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The second grade music lesson focuses on introducing students to the note "re" through the song "Au Clair de la Lune". Students will identify the mystery note of "re" in the song and demonstrate understanding by using the correct hand sign. They will also learn about high and low string instruments through videos and a Venn diagram activity to differentiate their physical and auditory characteristics. The goal is for students to gain knowledge about string instruments.

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2nd April 9

The second grade music lesson focuses on introducing students to the note "re" through the song "Au Clair de la Lune". Students will identify the mystery note of "re" in the song and demonstrate understanding by using the correct hand sign. They will also learn about high and low string instruments through videos and a Venn diagram activity to differentiate their physical and auditory characteristics. The goal is for students to gain knowledge about string instruments.

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2nd Grade—PRESENT RE

April Lesson #9
OBJECTIVES: Students will…
 Aurally identify the mystery note (re) of a new song with two errors or less.
 Demonstrate their understanding of “re” by using the hand sign in the context of a song,
with two errors or less.
 Compose and answer a question about string instruments.
 Differentiate between the physical aspects of high- and low-pitched string instruments
using a Venn diagram.
 Differentiate between the aural aspects of high- and low-pitched string instruments
with two mistakes or less.
MATERIALS: Au Clair de la Lune packet, three Orff instruments, Solfa Street, 60 copies of
Instruments of the Orchestra chart, The Composer is Dead, Venn diagram on board
SEQUENCE:
1. Au Clair de la Lune
a. AURAL: Sing 2x in English, ask review questions (Pierrot? What’s he doing?)
b. VISUAL: Trace contour—PUT pg. 16 ON BOARD
c. Identify mystery note
d. KINESTHETIC: Orff instruments (three)
2. Frosty Weather
a. Game
b. Present on Solfa Street—STAY ON TILE
c. Present hand sign (secret sign for the la family)
3. The Composer is Dead
a. String section reading
i. Ss write one question they have about string instruments
4. Violin/viola activity
a. Present as “high strings”
b. Demo video
5. Cello/bass activity
a. Present as “low strings”
b. Demo video
6. Differentiation activity
a. Smaller things make higher sounds (vibrations)—learned in science
b. Venn diagram
i. Give characteristics, have Ss come up and point to which side of the Venn
diagram they belong on (small vs. big, high vs. low,
c. Venn diagram race
i. Ask questions about characteristics, have Ss move to the side of the room
that corresponds with the correct instrument (right side = high strings,
left = low strings)—PLAY VIDEO EXAMPLES
d. Have Ss write one thing they learned about string instruments
e. Answer unanswered questions if time

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