Monday (Musicianship) Introductions Explain Class Structure Game: Poison (A call and response led by Ms. Olivia. Before the game starts, she sings the students one melody that is “poison”. When they hear this melody during the game, they are not to sing it back to the teacher.) Tuesday (Rhythm) Learn About Steady Beat Identify Items with a Steady Beat Listen to Different Pieces and Try to Keep the Beat; Keep the Beat with a clap, then a pat, stomp, jump, etc. Find an Item to Keep a Steady Beat with Wednesday (Singing Skills) Quick Warm Up Learn and Perform “Clap Your Hands” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Piano Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Mozart Listening Example: Rondo alla Turca

Monday (Musicianship) Define a “scale” Hear how this musical ladder works Singing a scale using syllables Learning hand signs for each note Singing the scale up and down Tuesday (Rhythm) Review the steady beat Define a quarter note Playing quarter notes with body percussion Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn and Perform “The Bluebird” Find the quarter notes in the song Find the full scale in the song Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Cello Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Saint-Saëns Listening Example: The Swan

Monday (Musicianship) Define a “triad” Learn a major triad Guess that note game Tuesday (Rhythm) Define an eighth note Bee Rhythms Wednesday (Singing Skills) Vocal Warm-Up Learn and Perform “The Bee’s Party” Identify the quarter note, eighth note, and major triad in the song Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Violin Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Rimsky-Korsakov Listening Example: Flight of the Bumblebee

Monday (Musicianship) Review a “Scale” and “Triad” Define “Arpeggio” Singing an Arpeggio Guess that Note Game Tuesday (Rhythm) Define “Time Signature” Define a “Measure” Identify Various Measures Express the Time Signature with Body Percussion Wednesday (Singing Skills) Vocal Warm-Up Learn and Perform “Ladybug” Identify the the arpeggio in the song Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Flute Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Donizetti Listening Example: Flute Sonata in C Major

Monday (Musicianship) Review the Major Scale, Triad, and Arpeggio Learning a Song Using Solfège Tuesday (Rhythm) Review Quarter Note, Eighth Note, and Time Signature Define “Staff” and “System” Learn the Rhythm to Our New Song Wednesday (Singing Skills) Vocal Warm-Up Learn and Perform “Hop Up and Jump Up” Combine the melody and rhythm from the previous two lessons Add Dance Moves Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Trumpet Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Wagner Listening Example: Dance of the Valkyries

Monday (Musicianship) Review the Major Scale Review the Staff Learning About the Treble Clef Tuesday (Rhythm) Add the Half Note Rhythm Example with the Half Note Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to Sing “Autumn Leaves” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Trombone Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Mussorgsky Listening Example: Night on Bald Mountain

Monday (Musicianship) Learn About Rounds Sing a Major Scale in a Round Tuesday (Rhythm) Review the Half Note Rhythm Example with the Half Note Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to Sing “Jack-o-Lantern” Explore the “Jack-o-Lantern” Round Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Timpani Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Holst Listening Example: Mars

Monday (Musicianship) Learn About the Pentatonic Scale Tuesday (Rhythm) Learn the Rhythm for Rocky Mountain Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to Sing “Rocky Mountain” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Bassoon Listening Example Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Edvard Grieg Listening Example: Hall of the Mountain King

Monday (Musicianship) Learn About the Minor Scale Tuesday (Rhythm) Review Week Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to Sing “The Train’s Off the Track” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Pipe Organ Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Johann Sebastian Bach Listening Example: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Monday (Musicianship) Learn About the Minor Triad Tuesday (Rhythm) Clap the Rhythm of the Whole Note Wednesday (Singing Skills) Sing “The Grumpy Organ” Thursday (Instruments) Instrument of the Week: Harp Friday (Composers) Composer of the Week: Claude Debussy

Monday (Musicianship) Review of major scales, minor scales, minor triads and major triads Tuesday (Rhythm) Review week Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to sing “My Little House” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Clarinet Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: George Gershwin Listening example: Rhapsody in Blue

Monday (Musicianship) Review of major scales, minor scales, minor triads and major triads. Learn a new ear training exercise. Tuesday (Rhythm) Level up your skills with a challenging new rhythm exercise. Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to Sing “Breezes Are Blowing” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Drums Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Blackfoot Tribe Listening example: “White Dog Song”

Monday (Musicianship) Review Try a new melody Tuesday (Rhythm) Introducing the dotted rhythm Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to sing “Ode to Joy” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Double Bass Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Ludwig Van Beethoven Listening example: 9th Symphony

Monday (Musicianship) Dynamics Tuesday (Rhythm) Dotted rhythms and dynamics Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to Sing “Dancing and Whirling” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: French Horn Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Antonin Dvorak

Monday (Musicianship) Tempo Tuesday (Rhythm) Review Wednesday (Singing Skills) Learn to Sing “Kalinka” Thursday (Instruments) Learn about the Instrument of the Week: Celesta Friday (Composers) Learn about the Composer of the Week: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky