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Snail, Snail Melodic Reading

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Author: Tiffani Stricklin
System:Jefferson County
School:McAdory Elementary School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 1765
Title:
Snail, Snail Melodic Reading
Digital Tool/Resource:
Snail Snail {Ta TiTi} {La} Teachers Pay Teachers
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

Students will read iconic and traditional notation for So, Mi, and La melodies. Students will transfer iconic notation into traditional notation on a modified music staff.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
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.
Learning Objectives:

Students will:

1.  read iconic melodic patterns using So, Mi, and La.

2.  read traditional notation melodic patterns using So, Mi, and La.

3.  perform melodic patterns while reading from a modified staff
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:

1.  Echo sing melodic patterns using So, Mi, and La Curwen hand signs.

2.  Review iconic melodic patterns using So, Mi, and La.

3.  Echo sing "Snail, Snail" from PowerPoint.

4.  Start with the "Melody" section of the PowerPoint.

5.  Point to each snail as the class sings the song.

6.  Identify which note is low - Mi, middle - So, and high - La.

7.  Sing "Snail, Snail" on solfege syllables - Mi, So, and La using Curwen hand signs.

8.  Transfer iconic notation to the staff.

9.  Identify each melodic note on the correct line or space.

10.  Sing the words while pointing to the notes on the staff.

11.  Sing the solfege syllables and use hand signs while pointing to the notes on the staff.

12.  Change the iconic notation to traditional notation.

13.  Sing the solfege syllables and use hand signs while following along with traditional notation.

14.  Sing the lyrics of "Snail, Snail".
Assessment Strategies:

The teacher will use informal observation to listen for pitch accuracy while singing So, Mi, and La.
Advanced Preparation:

1.  Download PowerPoint https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snail-Snail-Ta-TiTi-La-2458328.

2.  Determine which slides you will use.

  • I skipped the rhythm part for this lesson but it can be included or used in a separate lesson.  I also skipped the new note slides because my students already know "la."  If yours do not, feel free to use the slides to identify "la."

3.  Learn Curwen Hand Signs for Solfege if you are not familiar with them.

4. The teacher will need a projector and computer.
Variation Tips (optional):
 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

I use the Snail, Snail PowerPoint for the entire lesson.  This "During" activity can be used with the "Before" activity, Snail, Snail Melodic Composition Using Iconic Notation,  and the "After" activity, Melodic Composition Using Traditional Notation.

The PowerPoint is an excellent resource to teach rhythm notation.  You can use this plan and change the melodic patterns to rhythmic patterns.  Use the mushrooms and snail icons provided in the PowerPoint to represent eighth and quarter notes.

The PowerPoint presentation is available on Teachers Pay Teachers as a free resource.
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