1st Grade Rhythm Lessons 14-18

Each lesson is 30 minutes long.

Lesson 14 - Rhythm

1. School Song / Character Counts

2. Columbus Sailed With Three Ships
    - Students sit on floor in a circle
    - singing game
    - assess singing voice - students' ability to match pitch

3. Hearts on the board

    - Take out one, feel silent beat.

    - Add hearts with with “ta’s”.

    - Add squiggles on some tas.

4. In and Out
    - Show "drums" on board and chant on “ta”
    - Add drums

Lesson 15 - Rhythm

1. School Song / Character Counts

2. Columbus Sailed – singing game, assess more students

3. Hearts on the board

    - Practice some rhythms with “ta” and “rest”

4. In and Out
    - Drums on board and chant on "ta"

    - Add drums

5. If time, introduce Naughty Kitty Cat

Lesson 16

1. Character Counts

2. Write | | ("knick knack" = "ta ta") on board.

3. Show instrument cards: 
    - (Demonstrate how to play)
        tambourine, hand drum, triangle, wood block

4. Sing This Old Man (verse 1)
    - clap on “knick knack”
    - practice passing inst back on “give the dog a bone”

5. Put students in 4 lines (about 5 kids in each).
    - Sing, then change lines until everyone plays each instrument.
    - Ask students to remember the names of the instruments.

6. Naughty Kitty Cat

Lesson 17

1. Character Counts

2. Muffin Man

    - Sing song, add 8-beat interlude “yum” as I point to muffins on poster.

    - Students stand in a circle, march in place while singing (then, march around circle)

    - I tap student who goes up front & takes off 1 muffin – later 2.
    - Students say “yum” and whisper “rest”,

3. Going Over the Sea
    - Students stand in a circle, add motions
    - Show PowerPoint, discuss rhyming words

4. Naughty Kitty Cat

Lesson 18

1. Character Counts

2. Heart patterns on board (ta and rest)

3. Muffin Man – same as last time

4. John the Rabbit  – teach “oh yes” = “ta ta"
    - In a call-response type of way, I tell the students that whenever I point to them, they must sing "oh yes" and patsch two "ta's" on their knees. Sing a few times until they get used to it.

Sing and pat knees

5. Going Over the Sea

6. Naughty Kitty Cat