1st Grade Rhythm Lessons 19-23

Each lesson is 30 minutes long.

Lesson 19

1. Character Counts

2. Muffin Man – until everyone has a turn

3. Going Over the Sea - sing with motions

4. Heart patterns on the board (ta and rest)

5. I say pattern, student go to the board to rearrange the hearts

6. John the Rabbit  – review the song from the last lesson
    - Students practice patsching their knees on "oh yes"
    - Choose students to play on xylophones on the "oh yes" pattern on octave E's

5. Sing Baa Baa Blackbird - show PowerPoint

   - Practice rhythm pattern: Baa baa baa (rest) as a "Section B" after singing the song
   - Add guiros on the rhythm pattern. Perform and trade instruments until everyone has a turn
6. If time, Naughty Kitty Cat - make sure everyone has had a turn

Lesson 20

1. Character Counts

2. Dictation practice on board.

3. Stick dictation

4. Engine, Engine - Show PowerPoint – practice rhythm patterns with clapping, then add drums

Lesson 21

1. Character Counts

2. Review Engine Engine.

    - Add so-mi melody, demonstrate up and down

    - Practice hand drum part (“swish”) on beat

    - Practice xyl part on beat

    - 3 stations: xyl, hand drum (2 per riser on blue1, yell, blue2), rest of students on blue tape for “train station.”

    - Sing, then say

       Put it down, move on over,

       Pick it up, do it again!

    - Xyl 8 person go to hand drum 1, hand drum 6 move to train station (students make train), train leader goes to xyl1

4. Dictation practice on board.

Lesson 22

1. Character Counts

2. Rhythmic Dictation paper

3. Teach Button You Must Wander

Lesson 23

1. Marching Round the Levee

2. Button You Must Wander