2nd Grade Patriotic Songs to Practice in Class and at Home

  

TIME TO GET READY FOR THIS YEAR'S

2ND GRADE PATRIOTIC PROGRAM

IN FEBRUARY

WE WILL FIRST START OFF BY SINGING

THE 

STAR SPANGLED BANNER

TIME TO SING THE GRAND OLD FLAG

BEFORE WE PRACTICE SINGING IT WITH 

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

I'LL POST A VIDEO SOON OF ME

SIGNING, SO YOU CAN PRACTICE

WITH ME DOING SIGN LANGUAGE

THIS NEXT SONG EVERYONE WILL SING

WHILE JOHNSON'S CLASS

PLAYS THE BELLS

NOW IT'S TIME TO LEARN ABOUT

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

BOYS SING ON BLUE WORDS

GIRLS SING ON PINK WORDS

EVERYONE SINGS

ON RED AND BLACK WORDS

  

TIME TO SING AND 

PLAY THE DRUMS TO

BURNS CLASS IS DOING THE 

SPEAKING PARTS OF THE 

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

WHILE EVERYONE ELSE HUMS

THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

EVERYONE SINGS TOGETHER AT END

GET READY TO SING ABOUT

GEORGE WASHINGTON AND

DID HE CHOP DOWN THE 

CHERRY TREE?

WE END THE PROGRAM

WITH THE NEXT SONG

END OF CLASS REWARDS

Sincerely,

 Mrs. Carol Louise Moore

Don't forget to check out:

my singing daughters the Moore Sisters from Idaho

my stories under cmoorestories by me Carol Louise

my flute videos under cmooreflute
my inspirational quotes by me under cmooreinspiration

my handmade soaps and crafts under cmooresoap

January 1st Grade Music Lesson

 

FOLLOW THE BEAT

THIS IS THE INSTRUMENT

THAT LOOKED LIKE A CATEPILLAR

IT IS CALLED A GUIRO

THE BEAT IS THE 

HEART OF MUSIC

TIME TO LEARN ABOUT

SOFT AND LOUD

IN MUSIC

SOFT AND LOUD

MEANS DYNAMICS

WE WILL NOW WATCH A VIDEO

THAT HELPS US LEARN ABOUT

SOFT AND LOUD DYNAMICS

NOW LET'S LEARN ABOUT 

SOFT AND LOUD

WITH THE MELODITTIES

A MILLION DREAMS 

WARM UP SONG 

WITH MY DAUGHTER

SARAH LOUISE MOORE

AS SHE SINGS AND 

PLAYS THE UKULELE

THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE 

OF SINGING SOFT

AND THEN LOUD

SING 

DO RE MI

MY FAVORITE THINGS

I CAN LEARN 

CHOOSE END OF CLASS ACTIVITY

6 MINUTES

SNOW DAY MUSIC LESSON

BASIC BEGINNER LEVEL (2:17 minutes long) 

END OF CLASS 

January 3rd Grade Music Lessons

 

TIME TO LEARN ABOUT MOTOWN

THE MAIN FOCUS IN 

MUSIC CLASS

THIS MONTH IS TO 

LEARN ABOUT THE

FOUR INSTRUMENT FAMILIES

AND

MOTOWN MUSIC

THE OTHER GOALS THIS MONTH

ARE:

* SINGING SONGS

THAT MAKE US HAPPY AND

MAKE OTHERS HAPPY 

WITH THE THEME BEING

OPTIMISTIC

* REVIEW MUSIC ALPHABET

* REVIEW 

TREBLE CLEF & BASS(BASE) CLEF

* PRACTICE BODY PERCUSSION

* REVIEW RHYTHM WITH

FLASHCARDS AND 

RHYTHM STICKS

* LEARN ABOUT BUCKET DRUMS

* REVIEW THE 

STAR SPANGLED BANNER SONG

FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY NEXT MONTH

Today I will be introducing a 

MOTOWN song called 

"ABC" 

by the Jackson 5

This picture shows 

Michael Jackson in the middle,

and his 4 brothers.

They were called the "Jackson 5"

because their last name was Jackson

and there was 5 of them. LOL

Now this is your cue to...

What is MOTOWN?

Motown is a Record Corporation,

where they produced records from accomplished singers, 

like the Jackson 5.

MOTOWN music started in April of 1960. 

They had 79 records made that were in the top ten

between 1960 and 1969.

Now, Back to the Jackson 5 and,

their "ABC" song from the Book of Love.

Here they are singing the song, when they were younger.

Now here is the Jackson 5 a little older

doing a "ABC" Television clip

from off of the "Carol Burnett Show"

You can watch the full episode at home later, 

if you want.

Now it's time to watch a fun

MODERN "ABC" song

in another school setting.

Try to sing along and have fun.

I'll have to do a video of me teaching you

how to do some fun clapping rhythm

to this video sometime soon. 

OKAY,

Let us see if you can try to sign ,with your hands

using American Sign Language

to some of the lyrics from the "ABC" song:

Let's start with A,B, and C

Good Job!

Now let's do the numbers 1,2,3

That was great!

