Objectives:

  • Students will use their singing voice and speaking voice.
  • Students will create a shape using pipe cleaners (or yarn).
  • Students will demonstrate melodic contour by singing their shape in an “ooh” voice.
  • Students will perform a movement activity with A and B sections.
  • Students will guess who wakes them up by the sound of the person’s vocal timbre.
  • Students will compare higher and lower sounds in a variety of musical examples.
  • Students will respond to lower and higher sounds in a recorded example by playing low (drum) and high (triangle) instruments.

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Category

  • Advocacy
  • Standards

Resource Type

  • Curriculum
  • Lesson Plan

Specialties

  • Composition

Teaching Level

  • Elementary

Year Added

2025

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