Music for the Great American Solar Eclipse

Here are some ideas for integrating the Solar Eclipse in your music room:

Grade 2 Lessons for This Week

Time for Music
Welcome
Connect: "Last time you came to music, we were learning about the William Tell Overture. Today, we will sing, move, and play instruments all about the sun, moon, and stars for the upcoming Eclipse. Let's Begin!!"
Procedure Review - Quiet Cheetah and Responsible (Just Do It, Okay, Yes)
Aiken Drum - Music K-8 Version
Sally Go Round The Sun

Phrases - Draw pictures on the board to represent each phrase. Teach each phrase by copy. Sing and face different directions or keep the beat differently for each phrase - Student generated movements.
Circle -

Sing and walk in a circle, jumping on the word boom.
Sing and walk with hands touching.
Add an interlude of humming the song only. Sing, hum, Sing.
Sing, sing in head, sing.
Science connection - discuss the sun, earth, and moon and how they orbit or revolve around each other. Discuss the Great American Eclipse. Invite students to hold the "Sun", the "Moon" and the "Earth". Sing the song again.
Allow students to choose other students to hold the manipulatives.
Sing the song and invite students to be constellations.
Try as a canon.

If time allows, echo sing and review phrases.
Sing the song and pass a wand around the room allowing each student to say a wish they have. Remind students that being respectful means listening quietly.
Xylophones -

Mrs. Lovenduski's - Elementary Music Classroom