Do you remember the "DO, RE, MI" song

 from the Sound of Music,

where Julie Andrews taught the kids how to learn to sing?

Now let's practice DO, RE, and MI

to sing with the A,B,C song

Okay, time to put them together in the song.

Oh, Wait, I forgot the part of the song that says

"Like "I" before "E", except after "C"

and 2 + 2 is 4"

Here are those hand signs:

LIKE

BEFORE

EXCEPT AFTER

AND 

PLUS

IS

ALRIGHT, NOW IT'S TIME

TO PUT IT TOGETHER IN THE SONG

Here are the lyrics to practice

with my tip to not sing the word "Girl" 

to make the song apply for everyone to sing. 

YOU

WENT TO SCHOOL TO LEARN

THINGS YOU NEVER NEVER KNEW BEFORE

LIKE

BEFORE

EXCEPT AFTER

AND 

PLUS

IS

NOW, NOW, NOW

I'M A GONNA TEACH YOU

ALL ABOUT LOVE

SIT YOURSELF DOWN

AND TAKE A SEAT

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS REPEAT AFTER ME

IS EASY AS

ARE SIMPLE AS

YOU 

AND 

ME

GOOD JOB

The next part of this lesson is geared 

for the 3rd Graders,

HOWEVER, I'm going to be nice and

let K through 5 do this lesson

at the beginning of every school year.

THIS IS WHERE WE WILL NOW GO TO THE

"MOTOWN" cartoon series 

located on "NETFLIX",

After you watch the video

showing the boy who is really singing

the "ABC" song for the theme song

to the MOTOWN cartoon song

on "NETFLIX". 

LOL. (That was a mouthful of words, right there.)

Here you can have fun watching the "ABC" theme song 

to the MOTOWN series.

Don't forget to...

Try to practice your hand signs I just taught you.

Now you can go watch the very first episode

to the MOTOWN cartoon series on Netflix.

Just type, "MOTOWN", when you get there.

JURASSIC/DINASAUR

 

WEEK 1 

LESSON 1

TODAY WE WILL BE 

LEARNING ABOUT

4 INSTRUMENT FAMILIES

(3 minute video)

NEXT WE WILL WATCH 

A VIDEO BY DISNEY 

TEACHING US THE

WOODWIND FAMILY (19 MINUTE VIDEO)

(AT END OF VIDEO I DID THE MISS MARY MACK CLAPPING ACTIVITY, AFTER READING THE BOOK)

WEEK 1 

LESSON 2 

(go ahead and teach this to grade 2-5)

SINCE WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT

THE WOODWIND INSTRUMENT

I BROUGHT MY FLUTE

TO SHOW YOU

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

HERE IS A VIDEO I DID OF ME

PLAYING THE FLUTE 

TO THE PINK PANTHER

WE ARE NOW 

GOING TO WATCH 

PETER AND THE WOLF

BEFORE WE DO,

LET US REVIEW THE INSTRUMENTS

IN THE STORY 

WHAT IS THE NAME OF

THIS INSTRUMENT?

WHAT FAMILY DOES IT BELONG TO?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF

THIS INSTRUMENT?

WHAT FAMILY DOES IT BELONG TO?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF

THIS INSTRUMENT?

WHAT FAMILY DOES IT BELONG TO?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF

THIS INSTRUMENT?

WHAT FAMILY DOES IT BELONG TO?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF

THIS INSTRUMENT?

WHAT FAMILY DOES IT BELONG TO?

WHAT FAMILY DO THESE 

INSTRUMENTS BELONG TO?

PRESENTING...

PETER AND THE WOLF (15 MINUTE VIDEO)

With the time left in class

let's practice clapping to 

MISS MARY MACK

DOUBLE DOUBLE

AND

TIC TAC TOE

WEEK 2

LESSON 1  

(Go ahead and teach this to grade 2-5)

IN OUR LESSON LAST WEEK

WE LEARNED ABOUT THE

WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

(3 MINUTE VIDEO)

Soooo,

WHAT INSTRUMENT IS THIS?

(Here is where I demonstrate my flute,

and play My Favorite Things, and Do Re Me.)

Now let's listen to me play

ZIP A DEE DOO DAH

WHILE YOU SINGALONG

WHEN WE ARE HAVING A 

WONDERFUL DAY,

WE SHOULD BE FEELING

WHAT EMOTION?

WE SHOULD.....

OKAY,

ANOTHER WAY TO BE HAPPY 

IS TO HAVE HAPPY DREAMS

OF HOW WE CAN DREAM 

ABOUT THINGS THAT 

MAKE US HAPPY

AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY

CLICK HERE TO GO TO

THE DREAMS MUSIC LESSON

WEEK 2

LESSON 2

IN THE LAST LESSON

WE LEARNED ABOUT

HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY

WHILE WE SANG ALONG TO

ZIP A DEE DOO DAH

AND WHILE I PLAYED THE FLUTE

WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY

DOES THE FLUTE BELONG TO?

