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10 Movement Lesson Ideas

This document provides music lesson plan ideas for different grade levels. It includes 10 lesson plans that focus on movement, listening, singing, instruments, or games. For each lesson plan, it lists the grade level, title, description, curriculum and literacy connections, and relevant music standards. The lessons generally aim to teach musical concepts like beat, rhythm, and melody through engaging activities like dancing, playing instruments, and movement games.

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10 Movement Lesson Ideas

This document provides music lesson plan ideas for different grade levels. It includes 10 lesson plans that focus on movement, listening, singing, instruments, or games. For each lesson plan, it lists the grade level, title, description, curriculum and literacy connections, and relevant music standards. The lessons generally aim to teach musical concepts like beat, rhythm, and melody through engaging activities like dancing, playing instruments, and movement games.

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Music Lesson Plan Ideas

Grade Level: K/1

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing Game

Title: Walk and Stop


Source: http://beccasmusicroom.com/movement-activities-k-1/

Description:
Students walk and stop along to the lyrics of the song. Then, add other actions such as
spinning and dancing. Let the kids choose ones to do.

Curriculum Connection: Beat and movement.


Literacy Connection: Any song can be used or the resource has a song
included.
Music Standards utilized: K.MU:Cr1, with guidance to explore and
experience music concepts such as beat and melodic contour.

Grade Level: 2/3

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing Game

Title: Mama Lama


Source: https://beccasmusicroom.com/movement-activities-2-3-grade/

Description: Students stand in a circle tapping their legs, then each others hands
keeping the beat. The, the b section, a student picks a movement and others follow along.
Curriculum Connection: Following the beat, listening.
Literacy Connection: Mama Lama, Ama Lama
Music Standards utilized: 2.MU:Cr1, improvise rhythmic and melodic
patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.

Grade Level: 4/5

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing Game

Title: Stick Figure Movement


Source: http://beccasmusicroom.com/movement-activities-4-5/

Description: Hold up posters of stick figures doing different movements, and the
students will copy the movements. Switch every few beats, the patterns, and add music.

Curriculum Connection: Getting creative with how they interpret the image.
Learning the beat, rhythm.
Literacy Connection: Any music can be used.
Music Standards utilized: 4.MU:Cr1, Generate musical ideas within related
tonalities.

Grade Level: K/1

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing

Game Title: 1,2 Buckle My Shoe

Source: http://beccasmusicroom.com/movement-activities-k-1/

Description: Everyone holds up the number of fingers to match the number


and then act out each action that is said in the song. To match with the beat,
students can clap their hands to the sound of the music.
Curriculum Connection: When talking about beats vs. rhythm, math and
counting.
Literacy Connection: Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin, Jr. and Michael
Sampson Music Standards utilized: K.MU:Cr1 with guidance, explore and
experience music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour).

Grade Level: 2/3

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing

Game Title: Swan Lake Movement

Source: https://beccasmusicroom.com/movement-activities-2-3-grade/

Description: This focuses on ballet. This form is ABAC coda. For A,


students will do “swan arms. B, students will wave their hands back and
forth, starting from the floor and move up. C is when they play the
instruments they hear. Coda is when they pretend to be the conductor.

Curriculum Connection: This can be a good lesson when teaching students


about ballet and music.
Literacy Connection: Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky illustrated by
Lisbeth Zwerger Music Standards utilized: 2.MUCr1

Grade Level: 4-5

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing


Game Title: Rhythm Stomp

Source: http://beccasmusicroom.com/movement-activities-4-5/

Description: You assign a body percussion movement for each rhythm. For
example, you can stomp on quarter notes, slide on half notes, clap on eighth
notes, and snap on sixteenth notes. You can use any folk song or rhythm
cards

Curriculum Connection: Reading music, music notes Literacy Connection: I


Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison Music Standards utilized:
4.MU:Cr1
Grade Level: K/1

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing


Game Title: 5 Little Monkeys Chant, Sing, Repeat

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1cyFOW--
Tw&ab_channel=TheLearningStation-KidsSongsandNurseryRhymes

Description:
- Class read aloud book, “5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” by Eileen
Christelow - Teach the class “Five Little Monkeys” song with movements
- Teacher will chant song and demonstrate movements…students will
repeat, chant, and mimic Curriculum Connection: Language Arts and Math
(counting) Literacy Connection: Book
– 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow Music
Standards utilized: K.MU:Cr1.b

Curriculum Connection: Language Arts and Math (counting)


Literacy Connection: Book – 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by
Eileen Christelow Music
Standards utilized: K.MU:Cr1.b

Grade Level: 2/3

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing

Game Title: Square Dance Demonstration

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUr0FAGUxuA&ab_channel=Mrs.Carly
Glanzman

Description:
- Whole group reading-passage about the history of square dancing
- Show short clips of square dancing steps (youtube video)
- Teacher will demonstrate steps, students will mimic steps
- Practice dance

Curriculum Connection: Language Arts – History of Square Dancing


Literacy Connection: read a passage about square dancing Music Standards
utilized: 3.MU:Cr1.a

Grade Level: 4/5

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement Listening Instrument Singing

Game Title: Cup Song Demonstration

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg2sVQ37pTw&ab_channel=BeatCentr
al

Description:
- Teacher will play clip of “cup song” from movie, “Pitch Perfect”
- Discuss vocabulary
– rhythm, beat, timing
- Break song into parts to teach/demo each part
- Teacher/student demo and repeat

Curriculum Connection: Classroom music-rhythm and beat


Literacy Connection: Movie clip on Youtube Music Standards utilized:
4:MU:Cr1.a

Grade Level: 4/5

Type of Lesson (choose one): Movement

Title: Rhythm Cake Walk


Source:
https://www.thedomesticmusician.com/4-fun-elementary-music-games/

Description:
lay down pieces of construction paper. Play a rhythm on a hand drum for
your students. While they’re walking in a circle, they will walk to the
rhythm you’re playing. If they don’t land on a piece of paper or stay still
during the beat, they are out. Winner gets a cake.

Curriculum Connection: Counting how many place mats are needed, math
wise. Learning about beat and rhythm.
Literacy Connection: “Cake Walk” by: Candy Grant Helmso
Music Standards utilized:4.MU:Pr4.2

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