Play Game (Place 4 - 6 beanbags on the floor (or instrument names / photos), students may move around the classroom while they listen. The teacher will pause the music and students must freeze at a beanbag. Teacher calls a color of beanbag and those students are out of the game. Continue.
Viola
Photo by "20130417-30 Jazz Strings 2013" by Meredith Bell via flickr
Photo "guitar practice" by woodleywonderworks via flickr
More Amazing String Videos!
Lindsey Stirling
String Family Books - While students did the following items, they listened to/watched the videos above. Students who were really on track were selected by the teacher to pick the next video.
Students cut out pages
Arrange pages in this order:
My String Family
Violin
Viola
Cello
String Bass
Guitar
Banjo
Harp
Raise hand. Teacher will staple pages.
Paper scraps to recycling bin. Scissors to scissor box.
Select 1 crayon. Write your name on the cover page.
As a class, turn through the pages of their book. Color the appropriate instrument on the Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass pages.
Tic Tac Toe - Divide class into 2 teams. The teacher will ask questions about string instruments or will ask students to name the string instruments. Students answering correctly will earn a tic tac toe marker on the board.
String Family Lesson Plan - Day 2 - I can label string instruments.
Students retrieved a clipboard as they entered the music room and sat in their floor circle.
Good Morning Greetings
String Families
Review
Label and Color String Instruments - a student assistant gave each student a pencil and a worksheet. When students had completed their worksheet, they raised their hand. If they had labeled the instruments correctly, they turned in their pencil and moved to a riser spot where crayon boxes had been placed. Students colored while the other students continued to label.
For quite some time now, I have enjoyed using Ode To Joy as a teaching piece for students learning high C and high D on recorder. However, the original dotted quarter to eighth note rhythms have always been a challenge. The link below offers a modified rhythm that will be more easy for students to perform. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzshsl6W45K9N1RKOWs1Smx2c1U/edit?usp=sharing
Practice Steady Beat and support learning the alphabet with these Alphabet Movement Cards. When using this activity, I usually display the PDF on the projector for students to follow along. Click here to download!