WE ALSO LEARNED TO  HAVE A

MILLION DREAMS OF

THINGS THAT MAKE US HAPPY

AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY

GO AHEAD AND SING ALONG TO

A MILLION DREAMS,

WHILE MY DAUGHTER

SARAH LOUISE MOORE

SINGS AND PLAYS THE

UKULELE

THE SONG "A MILLION DREAMS"

CAME FROM THE MOVIE

"THE GREATES SHOWMAN"

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE

LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE

PERCUSSION FAMILY INSTRUMENTS

BUT FIRST, BEFORE WE DO...

WE ARE GOING TO

PRACTICE SOME BODY PERCUSSION

BY PLAYING SOME RHYTHM

WITH OUR BODIES

INSTEAD OF USING REAL

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS.

THE SONG WE WILL BE PRACTICING 

CAME FROM THE MOVIE

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.

WHERE "A MILLION DREAMS" CAME FROM

TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE...

PERCUSSION FAMILY

(8 MINUTE VIDEO)

JUST FOR FUN,

LET'S DO SOME MORE

BODY PERCUSSION

WE ARE NOW GOING TO PRACTICE

PLAYING THE PERCUSSION

TO THE SONG BY THE TROLLS,

I CAN'T STOP THAT FEELING

ALOT OF PEOPLE,

WHEN THEY HEAR PERCUSSION,

THINK OF THE DRUMS

Just for fun, let us now watch

a video of a DRUM competition

with girls against the boys

playing snare DRUMs and bass(base) DRUMs.

(I normally do not show the whole video of the competition in class, due to time. However, I do like to skim through the video, as I watch the reactions of the students. If they really want to see it all, they will let you know.)

For those of you who do not have a snare DRUM

we can use buckets for a DRUM.

The next video is of some young men playing on some

bucket DRUMS. 

Yes, a bucket DRUM is just using a

bucket like a DRUM.

In order to be able to play the drums, 

we need to practice.

Let us now practice on our laps, 
if a bucket is not available,

To the "We Will Rock You" song

Now let us see if you can practice the rhythm

of hitting the beat on a DRUM, bucket, or lap.

But, before we practice the rhythm,

can you tell me what RHYTHM means?

RHYTHM means:

a strong repeated pattern of sound

or movement.

Just like the sound of playing drums.

Okay, now let us practice RHYTHM

playing some different kinds of RHYTHM.

You can pause the video, after each rhythm is introduced,
 and practice it slow,

Now, let us have fun learning how to play the snare drum.

Below is a video on
how to play the snare DRUM

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I threw in this next video to remind me to do a 

drum circle call and response in class, according to grade level.

WEEK 3

LESSON 1

BECAUSE WE ARE IN JANUARY,

AND IT GETS REALLY COLD

SOMETIMES WE HAVE SNOW

SO, JUST FOR FUN....

LET'S DO A FUN LESSON 

ABOUT SNOW

CLICK HERE

(REVIEW PERCUSSION FAMILY BEFORE LEARNING ABOUT THE BRASS FAMILY)

(4 MINUTE VIDEO)

BRASS FAMILY (18 MINUTE VIDEO)

WEEK 3 

LESSON 2

LET'S START OFF TODAY'S LESSON

BY WATCHING A VIDEO 

ABOUT "TUBBY THE TUBA"

IN THE STORY YOU WILL SEE

A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS

AND NOT JUST THE TUBA.

SO, WHAT FAMILY DOES THE

TUBA BELONG TO? (9 MINUTE VIDEO)

WEEK 4 

LESSON 1

(REVIEW BRASS FAMILY BEFORE LEARNING ABOUT THE STRING FAMILY)

(3 MINUTE VIDEO)

STRING FAMILY (4 MINUTE VIDEO)

(14 MINUTE VIDEO on the STRING FAMILY)

WEEK 4 LESSON 2

CLASSICAL STORYTIME:

KINDERLUTE

A STORY ABOUT SOME 

STRING INSTRUMENTS

(9 MINUTE VIDEO)

SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

STRING INSTRUMENTS

HERE IS A STORY ABOUT

PABLO THE CELLO

SOUNDS LIKE CHELLO

BUT IS SPELLED CELLO (9 minutes)

JUST FOR FUN, (if there is time)

LET'S WATCH...

THE PINK PANTHER WITH SOME 

STRING INSTRUMENTS (6 MINUTE VIDEO)

(THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS GEARED FOR 4TH GRADE AND UP)

HOW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

ARE CLASSIFIED

IN OTHER WORDS,

HOW TO TELL WHICH FAMILY

THE INSTRUMENTS BELONG TO

NOW,

WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE

TREBLE CLEF

AND THE

BASS CLEF

FIRST, WE WILL SING...

I KNEW YOU WERE TREBLE

(3:40 minute video)

NOW WE WILL SING THE

BASS CLEF SONG

IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BASS

NO TREBLE

IT'S BEEN AWHILE

BUT HERE IT IS

THE HARRY POTTER DANCE

SINCE YOU LIKED THE 

HARRY POTTER DANCE

AT A SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

I AM PRETTY SURE YOU WILL LIKE

THE FOLLOWING MARVEL DANCE

GUESS WHAT?

I FOUND ANOTHER 

DANCE PERFORMANCE

AT A SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

TO THE PIXAR MOVIE 

TOY STORY