Choir Lesson Plans – Week of Sept. 3 – 6, 2019
Junior Varsity and Varsity
Warm Ups will be chosen from the following list:
(Posture)
Sternum Power
Hug Yourself
Karate Kid
(Breathing)
Farinelli
Italian Breath
Back Stretch
(Phonation)
Home Alone
Hummers
Get rid of the nose
(Blend)
Bouncing
Alleluia
Hoo!
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Choral warm up
Do major scale
Do Minor scale
Sight Singing will be chosen from the following:
90 Days to Sight Singing Week 3
90 Days to Sight Singing Packet
Rhythm Bee – Rhythm Training
Songs:
Students will continue to learn and memorize their appropriate part on each of the following songs; improving their tone and vocal recognition of notes.
Earth Song
I will keep still
Kyrie
Great Gettin’ Up Morning
Star Spangled Banner
Come Alive
Abba Forever
Don’t Stop Believin’
TEKS: 117.313 (3) 1e – Analyze musical forms in music selected for performance and listening
117.313 (3) 1f – Analyze concepts of balance and blend using appropriate terminology
117.313 (3) 3a – Demonstrate mature, characteristic sound appropriate for the genre
117.313 (3) 4a – Exhibit mature, characteristic sound appropriate for the genre while sight reading
7th and 8th Grade Choir Lesson Plans – Sept. 3 – 6, 2019
Warm Ups will be chosen from the following list:
(Posture)
Sternum Power
Hug Yourself
Karate Kid
(Breathing)
Farinelli
Italian Breath
Back Stretch
(Phonation)
Home Alone
Hummers
Get rid of the nose
(Blend)
Bouncing
Alleluia
Hoo!
Ear Training…123456789
Choral warm up
Do major scale
Do Minor scale
Sight Singing
SOS – Simplifying Our Singing Book
Rhythm Bee #13-15
Songs:
Students will continue to learn and memorize their appropriate part on each of the following songs; improving their tone and vocal recognition of notes.
Gloria Deo
Heart We will forget Him
You are the Song
Omnia …
Wade in the Water
Star of Light
TEKS: 117:210
- 117:210 (3)1d – Analyze musical forms presented aurally and through music notation such a binary, ternary, phrasic, rondo, and theme and variations
- 117:210 (3) 2b – Notate meter, rhythm, pitch and dynamics using standard symbols in a handwritten or computer generated format
- 117:210 (3) 3e – Sight Read independently and expressively, with accurate intonation and rhythm, demonstrating fundamental skills and appropriate solo, small ensemble, and large ensemble performance techniques in known keys and rhythms.
- 117:210 (3) 4c – Compare and contrast relationships of music content and processes to other academic disciplines such as the relationship between music and mathematics, literature, history, sciences, and languages
6th Grade Choir Lesson Plans – Week of Sept. 3 – 6, 2019
Warm Ups Chosen from “Pop” Warmups:
Home
Best Day of my Life
In the Jungle
Sight Singing
Rhythm Bee
SOS – Simplifying our Sight Singing
Songs:
Rock and Roll is Here to Stay
Blue Suede Shoes
Surfin’ USA
Tutti Frutti
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Rock and Roll Forever
TEKS: 117.208
- 117.208(3)1d – Identify musical forms presented aurally and through music notation such as binary, ternary, phrasic rondo, and theme and variations
- 117.208(3)2d – Read music notation using appropriate cognitive and kinesthetic responses such as inner hearing and Curwen hand signs
- 117.208(3) 4e – Sight-read independently and expressively, with accurate intonation and rhythm, demonstrating fundamental skills and appropriate solo, small ensemble, and large ensemble performance techniques in known keys and rhythms