Lesson Plan

Musical Feelings

Summary: Music activities help students express and understand their feelings.
Main Curriculum Tie:

1st Grade - Content
Standard 1 Objective 3
Develop and use skills to communicate ideas, information, and feelings.

Moody Music
Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”

Paper

Crayons

Pencils

Index cards

CD Player

Background for teachers
Students need to be exposed to a variety of music genres. Many classical pieces have been composed to portray a certain message and Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” is a good example of this. His music depicts the four seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Teach song "Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall" or "Seasons of the Year."

Intended Learning Outcomes:1. Communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form.

Moody Music

1.Divide students into groups of four.

2.Discuss with your class how music is composed to portray a certain message and makes us feel certain moods or feelings.

2.Introduce your students to Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” Discuss how the music was written to make listeners feel and imagine what each season is like.

3.Play one of the seasons and have students draw pictures of that season. Remind them to think of what activities they participate in during the seasons.

4. On the back of their paper, have students write about their season and then share it with thier

5. Repeat this activity with all the seasons, creating a season book. Each child will have created four pages and it is then put into a book. They will each have their own book that they can share with others.

6. Have one student from each group share their books with the class.

7.Teach songs "Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall" or "Seasons of the Year."

8.Students can pick their favorite season. Give them each a 3x5 card and have them draw their favorite thing that reminds them of the season and then place it on a graph that the whole class can see. The graph can be made out of butcher paper or a pocket chart that is labeled with all the seasons at the bottom. As a class, compare and contrast it.

Assessment: Play one of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and have the students identify which season it is.
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Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
(to the tune of "This Old Man")
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
There are seasons, four in all.Weather changes, sun and rain and snow,
Leaves fall down and flowers grow.Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
There are seasons, four in all.Look outside and you will see
Just what season it will be!
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Seasons of the Year
(to the tune of "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush")

CHORUS:Here we go round the year again,
The year again, the year again.
Here we go round the year again,
To greet the different seasons.

Wintertime is time for snow.
To the south, the birds will go.
It's too cold for plants to grow
Because it is the winter.

Here we go round the year again,
The year again, the year again.
Here we go round the year again,
To greet the different seasons.

In the springtime, days grow warm.
On the plants, the new buds form.
Bees and bugs come out to swarm
Because it is the spring.

CHORUS

In summertime, the days are hot.
Ice cold drinks I drink a lot!
At the beach, I've got a spot
Because it is the summer.

CHORUS

Fall is here, the air is cool.
Days are short, it's back to school.
Raking leaves is now the rule
Because it is autumn.

CHORUS

Meish Goldish
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