UNIT PLAN- GRADE 1 November

5 Lessons
Generative Topic: In this month, it is important that students already have the basics that have been
taught throughout September and October. Therefore, November will be meant to keep building on the
basic musical understanding that the students have developed. The month of November in Canada
holds a special place because of Remembrance day. Even if students have not been exposed to the
idea of war or remembrance before, it is important to bring remembrance day into music lessons, even
with students as young as grade one. Therefore, the beginning of November will be focussed on
remembering, peace, and friendship. There is of course, nothing quite as important to a child as their
best friend. Sometimes that may be a classmate, and other times it may be a special teddy bear.
Therefore for the remaining weeks in November, students will be focussing on songs dedicated to their
teddy bears, using fun and interactive melodies dedicated to their best friends to learn new musical
concepts.
Unit Title: Remembrance: Peace, Love and Friendship
Big Idea: By the end of this unit, students will understand The interaction between words and music.
Essential Questions:

1. How does classical music make me feel?

2. How does music express my feelings?
3. How do the rhythms Im seeing look on paper?
Concepts Taught:

Understanding that music may be used as a way to

express feelings

Understanding the importance of text

Be able to follow a story told through music

Ability to move and sound like animals (match pitch)

Begin understanding basic rhythm (tas and ti-tis)

Echo basic rhythmic patterns

Create their own simple rhythms

Curricular Outcomes:

EX3- Music may express our feelings

EX7- The words of a song are very important to the

understanding of the text

L- Distinguish environmental sounds

L8- Follow a story told by music

MO1- Mime animals and other sounds

RW1- Recognize ta and ti-ti rhythm patterns

RW3- Echo, clap and chant written rhythm patterns

RW4- Draw stick rhythm patterns on paper

M3- A sequence of sounds may move from low to

high, high to low, or stay the same

Activities:

Basic simple beat and rhythm echos

Simple paper quizzes for students to depict rhythm
Peace I leave with you
Happy Day
You are my friend
Pease Porridge Hot
Once upon a time there were three bears
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Teddy Bears Picnic
Popsicle Stick Game
Various Animal Games (bear games)
Allowing students time to create their own rhythms

Materials Needed:

Basic melodies for students to learn by rote

Paper and pencils for quick quizzes

Basic instruments for students

Classical music that expresses emotion

Assessment
Assessment Tool

Outcomes

Description

For

Observational
checklist to assess

students capability
to move to the tone
of the music being
played

EX3- Music may express

our feelings
EX7- The words of a song
are very important to the
understanding of the text

For this assessment, the teacher will

be working with the students to help
them to understand that they lyrics of a
song are important to the
understanding of a story. The teacher
will also be

Quick paper quiz

where students will
be putting events
told through music
in order

EX7- The words of a song

are very important to the
understanding of the text
L8- Follow a story told by
music

For this assessment, the teacher will

hand students a quiz to assess their
ability to put events from a piece of
music in a chronological order

Observational
checklist to assess
students students
ability to correctly
echo and identify
simple rhythmic
patterns

RW1- Recognize ta and

ti-ti rhythm patterns
RW3- Echo, clap and
chant written rhythm
patterns
RW4- Draw stick rhythm
patterns on paper

For this assessment, the teacher will

assess students ability to correctly
echo and identify simple rhythmic
patterns

Observational
checklist to assess

students ability to
match pitch through
the mimicking of

animal sounds.

MO1- Mime animals and

other sounds
EX7- The words of a song
are very important to the
understanding of the text
L8- Follow a story told by
music

For this assessment, the teacher will

assess students ability to match pitch
through the mimicking of animal
sounds

EX3- Music may express

our feelings
EX7- The words of a song
are very important to the
understanding of the text
L- Distinguish
environmental sounds
L8- Follow a story told by
music

For this assessment, the teacher will

assess students ability to pinpoint
environmental sounds in a piece of
music

Observational
checklist to assess
students ability to
pinpoint
environmental
sounds in a piece
of music.

Of

x
x
x
x

Lesson Summary
Lesson

By the end of the lesson, students

will be able to

Assessment/
Evaluation

Observational checklist
to assess students
capability to move to the
tone of the music being
played

Express emotions heard throughout a

piece of music through various
appropriate movements

Quick paper quiz where

students will be putting
events told through
music in order

Explain and show a story that is told by

music, while being able to describe the
importance of text in various songs

Correctly interpret and echo clapped (Ta

and Ti Ti) rhythmic patterns and notate
them.

Observational checklist
to assess students
students ability to
correctly echo and
identify simple rhythmic
patterns
Observational checklist
to assess students
ability to match pitch
through the mimicking
of animal sounds.

Move appropriately to a story told

through music while miming animal
sounds to work on pitch

Activities

Observational checklist
Distinguish various environmental
to assess students
sounds throughout a piece of music that
ability to pinpoint

has a direct impact on the music they

environmental sounds in
are listening to.
a piece of music.

Peace is flowing like a

river
Peace I leave with you
Happy Happy
You are my friend
Peace is flowing like a
river
Peace I leave with you
Happy Happy
You are my friend
Allowing students time
to create their own
rhythms
Basic simple beat and
rhythm echos
Popsicle Stick Game
Pease Porridge Hot
Teddy Bear Teddy
Bear
Time for toys
Various Animal Games

Teddy Bears Picnic