Kinder OMA 1/30

Name: Ms. Rechel

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Grade/Level: Kinder Duration: 15 Topic: Opening, Solfeggio and Rhythm

review
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Materials Needed for This Lesson:

• Voices
• Cut out magnetic notes for white board
• Rhythm Spiders (Hands that jump from knees to hands together. Quarter note = “do”
Eight note = “do de” half note = “Doooo” -two complete spider jumps)

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Lesson Objectives:
• Students will be able to sing solfeggio following instructor “Do Re Mi etc.” Curwen hand
signs
• Students will be able to sing “Hello Song” English and Chinese
• Students will be able to use rhythm spiders to complete notated rhythm by peers. “Two
composers, two solos”

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AZ State Standards Addressed:
• Strand 1, Concept 1,: (singing, alone, and with others, music from various genres and
diverse cultures)
• Strand 1, Concept 1, PO 1: (singing and speaking voices)
• Strand 1, Concept 1, PO 2: (echoing spoken rhythmic patterns)
• Strand 1, Concept 2, PO 1: ( maintaining a steady beat)

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National Music Standard(s) Achieved:
X Creating
X Performing (two solos)
X Responding
X Connecting

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LESSON ACTIVITIES

Introductory Activity: Anticipatory Set (Activity that connects the new concepts/objectives to
previous knowledge):
• Students will work together to form a circle around the perimeter of the carpet singing
new circle song “Round and Round”
o Time allotted: 3

Body of the Lesson (Activities that teach new material/concepts)

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 • Students will sing solfeggio with instructor
• T will sing solfeggio to students around carpet using curwen hand signs
• S will follow guided solfeggio
• T will sing “Do re do mi do fa do so, la ti do^ do”
o Time allotted: 2

• Students will sing Hello Song

• T will sing “Hello. How are you? I’m Fine. Thank you. Hello to you.”
• S will repeat after teacher sings each sentence
• T will sing “Ni Hao. Ni hao ma? Wo chen hao. Xie xie. Ni ye hao”
• S will repeat after teacher sings each sentence
o Time allotted: 4

• Transition
• T will sing song locamotor and clap hands to beat
• S will follow, no touching or singing during this transition
• -this will become a freeze game
• T will stop singing at random points “Freeze”
• S will freeze
• S will tap nose, break legs, little hops, etc as T instructs within song

• Two students will compose and two students will sing solos for rhythm on board “Two
solos”
• T will call out who the composers and soloists will be based on previous weeks
• S who are composers will come up to board and pick out four pieces (Magnetic notes)
and place them in drawn box
• All S will get rhythm spiders out and as a group sing and use rhythm spiders to read
composition
• First soloist will use rhythm spiders to complete first composition on own, class will do
rhythm spiders, but not sing out loud
• Repeat for second composition and soloist
o Time allotted: 6-7

Concluding Activity (final activity of the lesson that that pulls together all of the concepts from
the lesson in a musical success experience)
• Students will review Peter and the Wolf
• T will discuss and review poster shown from previous class
• T will discuss instrument families and names of families
• Ms. Gascho will take over to continue Peter and the Wolf
o Time allotted: 2

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Summative Assessments (How will you assess individuals formally on these objectives?
Describe how they will be assessed at the end of this unit of instruction and provide the rubric for
that summative assessment.)
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 • Assessment Activity/Assignment/Method:
-Asking questions during review. Have students show number by using fingers to confirm
beats or pieces. Two solos allows for individual assessment of composing and soloing.

• Rubric:
Criteria 4-Excelling; 3-Meets the 2-Approaching 1-Falls far below
Exceeds the Standard
Standard

Discussion Questions
What does Ni Hao translate to in English? -so on with Chinese version of Hello Song
Review half note in rhythm activity -How many jumping spiders does a half note get?
Review rests in rhythm activity -Where do we say it? Aloud or in our minds? How many rhythm
spiders?

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