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1. Measurable Objective(s):
Students will engage the vocal muscles used to sing in head-voice.
Students will express pulse, form, and expressive qualities through movement.
3. Review Needed:
● Kye Kye Kule
● Hop Old Squirrel
● My Hat It Has Three Corners
5. Agenda:
1. Pitch Exploration (Vocal Warm-up): Ghost Puppet
2. Song Fragments: Kye Kye Kule
3. Simple Songs: Hop Old Squirrel
4. Arioso Land: Teacher/Student Conversations on Neutral Syllable
5. Movement Exploration: Star Dance
6. Movement for Form & Expression: My hat It Has Three Corners
7. Movement for Form & Expression: Move it! to Aquarium
8. Beat Motion: Mother Goonie Bird
9. Song Tales: The Frog and the Mouse
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6. Lesson Sequence Pacing
A. Brief Opening: 1 min
Hellos
Star-Power Reminder (if necessary)
If students are talkative: 3 shares
If students are wiggly: stretches, movement
B. Learning Activities:
1. Pitch Exploration (Vocal Warm-up): Ghost Puppets 2 min.
Teacher moves ghost puppet up and down and makes sliding
sounds, group echos
Instructions: Stand
Instruction: Stand up and quietly find your own four tiles and face the
window.
6. Movement for Form & Expression: My Hat It Has Three Corners 4 min.
Teacher sings, then students sing and do motions
7. Movement for Form & Expression: Move it! to Fur Elise 5 min.
Transition: “Do what I’m doing”
Begin Move it! - Teacher leads the movement, students to mirror
movements
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Instruction: Sit where you are.
C. Assessment:
Informal Group Assessment
● Can students move beatfully and artfully during the “Movement for
Form and Expression” Learning Activity?
Individual Assessment
● Can students sing tunefully using their head-voice during the
“Song Fragments” Learning Activity?
D. Closing/Wrap-up:
Line Up. Echo Rhythms on neutral syllable 1 min.
E. Assignment:
N/a
7. Accommodations:
● Limited use of verbal instructions during transition.
8. Teacher Reflection/Self-Evaluation:
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