3rd to 5th

Grade

Playing the pentatonic scale with the alto metallophone

Do – Re – Mi – Sol – La

I will continue to select the October

2010 Music Student of the

Month this week.Make Good Choices

Music Students of the Month:

You will receive:• Free computer time (10 minutes)• Treats• 2 tiger bills• Hand lotion• Privileged seating / Teacher Assistant• More chances to win the iPod nano

Music Vocabulary

•Pentatonic Scale - A five-note scale. Example:

Do-Re-Mi-Sol-La

1. Took my horse an’ come down,Hill an’ gully.But my horse done stumble down,Hill an’ gully.An’ the nighttime come an’ tumble downHill an’ gully. (Refrain)

2. Oh, the moon shine bright down,Hill an’ gully.Ain’t no place to hide in down,Hill an’ gully.An’ a zombie come a-ridin’ down,Hill an’ gully. (Refrain)

3. Oh, my knees they shake down

Hill an’ gully.An’ my heart starts quakin’ down,Hill an’ gully. Ain’t nobody going to get me down,Hill an’ gully. (Refrain)

4.That’s the last I set down,Hill an’ gully.Pray the Lord don’ let me down,Hill an’ gully.An’ I run till daylight breakin’ down,Hill an’ gully. (Refrain)

Play the song “Hill an’ Gully”Refrain:

Hill an’ Gully rider,Hill an’ Gully.Hill an’ Gully rider,Hill an’ Gully.

Identify the notation for the Hill an’ Gully song.

The patterns are:

Lines 8 and 7

Students will take turns to create four-motive

patterns. The rest of the class will identify the

sequence.

What is the lowest solfa note used in the song

“Great Big House”?

Answer:

do

What are the other notes used in the song?

Answer:

In this case, do is in the first space but it could be written anywhere on the

staff, as usual.

Penta- means “five”

tone or tonic means “note”

2nd Grade

Playing the pentatonic scale with the alto metallophone

Do – Re – Mi – Sol – La

I will continue to select the October

2010 Music Student of the

Month this week.Make Good Choices

September 2010 Music Students of the Month:

You will receive:• Free computer time (10 minutes)• Treats• 2 tiger bills• Hand lotion• Privileged seating / Teacher Assistant• More chances to win the iPod Nano

Why is it important to be a friend?

•To share•To listen•To be helpful•To help everyone feel important

Listen to the recording

“Best Friends”

Paste the scan from “Best Friends”

Play melodic patterns on the xylophone that goes

downward (To the left)

and upward. (To the right)

Use the following notes:E, F#, and G

What are some ways that

friendship can grow?

•Being honest•Trying not to hurt a friend

Listen to the recording

“That’s What Friends Are For”

What feelings are expressed in the song?

Look at the melody patterns in the

color boxes

Paste the scan from “That’s What Friends Are For”

Play melodic patterns on

D, G, A, B using the xylophone

and/or metallophone.

Kinder and First Grade

Playing the pentatonic scale with the alto metallophone

Do – Re – Mi – Sol – La

I will continue to select the October

2010 Music Student of the

Month this week.Make Good Choices

September 2010 Music Students of the Month:

You will receive:• Free computer time (10 minutes)• Treats• 2 tiger bills• Hand lotion• Privileged seating / Teacher Assistant• More chances to win the iPod nano

Vocabulary

• Pretend: To give a false appearance.• Steady beat: The regular rhythmic pattern

of music. • Jump: To spring into the air.• Hop: to make a quick trip especially by

air.

Pretend you have a stick on your laps.

“Jump” your hands back and forth over

the stick.

Place the pretend stick at different locations around

you.

“Jump” your hands over the stick.

“Jump” to the steady beat of the music while you

listen to this song.

Jump That Jody (Lyrics)

Jump that Jody, jump it,Jump that Jody, boy.

Jump that Jody, jump it,Jump that Jody, boy.

Create new verses that use other

movements like:

•Hop that Jody, hop it…

•Walk that Jody, walk it…Jump= use two feetHop= leap with one foot

Poem: DancingA hop, a skip, and off you go!Happy heart and merry toe.Up-and-down and in-and-out,This way, that way, round about!Bend like grasses in the breeze,Wave your arms like wind-blown

trees,Dart like swallows, glide like fish,Dance like anything you wish.

Soundless as the snowflakes white,

Swift as shooting-stars at night,Nimble as goblin elf,Dance, dance, and be yourself,Stately, sprightly, so and so,

Quick and slow,To and fro,

Kicking high and jumping low,A skip, a hop, and off you go!

Eleanor Farjeon

Listening/Critical Thinking 1

Is the tempo of this music like the tempo of “Jump

that Jody” or is it different?

Listening/Critical Thinking 2

Is the tempo of this music like the tempo of “Jump

that Jody” or is it different?