| Hello My Friends | Review the song and the coda |
I led the students while singing the song already, and most of the students were singing by the end of the English section. The students were all in the room by the time I moved to French, and eventually I had them sing through the Chinese version. I then quickly asked the students what "coda" and the previously established coda sign meant, and a few students were able to remember. We then sang the Chinese lines once more, ending with the coda that had us move back up the language chain up to English. | |
| Well Enough Said… About That | Review the call and answer, practice a few times |
About a 3rd of the class remembered how to respond to Well Enough Said, but I still reviewed the call-and-answer, including varying the pitch, speed, and volume of the call. Just like the students of first class, these students found the variations to be a fun game. | |
| Guitar Introduction | Talk about the guitar, and compare it to the ukulele |
Unlike the first class, I talked a bit about the guitar first before singing a song with the guitar. We spent some time comparing the guitar to the ukulele, and we had a lively discussion about the larger and louder guitar. | |
| Hello World | Sing chorus w/ guitar |
After the guitar discussion ended, I immediately had the students echo me while I sang the lead half of the chorus to Hello World. We sang through the chorus twice, and the students kept up reasonably well. | |
| Do Re Mi | Review the notes up and down the scale, review song, add dynamics |
We reviewed the 8 notes of the octave (and I had to re-introduce the term "octave" to the students in the process), and then we sang the Do-Re-Mi song. During the second iteration, I didn't sing the regular words, but sang "Do" for 8 bars while the students sang the Do lyrics. I did the same for Re, Mi, and Fa. For Sol, I sang 4 bars of Sol and 4 bars of La, and I did something similar for La and Ti. After the 2nd iteration, I paused to teach the students the terms "forte" and "piano", and I referenced back to the volume changing "Well Enough Said" responses. I had written "F" and "P" on sheets of paper (which happened to be my lesson notes), and then I had the students sing Do-Re-Mi while I held up one of the signs. The students definitely had a good time with that. | |
| Rattlin' Can | Immerse students into the song, with the prop can |
This song is probably more fun than instruction, but the students do get a chance to sing what could be a pretty deep aggregation song. I used the same prop "rattling can" that I used last year, and we just dove right into the song. By the 3rd stanza ("in the bag there was a bottle"), I had nearly the entire class singing the chorus, and probably half of the students sort of figured out how to sing the stanzas so long as they knew what the next item was. By the time I got to bubbles, I stopped and asked the students what made up bubbles (their answer: air). I also later asked students what was in air (their answer: oxygen). We finished the song there. I did ask the students what was in oxygen, and none really could provide a good answer. I left that question to them as a "homework" assignment. :) | |
| Donut Song | Have students march in beat and respond at the end |
I wanted to see if the students remembered how the Donut Song ended again, but this time, I had the students do a step/clap pattern, where the first four steps were quarter, quarter, eighth, eighth, and followed by a clap for the last beat. I introduced the step/clap pattern one motion at a time, and the students found this to be like a game of Simon. I had the students do the pattern in the circle for a bit, and then, while leading the students back near the front of the class (as if they were lining up to leave), I started singing the song. Unfortunately, no one remembered what to do when I sang "thanks for the donut". Doh! Well, it was a good try. | |
Similar to the 1st class, I found myself needing to readjust my starting pitches, as I found myself going far too high, especially with the Donut Song. I have to plan out starting pitches a bit better in the future.
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