,
when we all go out to play?
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Snowflakes
Mus.1.1.1, Mus.1.1.3, Mus.1.3.1, Mus.1.4.3)
Can you sing so and mi?
Snowflakes, snowflakes Look at all the
snowflakes. Twirling round, not a sound, Gently
floating to the ground
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Snowflakes
Mus.1.1.1, Mus.1.4.3)
Can you read so and mi?
Can you improvise on the glockenspiel?
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• January Week Three

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Warm up
(Mus.1.1.2, Mus.1.2.1)

• Singing So and Mi
• Listening for So and Mi
• Reading rhythms

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The Old Gray Cats Are Sleeping
Which verse would be ? Which would be ?
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1. The old gray cats are sleeping, sleeping,
   sleeping... in the house
2. The little mice are creeping, creeping,
   creeping... through the house
3. The little mice are running, running, running...
   through the house.
4. The old gray cats are waking, waking, waking...
   in the house
5. Now everyone is running, running, running...
   through the house.

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Bakers Hat
Can you sing so and mi?
Bakers hat. Bakers hat. Who will wear the
Bakers hat?
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Bakers Hat
Can you write so and mi?
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• January Week Four

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Warm up

• Reading rhythms
• Labeling line and space notes
• Singing So and Mi

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Bakers Hat
Can you compose with so and mi?
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The Kangaroo
Jump, jump, jump. See the kangaroo go by. Jump,
jump, jump. With a twinkle in her eye. Jump,
jump, jump. She is going to the store. Jump,
jump, jump. Tell me, whats she going
for? Jump, jump, jump. Now her pouch will hold
no more. Jump, jump, jump. She is jumping out the
door.
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Cumberland Square
Part One touch floor pat knees touch
shoulders touch head
Part two (4xs) clap Ti-ti ta, ti-ti ta roll
arms
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• February Week One

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Warm up
Which rhythm do you hear?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Notating So and Mi
Can you write so and mi?
The S tells us where so is located.
A dote on this line is the note so.
S
If so is on a line, then mi is on the line below.
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Notating So and Mi
Can you write so and mi?
The S tells us where so is located.
A dote on this line is the note so.
S
If so is on a line, then mi is on the line below.
Where is mi now?
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist you cant do this So whats the use
of trying? Touch your knees, touch your
toes, Clap your hands and over you go!
sing
sing
think
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Cumberland Square
Part One touch floor pat knees touch
shoulders touch head
Part two (4xs) clap Ti-ti ta, ti-ti ta roll
arms
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Melodrama
Villian You must pay the rent! Damsel But I
cant pay the rent. Villian You must pay the
rent! Damsel But I cant pay the rent. Villian
You must pay the rent! Damsel But I cant pay
the rent. Hero Ill pay the rent! Damsel My
hero! Villian Curses! Foiled again!!
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• February Week Two

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Warm up
Which rhythm do you hear?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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I Hope!
Can you play a rhythm on the drum?
I hope I get a letter, a letter, a letter. I
hope I get a letter with a Valentine. I hope I
get a letter, a letter, a letter. I hope I get a
letter saying youll be mine.
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Lucy Locket
?
Lucy locket lost her pocket. Kitty Fisher found
it. Not a penny was there in it. Only ribbon
round it.
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Notating So and Mi
Can you write so and mi?
The S tells us where so is located.
A dote on this line is the note so.
S
If so is on a line, then mi is on the line below.
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• February Week Three

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Move and Freeze
Can you march to the beat?
The Washington Post March By John Phillip Sousa
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Celebrate the Presidents
Can you compose a rhythm?
Celebrate the Presidents, Make up a
cheer! Celebrate the Presidents, Its that time
of year.
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Shell Be Comin Round the Mountain

1. Shell be comin round the mountain when she
   comes
2. Shell be drivin six white horses . . .
3. Oh, well all go out to meet her . . .
4. Oh, well kill the old red rooster . . .
5. Oh, well all have chicken and dumplins . . .
6. Shell be wearing red pajamas . . .
7. Oh, shell have to sleep with Grandma . . .

