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Musical Muffins

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Title:

Musical Muffins

URL:

https://www.musicconstructed.com/sketch/musical-muffins/

Content Source:

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Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

This resource is a five-day plan to introduce and practice quarter rest. Day 1 prepares quarter rest through singing Eating Muffins. Students will practice quarter notes and eighth notes on Day 2. Day 3, they will decode the quarter rest. They will practice reading the quarter notes, quarter rest, and eighth notes on Days 4 and 5.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: K Music: General	1) Explore and experience music concepts. Example: Explore musical sources freely, using found sounds, electronic sounds, or sounds from voice or instruments found in classroom, remembering to use both sound and silence. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Creating Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Process Components: Imagine Essential Questions: EU: The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians' work emerge from a variety of sources. EQ: How do musicians generate creative ideas? Concepts & Vocabulary: Rhythm Steady beat Long/ Short One and two sounds per beat Silent beat Melody High and low Pitch set: So, Mi Musical alphabet Harmony Accompaniment/ no accompaniment Form Like and unlike phrases Echo Expression Speak, sing, shout, whisper Solo/ Group Unpitched percussion Flute, trumpet, violin, piano Loud/ Soft Fast/ Slow Other Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette Skill Examples: Performing Chant, move, play, and sing grade level skills. Echo simple rhythmic patterns. Echo a three-pitch melodic pattern using the correct syllables and hand signs. Creating Perform an improvised rhythmic pattern within a framework of four beats. Perform an improvised melodic pattern on a pitched percussion instrument set to the pentatonic scale within a framework of four beats. Improvise short songs and instrumental pieces using a variety of sound sources, including traditional or classroom sounds, body percussion, and sounds produced by electronic means. Explore musical sources freely using found sounds, electronic sounds, or sounds from voice or instruments found in classroom, remembering to use sound and silence. Reading/ Writing Create a visual representation of sound. Responding/ Evaluating Respond to a musical call or question with an age- appropriate musical answer. Evaluate peer performance to determine steady beat/no steady beat.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 1 Music: General	9) Read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Performing Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. Process Components: Analyze Essential Questions: EU: Analyzing creators' context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance. EQ: How does understanding the structure and context of musical works inform performance? Concepts & Vocabulary: Rhythm Quarter note, quarter rest, paired eighth notes Strong/ weak beat Steady beat/ rhythm Allegro/ adagio Melody Pitch set: Mi, So, La Steps/ skips/ repeated notes Melodic direction Modified staff Line notes and space notes Harmony/ texture Rhythmic ostinati Simple bordun Form AB, ABA Expression Legato, staccato Piano (p), forte (f) Classroom instrument classifications Clarinet, trombone, cello, drum Orchestral music: ballet Non-Western music celebrations Other Proper singing posture Age-appropriate pitch matching (C4 - C5)¹ Mallet/ drumming technique — hands together Skill Examples: Performing Sing or play music with attention to expressive elements such as dynamics and articulation Perform music from a variety of cultural traditions, focusing on holidays and special days. Creating Create new verses for familiar songs. Use manipulatives or movement to inform melodic contour. Reading/ Writing Write rhythmic phrases that include quarter notes and paired eighth notes using standard or iconic notation. Read rhythmic phrases containing quarter notes, quarter rests, and paired eighth notes using standard or iconic notation. Indicate melodic contour using manipulatives such as yarn, or by drawing lines that reflect the melodic contour. Identify expressive markings in printed music. Responding/ Evaluating Determine the appropriate dynamics and articulation for different types of music (ex. March = staccato, forte; lullaby = legato, piano).
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 2 Music: General	9) Read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using iconic or standard notation. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Performing Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. Process Components: Analyze Essential Questions: EU: Analyzing creators' context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance. EQ: How does understanding the structure and context of musical works inform performance? Concepts & Vocabulary: Rhythm Eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest Strong/ weak beat — 2/4; 3/4 meter Accelerando/ ritardando Melody Pitch Set: Do , Re, Mi, So, La Five-line staff Treble clef Names of lines/ spaces (treble staff) Harmony Melodic ostinati Partner songs Form AAB, AABA, Rondo Verse/ Refrain Expression Orchestral instrument families Piano (p), forte (f) Crescendo/ decrescendo Orchestral Music: programmatic Indigenous music: Native American American music: slave songs, colonial folk songs Other Age-appropriate pitch matching (B3-D5)¹ Mallet/ drumming technique: alternating hands Skill Examples: Performing Perform age-appropriate music with attention to expressive markings indicated in the printed music. Creating Perform an improvised interlude to a known song, matching expression and rhythmic/melodic themes. Reading/ Writing Identify expressive markings in printed music. Identify meter marking in printed music. Responding/ Evaluating Notate from dictation 8-beat rhythm patterns using standard notation. Perform short melodic patterns from standard or iconic notation.

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eighth note, quarter note, quarter rest, rhythm, rhythm reading

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Author:	Tiffani Stricklin
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Musical Muffins