October
1st Grade Music Playlist (YouTube)
Topics:
Title: Wake Up You Lazy Bones!
About: Students experienced a variety of tempo while singing and moving like skeletons!
Words: Wake up you lazy bones and go and get the cattle
Wake up you lazy bones and go and get the cow
The cows are gone
The sun is hot
I think I’ll rest
Till they come home
Vocal Exploration:
Title: Up, Up, Down
About: This is a book. Students make their voices go up and down depending on the words. Look for this book in our first grade playlist.
Title: Queen Queen Caroline
About: We used this song in all 4 voices (whisper, talk, shout, and sing.)
Words: Queen Queen Caroline
Washed her hair in turpentine
Turpentine made it shine
Queen Queen Caroline
Name of Activity: Ghost Songs
About: Students composed their own "ghost songs" for vocal exploration. Students were asked to create curvy lines for the ghost to follow using a ghost sound. ("Woo", "oo").
Music with Instruments:
Title: A Sailor Went To Sea
About: Students played different instruments on the word "sea"
Words: A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
To see what he could see, see, see
But all that he could see, see, see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea
Responding to Music:
Title: In The Hall of the Mountain King
About: Students responded to the way this song sounded (kind of spooky!) We also learned what the song is about and how that is depicted in the music without any words. Ask your students if they remember the background story.
Title: Pass The Witches Broomstick
About: Students responded to the fast/slow sections of the song by passing a broomstick to the steady beat. A really fun game where someone gets to ride around a broomstick!
- Vocal Exploration/Whisper, Talk, Shout, Sing
- Responding to Music
- Tempo = The speed of music.
Title: Wake Up You Lazy Bones!
About: Students experienced a variety of tempo while singing and moving like skeletons!
Words: Wake up you lazy bones and go and get the cattle
Wake up you lazy bones and go and get the cow
The cows are gone
The sun is hot
I think I’ll rest
Till they come home
Vocal Exploration:
Title: Up, Up, Down
About: This is a book. Students make their voices go up and down depending on the words. Look for this book in our first grade playlist.
Title: Queen Queen Caroline
About: We used this song in all 4 voices (whisper, talk, shout, and sing.)
Words: Queen Queen Caroline
Washed her hair in turpentine
Turpentine made it shine
Queen Queen Caroline
Name of Activity: Ghost Songs
About: Students composed their own "ghost songs" for vocal exploration. Students were asked to create curvy lines for the ghost to follow using a ghost sound. ("Woo", "oo").
Music with Instruments:
Title: A Sailor Went To Sea
About: Students played different instruments on the word "sea"
Words: A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
To see what he could see, see, see
But all that he could see, see, see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea
Responding to Music:
Title: In The Hall of the Mountain King
About: Students responded to the way this song sounded (kind of spooky!) We also learned what the song is about and how that is depicted in the music without any words. Ask your students if they remember the background story.
Title: Pass The Witches Broomstick
About: Students responded to the fast/slow sections of the song by passing a broomstick to the steady beat. A really fun game where someone gets to ride around a broomstick!