Mix and match activities to create a fun introductory lesson to your class. Integrate Solfeg.io in singing, clapping along and performing a popular song.
These activities can be adapted to any song of Solfeg.io. In fact, it is very important that your students enjoy the song that they'll be learning, so you can ask your students to choose their favorite songs before the lesson and decide on a song which has the most votes. Additionally, you can mix and match the activities according to your students' level - leave out an activity that you think will be too complicated for them, or add more exercises (there will be additional instructions in each exercise). Be creative!
🎲 What's included in the activities:
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🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
Do you know the song?
What is the genre/mood/tempo of this song?
What adjectives would you use to describe this song?
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
What do the lyrics in the Chorus say? What is the Chorus about?
How many verses/choruses are in the song?
In Riptide, 1st sound track - vocal, 2nd sound track - ukulele, 3rd sound track - bass guitar, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th sound tracks - percussions.
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
If the students level of knowledge or the time allows it - learn another rhythm track, split the class into two groups and make each group clap their own rhythm track along the Chorus!
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
If the students level of knowledge or the time allows it - learn to sing another part of the song (e.g. Verse)!
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
If the students level of knowledge or the time allows it - try to play the whole song from start to finish and tell your students to clap along the same rhythm to the whole song. For singers - try to listen to the vocals and sing along!
🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 20 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
Ask students to learn the lyrics of the whole song and then sing the song in the next lesson!
Ask students to learn another rhythm track from the song.
In this lesson, students will learn to sing and play Verse 1 of the song “Riptide” by Vance Joy. The lesson consists of a short warm-up where the students will get to know the song, a song practice session where students will learn to clap and sing along the chorus, and the final performance. For this lesson plan, no previous experience, including note reading, is needed.
This lesson plan can be adapted to any song of Solfeg.io. In fact, it is very important that your students enjoy the song that they'll be learning, so you can ask your students to choose their favorite songs before the lesson and decide on a song which has the most votes. Additionally, you can mix and match the activities according to your students' level - leave out an activity that you think will be too complicated for them, or add more exercises (there will be additional instructions in each exercise). Be creative!
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 1-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Start here!
Do you know the song?
What is the genre/mood/tempo of this song?
What adjectives would you use to describe this song?
🕐 10 min - Get to know the song!
What do the lyrics in the Chorus say? What is the Chorus about?
How many verses/choruses are in the song?
In Riptide, 1st sound track - vocal, 2nd sound track - ukulele, 3rd sound track - bass guitar, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th sound tracks - percussions.
🕐 10 min - Clap along!
If the students level of knowledge or the time allows it - learn another rhythm track, split the class into two groups and make each group clap their own rhythm track along the Chorus!
🕐 10 min - Sing along!
If the students level of knowledge or the time allows it - learn to sing another part of the song (e.g. Verse)!
🕐 5 min - Combine!
If the students level of knowledge or the time allows it - try to play the whole song from start to finish and tell your students to clap along the same rhythm to the whole song. For singers - try to listen to the vocals and sing along!
🕐 5 min - Discussion
Ask students to learn the lyrics of the whole song and then sing the song in the next lesson!
Ask students to learn another rhythm track from the song.