General Music: Grade 2-3

Time Lesson Plan for November 28, 2016 Notes

2 Introduction Activity
Students will enter the classroom and
take their seats quietly while How Far
Ill Go from Moana plays in the
background
Crayon bins will already be placed on
the table, but once the students are
seated, the teacher will pass out blank
white paper to each student
8 First Round of Drawing
Ask the students to draw what they
think the song is about, encourage
them to listen to key words that they
hear, and ask them to also consider
how the song makes them feel (Is it
happy, sad, angry?)
Play How Far Ill Go again while they
draw and color
Once most of the students are done
coloring, have them turn their paper
over and ask them to now draw what
their reactions are to When Somebody
Loved Me from Toy Story 2
With a new sheet of paper, repeat this
process once more while playing the
song Be Prepared from The Lion King
10 Sharing
Ask the class for volunteers to come to
the front of the room to share all three
of their drawings
As they hold up their pictures, have
them share what they drew on their
paper, and why they drew it (The first is
happy, the second is sad, and the third
is angry)
 Allow students in the whole class to
raise their hands and form a discussion
about the similarities and differences in
their drawings (They will most likely be
very familiar with these songs)
After they share and discuss, bring out
big sheets of paper for each table
group and explain that they are now
going to work as a group to make one
big drawing for the next songs that
they are about to hear
8 Second Round of Drawing
Play Swan Lake Waltz by Tchaikovsky
and have the students quietly discuss
what they hear, and collaborate on
their artwork
When they have gotten some ideas on
their paper, begin to play the second
piece, Pavane by Faure
The last piece is Ride of the Valkyries
by Wagner
2 For Next Time
Ask the students to put their crayons
away quietly
As they are cleaning up, tell them that
next class they will share their final
group drawing and that we will be
talking about what music does for our
creative minds
Remind them that the songs will be put
into folders on their iPads and online so
that they may listen outside of class