LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 2

The learner will play on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Objective 2.01

Recognize and play pitched and unpitched instruments.

Resources aligned to this objective

Valentine heart game
Students will respond to music through singing, moving, playing instruments, and improvisation while integrating first grade math curriculum and Valentine's Day.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Music Education)
Telephone numbers of the stars
Students will read number notation, use cooperative learning, develop coordination skills and put musical phrases together by playing the song "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" on xylophones.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education)
By Patricia H. Taylor.
Shapely compositions
Students will compose four measures of music using shapes to denote the quarter and eighth notes. The individual compositions are combined to make a longer piece of music that students enjoy playing on rhythm instruments.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Music Education)
Our class band
In this lesson students will play percussion instruments that have been divided into four groups: Drums, Woods, Metals and Shakers/Scrapers. They will perform a song sung to the tune of 'Old MacDonald had a Farm' and perform the instruments of these groups.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Music Education)
By Barbara Tilton.
Musical mountain
Students will learn to hear the differences between low, middle, and high pitches. They will be able to visualize these differences by looking at the low, middle, and high points of a mountain.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education)
By Margaret Harris.
Music reading railroad
Students will learn to read quarter notes, rests and repeat signs using a traditional folk song.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Music Education)
By Melissa Vincent.
Instruments in action
Students will demonstrate mastery of eight measures of four beats by speaking, moving and playing. They will classify instruments metals, woods, scrapers, ringers, shakers, etc.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education)
By Jeanne Anderson.
High and low bears
This is a lesson that introduces and reinforces the music concept of pitch.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Music Education)
By Penny Adams-Manolas.
"Eggs-tra" special sounds
Students will identify, compare, and classify the sounds made by plastic eggs filled with rice, pebbles, and salt. They will graph the results of their discoveries. They will then compose and tape sound pieces illustrating dynamic levels they discovered. Finally they will construct their own "maraca" using plastic eggs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education)
By Sondra Edwards.

Resources on the web

Chinese instruments
In this lesson from ARTSEDGE, students identify and classify Western instruments and traditional Chinese instruments. Each student researches and writes about a specific instrument, and then creates a version of the Chinese musical instrument using recycled... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Music Education)
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