MUS 3530: Music and Lesson Plan, Grade K Meagan Ricks

MUS 3530: Music and Lesson Plan, Grade K Meagan Ricks

Lesson / Musical Selection(s) / Incorporation Ideas / Integration Ideas
Lesson #1:
Concept Taught:
Students will learn what a habitat is. They will choose and draw their favorite habitats and identify what type of habitat certain animals live in.
Objective:
Understand what a habitat is and identify certain animals’ habitats.
Standards:
Music:
GLE 1.1 Develop skill in singing simple songs.
GLE 2.1 Develop skill in reproducing steady beat.
GLE 3.3 Improvise creative movements to accompany song, poems, stories, and listening examples.
Science:
√ 0007.5.3 Match pictures of animal and plant characteristics needed for survival to appropriate environments.
Materials:
Book - Animal Habitats!
Song - “A Habitat” by Barbara Speicher
Paper, pencils, crayons, index cards, markers, tape.
Extra Activity:
“Where do I live?” activity. / “A Habitat” by Barbara Speicher / The song will be used to introduce habitats to the class. Because it goes over the general concept of habitats and names a few types of habitats, it will be a good opener to the unit.
The song uses a lot of repetition so it will be easy for the students to learn. / Students will listen to the clip of the song.
Students will use boomwhackers to follow along with the teacher to get the beat and rhythm of the song.
The teacher will sing the whole song for the students a few times and then have students echo each verse before having them sing along.
Once the song is mastered, students can act out an animal which they believe belongs to each habitat when it is mentioned in the song.

Katie Mattie

MUS 3530: Music and Lesson Plan, Grade K

Lesson / Musical
Selection(s) / Incorporation
Ideas / Integration Ideas
Lesson#1:
Concept Taught:
Students will learn about polar bears and their habitat, the tundra. The students will then use their arctic animal print-outs to create their own arctic habitat book.
Objective:
Learn to recognize the different animals that live in the arctic.
Standards:
Music
GLE 1.1
GLE 3.3
GLE 6.1
Science:
0007.5.1
√0007.5.2
√0007.5.3
Materials:
Book- Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Song-“Polar Bears”
Printables of the Arctic Animals; crayons or markers; a stapler or hole puncher; string or other fastener
Extra Activity:
Arctic Habitat Book.
Students will use arctic animal print-outs to create their own arctic habitat book. / “Polar Bear”- sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle. / The song will be used to introduce the students to one of the animals that live in the arctic. The song will also be used to describe why this bear is so different from the bears that we know about in Tennessee.
This song will be easy for the students to learn because it only has two verses for them to sing and it is basic. This song is also a good opener because most of the students know Yankee Doodle before school. / Students will learn the song Yankee Doodle.
Students will sing along with the teacher after learning Yankee Doodle.
The teacher will sing each line of the song Polar Bear three times and have the students echo her after the third time.
The teacher will have the students sing the song with her after they have mastered it.
The students will use their animal print-outs to make their own arctic habitat book.

MUS 3530: Music and Lesson Plan, Grade K Ramona Atkins

Lesson / Musical selection (s) / Incorporation ideas / Integration ideas
Lesson #2
Concept taught: Students will learn about animals’ habitat in the grasslands. We will talk about kangaroos, lions, zebras, giraffes, and other animals that live in the grasslands. This book also identifies the babies’ names.
Objective:
Identify animals that live in the grasslands.
Standards:
Music:
GLE 1.1
GLE 3.3
GLE 6.1
Science:
0007.5.1
√0007.5.2
√0007.5.3
Materials:
Book—animal babies in grasslands
Chart—song lyrics to Who Lives in the Grasslands
Music—CD that goes with the basal text reading series of Kindergarten
Animal cutouts to make picture of the grassland
Extra Activity: Students will use cutouts to make a picture of the grasslands. Snack for the day will be animal crackers. Students must identify at least one animal they would find in the grasslands. / Who Lives in the Grasslands played and sung to the tune of Muffin Man. / This musical selection incorporates a variety of animals that live in the grasslands. The music has a melodic rhythm and repetition to help students remember the beat and the words that explain the habitat of the grasslands. / Music makes us feel movement. Have students improvise the movements of the animals as they sing.
Songs are easier to remember when they follow a pattern or the lines to the songs repeat themselves.
Have students clap hands once to each measure to feel the beat and pace (tempo) of the music. Guide students in this activity until they can feel the rhythm.

MUS 3530: Music and Lesson Plan, Grade K Gretchen Elliott

Lesson / Musical selection (s) / Incorporation ideas / Integration ideas
Lesson #3
Concept taught: Students will learn about different animal habitats. We will talk about forest, oceans, rivers, and the different animals that live in these habitats.
Objective:
Identify animals that live in the forest, ocean, and rivers.
Standards:
Music:
GLE 1.1
GLE 3.3
GLE 6.1
Science:
0007.5.1
√0007.5.2
√0007.5.3
Materials:
Book— The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book About Habitats
Music—Download found online at http://www.songsforteaching.com/jeffschroeder/habitat.htm
Animal cutouts to make picture of the three different habitats.
Extra Activity: Students will use cutouts to make a picture of the forest, ocean, or river. / Habitat-by Bill Oliver
Does not play to the tune of any other song. It is a very simple song to sing for students to pick up the tune easily. / This musical selection incorporates a variety of animals that live in the forest, oceans, and rivers. The music has a tone that is easy for the students to remember the beat and the words in the three habitats discussed. / Students love to move and dance when singing. I will have the students act like the different animals in each of the three habitats as we go through the song.
The song will be easy for children to remember because it repeats itself throughout the song.
Have students use rhythm sticks to tap to the beat and pace of the music. Guide students in this activity until they can feel the rhythm.