This article explores the use of transitions in music lessons. A transition creates a lesson that is streamlined and flows from one activity to the next. It explains four types of transitions - thematic verbal transitions, directive verbal transitions, non-verbal transitions, and literacy transitions. Students will perform songs and transitions during the lesson.
Students will define "respect" and explore the life of Aretha Franklin. They will learn a rhythm stick routine to Respect sung by Franklin. They will perform the routine while listening to a read-aloud of the book Respect.
Students will pat the steady beat while listening to One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bernstrom. They will play an egg shaker when given an aural cue.
Students will listen to the book What Do You Do With An Idea? by Kobi Yamada. They will sing a song and keep the steady beat with egg shakers. They will act out the story as it is read.
Students will orally echo rhythm patterns in the book Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney. They will echo the patterns playing rhythm sticks.
Students will listen to The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and recall the number of food items eaten each day. Students will play unpitched percussion instruments for each food item while re-reading the book.
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