Unit Plan Grade 2 November

UNIT PLAN- GRADE 2 November
12 Lessons
Generative Topic: In this month, it is important that students already have the basics that have been
taught throughout September and October. Therefore, November will be meant to keep building on the
basic musical understanding that the students have developed. The month of November in Canada
holds a special place because of Remembrance day. Even if students have not been exposed to the
idea of war or remembrance before, it is important to bring remembrance day into music lessons, even
with students as young as grade one. Therefore, the beginning of November will be focussed on
remembering, peace, and friendship. Students deserve to be a part of a program that introduces them
to classical music and composers. Therefore, for the last part of November students will have a focus
on classical music and composers
Unit Title: Remembrance, peace, and classical music
Big Idea: By the end of this unit, students will understand classical music and composers
Essential Questions:
1. How are phrases in music similar? How are they different?

2. What is tempo?
3. How do rhythm patterns changed based on time signature
Concepts Taught:
Understanding that notes and silences have a specific

duration
The beginning understanding of chords
Major and minor chords sound different
Music has a beginning, middle and an end
There are musical patterns that may be like or unlike
Responding to musical phrases
Show musical changes through movement
Move to musical form, including like and unlike phrases
Show an understanding of musical changes in dynamics
and mood through movement
Be able to match tone with instruments and voice
Simple rhythm scores
Follow notation from left to right
Recognize the differences between 2/4 and 3/4 time
signatures
Identify symbols for crescendo and decrescendo
Make up new words for simple melodies
Curricular Outcomes:
Activities:
Various Remembrance and Peace songs

All things shall Perish from under the sky
Grand Old Duke
Sing for Peace
Make a Difference
Peace is like a river
Tritsch Trash Polka- Fun with Composers
Learning about Strauss
RH9- Sounds and silences have specific duration

HA3- Some sounds seem to belong together and are
called chords, three or more sounds together
HA4- Major and minor chords have different sounds
FO6- There may be an introduction, an interlude and
an ending
SK10- Identify like and unlike patterns in music
SK11- Respond to phrases in music
MO9- Through movement show awareness of changes
in tempo, dynamics and mood
MO8- Move to form in music, like phrases and unlike
phrases
SI10- Respond to tone matching with other voices and
instruments
PI9- Follow simple rhythm scores
RW11- Follow notation from left to right while singing
and playing
RW13- Recognize 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures
RW15- Recognize like and unlike phrases
RW16-Recognize the symbols for crescendo,
decrescendo and accent
CR4- Make up new words to songs
Materials Needed:
Grade 2 Game Plan
Fun With Composers- Deborah Ziolkoski
Movement in Steady Beat- Phyllis Weikart
Music time again
Musicplay- Grade 2
Assessment
Assessment Tool
Outcomes
Paper quiz used to assess

student ability to choose the
correct rests or rhythms to
fill in the bar
RH9- Sounds and silences have specific

duration
Observational checklist
used to assess student
understanding of chords
and what they look and
sound like
HA3- Some sounds seem to belong together

and are called chords, three or more sounds
together
HA4- Major and minor chords have different
sounds
ability to follow a story set to
music
used to assess students
ability to differentiate
between patterns and
phrases using movement
between musical tempos
using movement
ability to correctly match
tone and pitch while singing
basic melodies
Paper quiz to assess

whether students are able
to identify the rhythms they
heard
Quick paper quiz to assess

whether students can
identify So, Mi, La, Re, and
Do
knowledge of the
beginnings of the Sol Fa
scale
between various sections of
the music (A and B) using
movement
between various sections of
the music (A and B) using
movement
Paper quiz to assess

whether students are able
to put a series of
progressions told through
the music in chronological
order
FO6- There may be an introduction, an

interlude and an ending
SK10- Identify like and unlike patterns in

music
SK11- Respond to phrases in music
MO9- Through movement show awareness of
changes in tempo, dynamics and mood
MO9- Through movement show awareness of
changes in tempo, dynamics and mood
MO8- Move to form in music, like phrases and
unlike phrases
SI10- Respond to tone matching with other

voices and instruments
Description
For
Using this paper quiz teacher will assess

student ability to choose the correct rests or
rhythms to fill in the bar
As
Through this observational checklist teacher

will assess student understanding of chords
and what they look and sound like

will assess student ability to follow a story set
to music

will assess students ability to differentiate
between patterns and phrases using
movement

will assess students ability to differentiate
between musical tempos using movement

will assess students ability to correctly match
tone and pitch while singing basic melodies
RW11- Follow notation from left to right while

singing and playing

whether students are able to identify the
rhythms they heard

singing and playing
Using this quick paper quiz teacher will

assess whether students can identify So, Mi,
La, Re, and Do

singing and playing

will assess student knowledge of the
beginnings of solfege

singing and playing

will assess student ability to differentiate
between various sections of the music (A and
B) using movement

singing and playing

will assess student ability to differentiate
between various sections of the music (A and
B) using movement

