Choir Lesson Plans – Week of Sept. 3 – 6, 2019

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!

Ear Training…123456789

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

Choir Lesson Plans – August 26 – 30, 2019

Choir Lesson Plans – Week of August 26 – 30, 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!
Ear Training…aural training sheet
Choral warm up – Hey Ho and Loo Lah
Do major scale
Do Minor scale

Sight Singing will be chosen from the following:
Another 90 days of Sight Reading
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.
Star Spangled Banner
Earth Song
Kyrie
I will be still
Great Gettin’ Up Morning

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 – August 26 – 30, 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
Introduction to Sight Singing by Tim Winebrenner
Rhythm Bee #12 – 16

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.
Heart, We will forget him.
You are the song
Wade in the Water
Omnia Vincit Amor
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 August 26 – 30, 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:
Do Re Mi
Star Spangled Banner
Rock and Roll is Here to Stay
Blue Suede Shoes
Surfin’ USA
I wanna hold your hand
Tutti Frutti
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
117.208 (3) 5c – identify relationships of music concepts to other academic disciplines such as the relationship between music and mathematics, literature, history, and the sciences