March 1st Grade Marching Music Lesson

 BECAUSE WE ARE

IN THE MONTH OF

MARCH

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN

TO REVIEW WHAT IT MEANS

TO MARCH WITH MUSIC

LIKE IN THE SONG

"THE ANTS GO MARCHING"

THE MUSIC GOALS 

THIS MONTH 

ARE: 

💓MARCHING TO THE BEAT

💓FINDING WAYS TO BE OPTIMISTIC

💓RECOGNIZE MUSIC INSTRUMENTS

💓REVIEW VOWELS

💓REVIEW OPPOSITES

LESSON 

(MARCH 15-18)

MUSIC JOKE FOR THE WEEK

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A 

MUSIC ROCK GROUP IS

LET'S WATCH THE 

TROLLS PLAY A ROCK SONG

IRISH INSTRUMENT FOR THE WEEK

WE JUST REVIEWED ROCK MUSIC 

AND THE

IRISH BAGPIPE

WHAT BETTER VIDEO TO WATCH THAN  THE

IRISH BAGPIPE ROCK GROUP

BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE 

MONTH OF MARCH 

AND WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING 

ABOUT MARCHING

IRISH BAGPIPE MARCHING BAND

MUSIC REVIEW TIME:

2 EIGHTH NOTES

= 2  quick CLAPS

an EIGHTH NOTE BY ITSELF

HOW MANY EIGHTH NOTES

ARE IN A WHOLE NOTE?

GO OVER SYLLABLES

TO CLAP TO EACH

SYLLABLE IN A WORD

USE EXAMPLES OF

KIDS NAMES

THEN TIE IT INTO

THE ST PATRICK'S DAY

WORDS IN THE RHYTHM VIDEOS

GREEN

COIN

SHAMROCK

TIME TO PRACTICE 

THE NEXT VIDEO

BEFORE GOING FASTER.

Geared for kindergarten and 1st grade

THE FOLLOWING IS A 

ST. PATRICK'S DAY SONG

CALLED

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A 

LEPRECHAUN?

Geared for Kindergarten

THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY

IS GEARED FOR 

KINDERGARTEN

1st GRADE

2nd GRADE

AND 

3rd GRADE

TIME TO 

STAND UP

THIS ACTIVITY HAS YOU

JUMPING OVER

GRASS

DUCKING UNDER

RAINBOWS

AND 

GRABBING

GOLD COINS

GO AHEAD AND SIT BACK DOWN

IT IS THE 

ST PATRICK'S DAY

BABY SHARK TIME FOR 

KINDERGARTEN AND 1ST GRADE

LESSON 

(MARCH 8-11)

MELODITIES IN TARATABONG

REMEMBER

THE MELODITTIES

ARE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

THIS ONE IS CALLED 

THE YAWNING

WITH THE 

DOUBLE BASS INSTRUMENT

I THINK WE SHOULD WATCH THE

PIRATES PLAY THE CELLOS

YOU JUST WATCHED WITH THE

MELODITTIES

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 

DOUBLE BASS (THE LARGER ONE)

AND A 

CELLO (THE SMALLER ONE)

MUSIC JOKE FOR THE WEEK 

MUSIC INSTRUMENT FOR THE WEEK 

TIME TO REVIEW OUR NUMBERS

WHILE SINGING AND SIGNING

LET's WARM UP SINGING

WHILE PRACTING OUR VOWELS

TIME TO GO TO 

OLD MACDONALD'S FARM

TO PRACTICE OUR VOWELS

BECAUSE WE ARE

IN THE MONTH OF

MARCH

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN

TO REVIEW WHAT IT MEANS

TO MARCH WITH MUSIC

THE KIND OF MARCH

THAT SOLDIERS DO.

BUT BEFORE WE DO

I AM GOING TO HAVE THE

PIRATE PUPPET

DEMONSTRATE

A SOLDIER 

DOING A CALL/RESPONSE

YOU WILL REPEAT 

WHAT THE PIRATE SAYS

NOW LET'S MARCH

AND SING...

"THE ANTS GO MARCHING"

GO AHEAD AND STAND UP

KEEP STANDing

LESSON (MARCH 1-4)

LESSON PLAN OUTLINE

IN THE CLASSROOM:

CALL/RESPONSE: 

💓WHEN I SAY "CAN I GET A" 

    YOU SAY "WHOOP WHOOP"

BECAUSE WE ARE

IN THE MONTH OF

MARCH

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN

TO REVIEW WHAT IT MEANS

TO MARCH WITH MUSIC

THE KIND OF MARCH

THAT SOLDIERS DO.

BUT BEFORE WE DO

I AM GOING TO HAVE THE

PIRATE PUPPET

DEMONSTRATE

A SOLDIER 

DOING A CALL/RESPONSE

YOU WILL REPEAT 

WHAT THE PIRATE SAYS

NOW LET'S MARCH

AND SING...

"THE ANTS GO MARCHING"

GO AHEAD AND STAND UP

KEEP STANDing

WHEN I SAY "CAN I GET A", 

    YOU SAY "WHOOP WHOOP"

MUSIC JOKE FOR THE WEEK

 How many letters are there in

the musical alphabet?

Remember to not count the repeated C again 

LAST WEEK OUR INSTRUMENT 

FOR THE DAY WAS A....

?

WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY

DOES THE BANJO BELONG TO?

LAST WEEK WE LEARNED ABOUT THE BANJO.

TODAY, LET A LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT

THE MUSIC LETTER "B" FOR BANJO

OKAY LET'S HEAR AND SEE

WHAT A REAL BANJO LOOKS LIKE

ANOTHER INSTRUMENT 

THAT STARTS WITH

THE MUSIC LETTER "B"

IS A BALALAIKA

IT IS BEING PLAYED

BY A 7 YEAR OLD GIRL

TO A RUSSIAN FOLK SONG

CALLED "VALENKI"

VALENKI MEANS

WARM RUSSIAN BOOTS MADE OF FELT

I think she sounds absolutely amazing.

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

ANOTHER INSTRUMENT

THAT STARTS WITH THE 

MUSIC LETTER "B" IS THE

BASSOON

BECAUSE THERE IS STILL 

A LITTLE SNOW

LET'S BUILD A SNOWMAN

IF, THERE IS TIME

LESSON 1 (MARCH 8-11)

ALL AMERICAN MARCHING BAND 

PLAYING UPTOWN FUNK