What I’m Teaching in Music, Drama, & Dance for November

November Themes for Music, Drama, & Dance

• Fall theme ideas: Fall Music Activities
• If you haven’t already done so, choose your Christmas Concert theme!
• It’s also time to choose/assign songs for your Christmas or holiday concert
• Want to add some cozy vibes during work periods? Here’s an acoustic guitar playlist and a jazzy low-fi mix that I like.

With a strong foundation in beat/ rhythm set in September & October, I now begin to put more of an emphasis on pitch and melody in music. Drama is finishing up our first Drama20 unit so an assessment fits in before the Christmas rush.

Grade 1

Music	Drama	Dance
– high and low sounds – connecting high and low sounds to spatial sense (melodic contour) – Grade 1 Music Lesson Plans – Nov	– working together (listening, taking turns) – following directions – Intro to Drama Improv	Will cover in Term 2

Grade 2

Music	drama	dance
– melodic ostinato – octave – high and low “do” – Grade 2 Music Lesson Plans – Nov	– physical expression Intro to Drama Improv	Will cover in Term 2

Grade 3

music	drama	dance
– melodic countour – major scale solfege – Grade 3 Music Lesson Plans – Nov – Fall Songs Pack (Here in Canada I used the Thanksgiving themed ones in Oct and save the others for Nov)	– accepting fictional situations – physical expression Drama Improv – Tableau	Will cover in Term 2

Grade 4

music	drama	dance
– melody maps – 5 line staff & notes on the treble clef – Grade 4 Music Lesson Plans – Nov – Fall Songs Pack (Here in Canada I used the Thanksgiving themed ones in Oct and save the others for Nov)	– accepting fictional situations – physical expression Drama Improv – Tableau	Will cover in Term 2

Grade 5

music	drama	dance
– key signatures – Grade 5 Music Lesson Plans – Nov – Fall Songs Pack (Here in Canada I used the Thanksgiving themed ones in Oct and save the others for Nov)	– working together – physical expression	Will cover in Term 2