Elementary Music: Kinder Singing through Picture Books: March 16th & 17th

Lessons: Mon. 2:30-3:00, You Hold Me Up: FNMI & Reconciliation

Tues. 1:45-2:15
Music Room

Stage 1: Desired Results

GLOs: • The child explores self-expression through creative thought and through language, art, movement,
music and drama.
SLOs: The child..
 Begins to recognize and respond to elements in music, such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form
and expression including tempo, dynamics and tone colour.
 Participates in action songs, singing games and poems.
Learning Students will:
Objectives  Demonstrate (B) singing voice (P) by singing along to the story You Hold Me Up Arr. By Megan
Fong
 Apply (B) counting in a song (P) through the Muffin Man game (M)
 Perform (B) actions while singing (P) in the activity Hop Old Squirrel (M)

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Formative  Are students able sing in Summative N/A
Assessment the correct spots in the Assessment
book?
 Are students using singing
voice?
 Are students able to sing
and perform actions to Hop
Old Squirrel?

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Prior to Resources  You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray
Lesson: to Bring: Smith and Danielle Daniel
Time: Content/Description Notes/Assessments:
Introduction:
2 mins  Students sit in a circle
 Let’s Sing Hello
Body:
 Introduce the title of the book to the students and tell them that they have a
special part while you read the book. Teach the students their part of the
book by rote
 Sing the book all the way through and gesture to the students when it’s
their turn to sing (melody is slightly varied)

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Elementary Music: Kinder Singing through Picture Books: March 16th & 17th
Lessons: Mon. 2:30-3:00, You Hold Me Up: FNMI & Reconciliation
Tues. 1:45-2:15
Music Room

10 mins

THE MUFFIN MAN

 Students sit in a circle
10 mins  Teach children the song: Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man,
the muffin man, do you know the muffin man who lives in Drury Lane?
 One child steps around the inside of the circle as all students sing the first
verse
 On the word “Lane” the child who is “it” points to the nearest person as a
partner. These two then step around the inside of the circle as the group
sings “two of us know the muffin man..” these two choose partners and the
game continues until all are chosen. Sing “All of us know the muffin man”
IF TIME: Hop Old Squirrel: teach song
 Hop Old Squir’l, iedle-dum eidle-dum, Hop old Squir’l, Eidle-dum dee
 Students will hop around freely. Substitue other words and actions for hop
such as jump, creep, crawl, run, skip, walk, sit etc.
 Play piano while kids perform actions
Closure:
1 min  Line up at the door