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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• February Week Three

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Move and Freeze
Can you march to the beat?
The Washington Post March By John Phillip Sousa
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Shell Be Comin Round the Mountain

1. Shell be comin round the mountain when she
   comes
2. Shell be drivin six white horses . . .
3. Oh, well all go out to meet her . . .
4. Oh, well kill the old red rooster . . .
5. Oh, well all have chicken and dumplins . . .
6. Shell be wearing red pajamas . . .
7. Oh, shell have to sleep with Grandma . . .

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Do As Im Doing
Can you move to the beat?
Do as Im doing, Follow, follow me. Do as Im
doing, Follow, follow me.
Can you play high and low? Fast and slow?
LOW - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - HIGH
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Miss Mary Mack

1. Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack.
2. All dressed in black, black, black.
3. With silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
4. All down her back, back, back.
5. She asked her mother, mother, mother
6. For fifteen cents, cents, cents
7. To see the elephant, elephant, elephant,
8. Jump over the fence, fence, fence.
9. He jumped so high, high, high
10. He reached the sky, sky, sky.
11. And never came back, back, back,
12. Til the fourth of July, ly, ly.

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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• February Week Four

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Miss Mary Mack

1. Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack.
2. All dressed in black, black, black.
3. With silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
4. All down her back, back, back.
5. She asked her mother, mother, mother
6. For fifteen cents, cents, cents
7. To see the elephant, elephant, elephant,
8. Jump over the fence, fence, fence.
9. He jumped so high, high, high
10. He reached the sky, sky, sky.
11. And never came back, back, back,
12. Til the fourth of July, ly, ly.

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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• March Week One

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All Around the Circle
All around the circle while we play this
game. When we get to you, will you sing us your
name?
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Hunting For Instruments
Oh, a-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go.
Well listen to the instruments to see which
ones we know.
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Add a pulse ostinato
Can you keep a steady beat?
Clap Pat
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Listening for Dynamics
Which instruments in the music room can make loud
and quiet sounds?
Show the dynamics with your hands Hands closed
in a fist for quiet music. Hands open with
fingers out for loud music.
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March Is Here Now
In like a lion! Out like a lamb. March is here
now. Skies are clear now. In like a lion! Out
like a lamb.
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• March Week Two

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Warm up

• Singing and reading So - Mi - La
• Listening for So and Mi
• Reading rhythms

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Rhythm Cards
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Labeling Line and Space Notes
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Pattern 1

• Look at the following pattern. How would you sing
  it?

S
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Pattern 2

• Look at the following pattern. How would you sing
  it?

S
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Pattern 3

• Look at the following pattern. How would you sing
  it?

S
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Pattern 4

• Look at the following pattern. How would you sing
  it?

S
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Pattern 5

• Look at the following pattern. How would you sing
  it?

S
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Pattern 6

• Look at the following pattern. How would you sing
  it?

S
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A Kite
Can you improvise wind sounds?
I often sit and wish that I could be a kite up
in the sky And ride up on the breeze and
go Whichever way I chanced to blow.
sing song / create wind sounds / sing song
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Which Instrument Do You Hear?

• How would you describe the sound each instrument
  makes?

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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• March Week 3

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Irish Washerwoman
What motions would you make when you are working
around the house?
An Irish Washerwomans duties would
include Washing clothes using a
washboard Wringing out clothes Hanging clothes on
the line Dusting the house Sweeping the
floor Stirring the stew Ironing clothes
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Vocal Warm-up - 1
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Vocal Warm-up - 2
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Vocal Warm-up - 3
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Vocal Warm-up - 4
____ ____ ____ ____
____ ____
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Vocal Warm-up - 5
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Jack and Jill

• Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of
  water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and
  Jill came tumbling after.
• B. Jack went up Jack fell down. Poor old Jack
  he broke his crown. Jill went up Jill fell
  down. She tumbled back to town.

