Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade Unit One:
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song ( Where through participation-student becomes
familiar with some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre,
etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Recognize short and long sounds
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Sing unaccompanied, accompanied, and in unison
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
Recognize a ballad, vs a work song
CK Songs:
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Casey Jones
John Henry
I’ve Been Working On the Railroad
Other Songs:
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The Big Corral
Heigh Ho
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Quiz on notation, including whole, half and quarter notes and rests
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Two
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song ( Where through participation-student becomes
familiar with some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre,
etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Recognize short and long sounds
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Sing unaccompanied, accompanied, and in unison
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Move responsively to music
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
Songs:
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Skin and Bones
The Owl and the Pumpkin
Review
CK Listening selections:
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Saint-Saëns- Carnival of the animals “The Swan”
Saint-Saëns- Carnival of the animals “The Elephant”
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Quiz on Song recognition, solfege and notation
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Three
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song (Through participation-student becomes familiar with
some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Recognize short and long sounds
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Sing unaccompanied, accompanied, and in unison
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter, Eighth notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Move responsively to music
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
CK Songs:
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Michael Row The Boat Ashore
Songs:
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Go Around the Corn, Sally
Xiao Yin Chaun
Un Pajarito
Lone Star Trail
CK Listening Selections:
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Bach- Minuet in G minor
Bach- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach- Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Quiz on song recognition and Ear Training quiz using whole, half and quarter notes
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Four
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song (Through participation-student becomes familiar with
some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Recognize short and long sounds
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Sing unaccompanied, accompanied, and in unison
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter, Eighth notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Move responsively to music
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
CK Songs:
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Home On the Range
Good Bye, Old Paint
Clementine
Erie Canal
Buffalo Gals
Listening Selections:
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Vivaldi: Winter- from the Four Seasons
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture- Finale
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Song recognition and Ear Training quiz.
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Five
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song (Through participation-student becomes familiar with
some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Recognize short and long sounds
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Sing unaccompanied, accompanied, and in unison
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter, Eighth notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Move responsively to music
Recognize Verse and Refrain
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
CK Songs:
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Swing Low
Dixie
Old Dan Tucker
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Johnny Comes Marching Home
Listening Selection:
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Beethoven- Für Elise
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Quiz on song recognition and ear training.
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Six
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song (Through participation-student becomes familiar with
some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Recognize short and long sounds
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Sing unaccompanied, accompanied, and in unison
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter, Eighth notes and rests
Hum the melody while listening to music
Recognize Verse and Refrain
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
CK Songs:
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This Land is Your Land
CK Listening selections:
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Vivaldi: Spring from –The Four Seasons
Mendelssohn: Spring Song- from Songs Without Words
Activities:
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Recognizing timbre for different Orchestral instruments
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Quiz on song recognition, composers and ear training
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Seven
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song (Through participation-student becomes familiar with
some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Recognize short and long sounds
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Sing unaccompanied, accompanied, and in unison
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter, Eighth notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Move responsively to music
Recognize Verse and Refrain
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
CK Songs:
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Star Spangled Banner
CK Listening Selection:
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Beethoven: Symphony No.6 (“Pastoral”)
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Quiz on movement recognition, and ear training
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Eight
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song (Through participation-student becomes familiar with
some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter, Eighth notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Move responsively to music
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
Objectives:
The Orchestra:
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Review families of instruments: strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion.
Become familiar with instruments in the string family – violin, viola, cello, double bass- and
review Carnival of the Animals
Listening Selections:
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The Swan
Elephants
String Quartet playing Pachelbel’s Canon
David Garret’s- Hungarian Dance No. 5
David Garret’s playing Vivaldi’s Summer-Presto- From The Four Seasons
Assessment:
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Quiz on song recognition, instrument recognition by timbre and ear training.
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus
Second Grade - Unit Nine
Daily Routines:
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Carpet Time- Attendance - Solfege , Ear Training
Theory- Staff, Treble Clef, whole, half, quarter notes and rests, names of notes on treble clef
CK connection through activity and song (Through participation-student becomes familiar with
some basic elements of music-including rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.)
Piano Marvel
Objectives:
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Recognize a steady beat, accents, and the downbeat: play a steady beat
Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns
Understand that music is written down in a special way and become familiar with the following
notation: Whole, Half and Quarter, Eighth notes and rests
Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high and low
Hum the melody while listening to music
Move responsively to music
Sing the C major scales using do, re, mi, etc.
Percussion family
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Become familiar with instruments in the percussion family- for example, drums (timpani, snare),
xylophone, wood block, maracas, cymbals, triangle, tambourine
CK Listening selection:
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Carlos Chavez- Toccata for Percussion, third movement
Percussion Ensemble Music from “Frozen”
Karos Percussion Ensemble – Pirates of the Caribbean
Activities:
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Melody and Rhythm games, using the hand bells
Assessment:
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Visual Observation: Individually and by group
Year Long Lesson Plans
General Music- Second Grade
Xiomara Orue – Parker campus