Students listen to Isaac Stern lead a musician through steps to self-evaluating a performance. They compare their instrumental performance with a live vocal performance.

Students articulate their thoughts about citizenship in songs and poems. They write a songor a poem that describes what citizenship means to them. They plan a Citizenship Day during which students perform their songs and read their poems.

Students appreciate the art of storytelling. They retell parts of the story with contemporary lyrics and/or poetry to demonstrate their understanding of the plot, characters, relationships, themes, and moral of the story.

Second graders study the Shakers of the 19th century and practice a traditional Shaker song, complete with dance motions.

Sixth graders explore lyrics, phrases, and the beats in each phrase. They select a nursery rhyme, set it to a simple tune they already know, and match the tune with the same number of beats per phrase with a poem with the identical...

Students raise public awareness of a specified organization. They discuss their favorite jingles slogans or sayings associated with a company. In groups, students create and perform an advertisement for the entire class. Students...

Students discover the difference in major and minor tonality after a brief introduction to Louis Prima. They discuss swing dancing and Louis Prima's role in the "Jungle Book" as the character King Louis. Students listen to the song...

Students imitate, sing, move, and discuss musical techniques in this exciting kindergarten music lesson. Emphasis is placed on the song "Hop Oh Bunny", call and response, rhythms, tempos, and the direction of pitch movement.

Fifth graders sing a variation of "The Muffin Man" with lyrics dedicated to zoo animals. As a class, 5th graders sing the song as a round and maintain a stead beat and rhythm while singing.

Students sing Oh Shenandoah with correct notes, diction, a characteristic choral tone, appropriate style and have an understanding of the history of the lyrics. The version of Oh Shenandoah is for an SSA choir and was arranged by Ruth...

Second graders move to, sing, compose, and interpret various musical techniques through the use of "America", Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers", and a song called "Skin and Bones". Emphasis is placed upon identifying names and values...

In this ESL colors learning exercise, students listen to a song titled "Sing a Rainbow," then sing the song and complete a "color" crossword puzzle.

Students listen as the teacher sings the first phrase of the "Hello" song (included with the instructional activity). They respond by singing the second phrase. They learn to pronounce the hello equivalent in other languages. The teacher...

Students discover how to travel from one learning center to another by participating in a human train activity. They sing a song which highlights the center activity as they travel along from center to center.

Students practice melody and lyrics and the feelings they represent, in two languages, sing the melody of the Corn Husk Doll, lyrics Maria Hinton, melody by Patti Morin in Oneida, and discuss how the words to this song demonstrate...

Third graders sing, move, pat, clap, and drum in this Music lesson about Minuets, Canons, and "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". The lesson is for the 3rd grade classroom and includes the use of J.S. Bach's famous Minuet in G and a...

Students listen to a made up melody sung by a classmate and sing it back. They discuss the outcomes as a class regarding what they did well when singing the short melody back. They then listen to a melody/pattern played on xylophone and...

Students sing a song performing rhythms accurately with a steady beat, pitches accurately with excellent intonation, and a clear, focused tone in this music lesson for the high school Choir class. The lesson includes grading rubric.

Students sing melodic patterns and songs within a four-note range using sol, la, and mi. They echo simple melodic patterns and maintain the tonal center singing two Thanksgiving-related songs, "Hello, hello..." and "Five Fat Turkeys."

Students practice their breath control and posture in this singing lesson. They sing with accurate pitch and rhythm. They sing the songs repeatedly while evaluating their breathing ability in small groups and then regroup as a class to...

Young scholars explore Indian ragas and learn the differences between an Indian raga and the Western scale. They sing the familiar song "America," first in the Western major scale and then in two Indian ragas (bhairavi and purvi) on a...

Students perform creative movement to music, sing and improvise using the Solfege syllables do, me, so, and la, and recognize beat vs. no beat in this instructional activity for the Kindergarten General Music class. Emphasis is on a...

Students sing "Three Little Pigs", the "Pony Song", and "The Animal Blues" in this elementary school music lesson plan. National and State Standards are addressed. Assessment rubric is included for grading and student evaluation.

Students sing the song "The Groundhog Came Out of His Hole". In this music lesson, students sing a song and come up with matching hand motions. They use the same tune to make their own song.