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Jack and Jill
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One, Two, Three
One, two, three. Johnny caught a flea! Flea
died, Johnny cried. Tee, hee, hee!
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One, Two, Three

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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• March Week 4

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Acka Backa
Acka backa soda cracker, Acka backa boo! Acka
backa soda cracker, Out goes you!
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Bunnies on the Move!
Bunnies make no sound at all Were quiet as can
be. But we can move in lots of ways Just watch
and you will see.
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• April Week One

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Warm up

• Singing and reading So - Mi - La
• Listening for So and Mi
• Reading rhythms

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Theres Music in a Hammer
Can you sing so-mi-la?
Theres music in a hammer. Theres music in a
nail. Theres music in a pussy cat When you step
upon her tail!
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Hammer Rhythms
Can you make a pattern?
Hammer
nail



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Rain on the Green Grass
Rain on the green grass. Rain on the
tree. Rain on the house-top but not on me.
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Rain on the Green Grass
2 4
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Rain on the green grass. Rain on the tree.
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Rain on the house-top, but not on me.
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Go all Around the Village
Go all around the village, Go all around the
village. To all around the village, As we have
done before.
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Go all Around the Village-2
Go in and out the windows, Go in and out the
windows, Go in and out the windows, As we have
done before.
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Go all Around the Village-3
Now go and choose a partner, Now go and choose a
partner, Now go and choose a partner, As we have
done before.
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• April Week Two

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Warm up

• Reading rhythms
• Labeling line and space notes
• Singing So - Mi - La

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Rhythm Cards
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Rhythm Cards - 2
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Rhythm Cards - 3

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Vocal Warm-up - 1
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Vocal Warm-up - 2
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Vocal Warm-up - 3
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Vocal Warm-up - 4
____ ____ ____ ____
____ ____
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Vocal Warm-up - 5
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Sugar Sugar
Sugar, sugar, youre so sweet. Sugar, sugar, wipe
your feet. Sugar, sugar, play for me. Its as
easy as can be!
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Sugar Sugar Rhythms
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Willum
Willum he had seven sons, Seven sons, seven
sons. Willum he had seven sons And this is what
they did.
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Willum - 2

Number one was chopping wood, Chopping wood,
chopping wood. Number one was chopping wood, Oh
he was chopping wood.
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Willum - 3

Number two took out the trash, Out the trash,
out the trash. Number two took out the trash, Oh
he took out the trash.
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Willum - 4

Number three jumped up and down, Up and down, up
and down. Number three jumped up and down, Oh he
jumped up and down.
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Tres Pajaritos

Uno, dos, tres. Tres pajaritos. Cantan a si.
Pip ariaria. Cantan a si.
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Go all Around the Village
Go all around the village, Go all around the
village. To all around the village, As we have
done before.
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Go all Around the Village-2
Go in and out the windows, Go in and out the
windows, Go in and out the windows, As we have
done before.
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• April Week Three

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Little Red Caboose
Little red caboose. Little red caboose. Little
red caboose behind the train. Smokestack on its
back, Rumbling down the track. Little red caboose
behind the train.
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Notating So-Mi-La

• Look at the following pattern. How would you sing
  it?

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Drip, Drop
Drip, drop, drip, drop. Will this raining ever
stop? April showers bring May flowers. Drip,
drop, drip, drop.
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Drip, Drop - rhythms
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Tu - lip, daf - fo - dil, dai - sy rose.
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All Around the Buttercup
All around the buttercup, one, two, three. If
you want a clever friend, just choose me!
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All Around the Buttercup
6 8
As clever as can be, (clap clap)
Who will it be? Who will it be? As
clever as can be. (clap clap)
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Welcome to Music Class

• Grade 1
• April Week Four

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Warm up

• Reading rhythms
• Labeling line and space notes
• Singing So - Mi - La

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All Around the Buttercup
All around the buttercup, one, two, three. If
you want a clever friend, just choose me!
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Higglety, Pigglety Pop - 1
Higglety, pigglety, pop. The dog is eating the
mop. The pigs in a hurry, the cats in a
flurry. Higglety, pigglety, pop!
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Higglety, Pigglety Pop - 2
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Please stop eating the mop!