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Grade 2 Lesson 1 - March Week 3

Concepts: create new verses, create rhythm patterns, m sl, move to music, verse-chorus

Teaching Objectives: • The students will sing and move to music.• The students will move to the beat.

I Can Statements:• I can sing and move to music.• I can read mi so la (m sl).• I can read, create, and perform rhythm patterns.

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Song Used: #69 A Pizza Hut.

Watch the Kids Demo video first!

Activity #2: Learn the actions!

Song Used: #66 It’s Raining

Now - sing along with the lyrics video and try to remember the actions.

Activity #3: Sing along and do the actions!

Teaching Procedure

Read the lyrics.

Think about what the song means.What is the song about?Is it a funny song or a serious song?How do the words make you feel?Did you learn a new word in this song?What is your favourite part of the lyrics?

Activity #1: Read the Lyrics

Song Used: #70 Ain’t Gonna Rain No More

A chorus is the part of a song that repeats after each verse. The words vary in each verse, but the words in the chorus are always the same. “Ain’t Gonna Rain No More” is an example of a verse-chorus form! Play the song again but this time, make a C with your hands when it’s the chorus section and make a V with your hands when it’s a verse!

Remember that a chorus repeats after each verse! Pay attention to the parts

of the song that repeat!

Activity #6: Verse-Chorus Form

Song Used: #70 Ain’t Gonna Rain No More

Listen to this silly song! After you’ve listened, play it again and sing along.

Activity #5: Sing along!

Read the lyrics.


Activity #4: Read The Lyrics

Activity #7: Create a new verse!Song Used: #70 Ain’t Gonna Rain No More

Great job! Now this time let’s create a new verse! Read through the other verses and try to make up something even sillier! After you’ve writ-ten a silly verse, play the accompaniment track and sing the chorus and your new verse!

Chorus:Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,It ain’t gonna rain no more.So how the heck you gonna wash your neckif it ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 1:Oh, a peanut sat on the railroad track,Its heart was all a flutter.Along came the 4:09.Oops! Peanut butter!


Verse 2:Well, the monkey swings by the end of his tail,And jumps from tree to tree.There may be monkey in some of you guys,But there ain’t no monkey in me!


Song Used: #71 Rain On The Green GrassSong #71 Rain on the Green Grass has 4 kinds of videos. Let’s play the Highlights video first!

The first time you hear the song, the words are sung and you can watch how they go higher and lower on the staff.

The second time you hear the song, it will be sung in solfege. Solfege is a way of naming notes that sing-ers use: do re mi fa so la ti do. This song uses the notes do re mi so and la..

Activity #9: Practice singing the lyrics and the solfege!

Song Used: #71 Rain On The Green GrassAfter you’ve heard the solfa notes for the song, go to the Interactive Activities. Choose Interactive Solfa. Click on a letter to name the note. The first note is s for so. If you make a mistake, you lose a star. If you lose all your stars, start over!

Assessment Suggestion: When you complete the activity, send a screenshot or picture of the completed activity to your teacher!

Activity #10: Solfa Challenge!

Activity #8: Read The LyricsRead the lyrics.


Song Used: #71 Rain On The Green Grass

In the Interactive Activities, you can also choose Interactive Rhythm. Do the follow-ing activities:1. Point to the Beat3. Clap the Words6. Is it one sound or two?7. Is it one sound or two?

Activity #11: Point to the Beat!

Song Used: #71 Rain On The Green GrassNow let’s try some composing! Choose the composition template that suits you:#8 compose with word rhythms#9 compose with notes

Create your rhythm and decide how to play it! Use wooden spoons as rhythm sticks or tap on a glass for different sounds!

When you’re happy with your rhythm pattern, sing the song Rain on the Green Grass again, then play your rhythm as a B section, and fin-ish by singing the song again! The form will be:Theme: Rain on the Green GrassB section: Your rhythm compositionTheme: Rain on the Green Grass

Activity #12: Composing a B section

Song Used: #71 Rain On The Green Grass

There’s an even better composition tool on the left menu.

Select Rhythm Composition, Interactive Rhythm Composition. You can choose your level, your instrument and it will playback for you!

Transfer the rhythm that you made in the previous interactive activity into this activity and listen to it!

Activity #13: Compose a Rhythm!

Activity #14: Read The LyricsRead the lyrics.


Song Used: #68 St. Patrick’s Day Jig

Do you like St. Patrick’s Day? Get up and let’s dance and sing like leprechauns!

Activity #15: Extras: St. Patrick’s Day


Check out the kids demo and copy the students! There are some pretty neat jig patterns in it - try it out!


• Your teacher will tell you what is needed for assessment.• In this lesson you might be asked to:• send your teacher the picture of what Presto from “Summer” by Vivaldi

makes you think of• send your teacher a video of you singing “It’s Raining”

Assessment Suggestions:


If you want even more St. Patrick’s activities, head over to the St. Patrick’s Day Unit! Inside the unit do these activi-ties:

1. Fun Facts: watch a fun facts video2/3. Learn a silly poem!4. Compose a melody for a poem8. Irish Jig: create fun movements to an Irish jig10. Leprechaun Hunt: clap the rhythms that lead to the gold!


Teacher’s Notes:

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