singing and playing

whether students are able to put a series of
progressions told through the music in
chronological order
Lesson Summary
Lesson
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
Activities
Assessment/ Evaluation
Demonstrate their understanding that sounds and

silences have a specific duration through rhythmic
notation
Paper quiz used to assess student

ability to choose the correct rests
or rhythms to fill in the bar
Begin to get a grasp on the idea of chords, and that

some sounds can go together to create them
Observational checklist used to

assess student understanding of
chords and what they look and
sound like
Understand that songs, like stories have a beginning a

middle and an end

assess student ability to follow a
story set to music
Identify like and unlike patterns and phrases through

music

assess students ability to
differentiate between patterns and
phrases using movement
Demonstrate their understanding of students ability to

differentiate between tempo in music

assess students ability to
differentiate between musical
tempos using movement
Various Remembrance and Peace

songs
Welcome Here
All things shall Perish from under the
sky
Grand Old Duke
Sing for Peace
Make a Difference
Peace like a river
songs
Welcome Here
sky
Grand Old Duke
Sing for Peace
Make a Difference
Peace like a river
songs
Welcome Here
sky
Grand Old Duke
Sing for Peace
Make a Difference
Peace like a river
songs
Welcome Here
sky
Grand Old Duke
Sing for Peace
Make a Difference
Peace like a river
songs
Welcome Here
sky
Grand Old Duke
Sing for Peace
Make a Difference
Peace like a river

songs
Welcome Here
sky
Grand Old Duke
Sing for Peace
Make a Difference
Peace like a river
Paper quiz to assess whether

students are able to identify the
rhythms they heard

Minuet in G Major
Learning about Bach
Surprise Symphony #94
Learning about Haydn
Quick paper quiz to assess

whether students can identify So,
Mi, La, Re, and Do

Minuet in G Major
Learning about Bach
Demonstrate their knowledge of the sol-fa scale through

various melody games

assess student knowledge of the
beginnings of solfege

Minuet in G Major
Learning about Bach
10
Learn the story of Tritch Trash Polka and respond to the

story with movement

assess student ability to
differentiate between various
sections of the music (A and B)
using movement
11
Learn the dance associated with Tritch Trash Polka and

respond to the story with movement

assess student ability to
differentiate between various
sections of the music (A and B)
using movement
12
Learn the instrumentation associated with Tritch Trash

Polka and respond to the story with movement and be
able to explain about Strauss
Match tone and pitch with others in the class
Continue to demonstrate their knowledge and

understanding of basic rhythmic patterns through echo,
simple melodies
Expand their understanding of a sol fa scale to include re

and do with good tone to demonstrate their beginner
understanding of how scales work

assess students ability to correctly
match tone and pitch while singing
basic melodies
Paper quiz to assess whether

students are able to put a series of
progressions told through the
music in chronological order
Tritsch Trash Polka- Fun with

Composers

Composers

Composers

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UNIT PLAN- GRADE 2 November

1. How are phrases in music similar? How are they different?

Understanding that notes and silences have a specific

Various Remembrance and Peace songs

RH9- Sounds and silences have specific duration

Paper quiz used to assess

RH9- Sounds and silences have specific

HA3- Some sounds seem to belong together

Paper quiz to assess

Quick paper quiz to assess

Paper quiz to assess

FO6- There may be an introduction, an

SK10- Identify like and unlike patterns in

SI10- Respond to tone matching with other

Using this paper quiz teacher will assess

Through this observational checklist teacher

Through this observational checklist teacher

Through this observational checklist teacher

Through this observational checklist teacher

Through this observational checklist teacher

RW11- Follow notation from left to right while

Using this paper quiz teacher will assess

RW11- Follow notation from left to right while

Using this quick paper quiz teacher will

RW11- Follow notation from left to right while

Through this observational checklist teacher

RW11- Follow notation from left to right while

Through this observational checklist teacher

RW11- Follow notation from left to right while

Through this observational checklist teacher

RW11- Follow notation from left to right while

Using this paper quiz teacher will assess

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to

Demonstrate their understanding that sounds and

Paper quiz used to assess student

Begin to get a grasp on the idea of chords, and that

Observational checklist used to

Understand that songs, like stories have a beginning a

Observational checklist used to

Identify like and unlike patterns and phrases through

Observational checklist used to

Demonstrate their understanding of students ability to

Observational checklist used to

Various Remembrance and Peace

Various Remembrance and Peace

Paper quiz to assess whether

Learning about Strauss

Quick paper quiz to assess

Learning about Strauss

Demonstrate their knowledge of the sol-fa scale through

Observational checklist used to

Learning about Strauss

Learn the story of Tritch Trash Polka and respond to the

Observational checklist used to

Learn the dance associated with Tritch Trash Polka and

Observational checklist used to

Learn the instrumentation associated with Tritch Trash

Match tone and pitch with others in the class

Continue to demonstrate their knowledge and

Expand their understanding of a sol fa scale to include re

Observational checklist used to

Paper quiz to assess whether

Tritsch Trash Polka- Fun with