Musicplay Grade 2 Teacher's Guide + Listening Kit 2

$125.00

SKU: 705

About Musicplay

Musicplay is an award-winning music curriculum for elementary schools and is a sequential curriculum with lessons that follow the calendar year. The weekly lesson outlines the new concepts that will be taught, those that will be reviewed, and include seasonal and holiday repertoire. The planning is done for the teacher!

Lesson Planning

Year Plans, scope and sequence, month outlines, and detailed weekly lessons are included for each grade.

Year Plan and Scope & Sequence

The year plan offers a brief overview of the entire year and how each area will be addressed. The scope and sequence is a one page document that expresses the learning objectives for the entire year.

Sample: Musicplay Grade 2 Scope and Sequence with Year Plan Sample [PDF]

Month Lesson Outlines

Monthly Lesson Outlines give you the month at a glance and includes the songs from the song list, learning modules available on MusicplayOnline, and additional options for each week throughout the school year.

Sample: Musicplay Grade 2 Month Outline Sample [PDF]

Weekly Lessons

39 weekly detailed lessons offer you a menu of musical activities. There is more than enough material in the lesson plan for two thirty-minute music classes.

Sample: Musicplay Grade 2 Week Sample [PDF]

The lesson plans are like a menu. There are many song choices and for each song, there are activities to choose from. You choose the songs and the activities that teach the curriculum concepts required by your state or province (Musicplay is aligned to all state and provincial curriculums!). You choose the songs and activities that hold the most appeal for you and your students.

Feel free to substitute freely - Musicplay provides the framework - you get to make the choices.

Recordings

Performance (vocal) and accompaniment tracks are included in the teacher’s guides! You can embed the audio into your presentation (PowerPoint, Google Slides, etc.) and use the recordings seamlessly in your classroom.

Musicplay 2 has more than 95 musical selections! Child and adult voices are used. Accompaniments include Orff arrangements, piano accompaniments, and orchestrated accompaniments. Performance songs have both performance tracks and accompaniment tracks - you can use the accompaniments only for your performances. Multicultural songs feature authentic performances - the songs are in original languages and are sung by native singers. Many of the multicultural songs are game songs that appeal to children even though the language and sound may be unfamiliar.

Assessments

Assessment suggestions are given throughout the teacher’s guides.

Checklists and rubrics of important skills are included if your district requires the use of them.

Sample: Musicplay Grade 2 Beat and Rhythm Rubrics Sample [PDF]

Curriculum Connections and Diversity

Musicplay supports and enhances science, social studies, and language arts curriculums. In second grade, songs to teach vowels and consonants are included. The Musicplay 2 student books, Digital Resources, and MusicplayOnline are wonderful literacy tools that provide many opportunities for shared reading. Students will develop reading skills while they learn music.

Poetry and chants are also included in Musicplay 2. Review the song list below for a complete list of songs, chants, poetry, and teaching tips.

Diversity is an important topic at Musicplay and we are constantly working on developing a program that is responsive and equitable. Please review our 2021 changes that have been applied to the program: Equity and Diversity in Musicplay

Materials Included:

Musicplay Grade 2 Printed Binder
Vocal and Accompaniment Tracks (Audio MP3s)
Listening Resource Kit 2
3 months of complimentary access to MusicplayOnline (must be requested by the purchaser once the binder has been received)

Song List

1	Welcome to Music	33	Napoléon	68a.a	"John, John the Leprechaun" (author unknown)
2	O Canada	34	Lukey's Boat	68a.b	Cookie Jar Chant
3	My Country, 'Tis of Thee	35	On Top of Spaghetti	68a.c	Mmm, Cookies!
4	Ridin' That New River Train	36	Bluebells	69	A Pizza Hut
5	Engine, Engine Number Nine	37	Johnny Caught a Flea	70	Ain't Gonna Rain No More
5a.a	How to Label Beat and Rhythm	37a.a	Creating an Accompaniment for a Poem	71	Rain on the Green Grass
5a.b	Posture Chant	37a.b	"Extremes" by James Whitcomb Riley	71a.a	"Don't Say Ain't!" (author unknown)
5a.c	Line Up Chant	37a.c	"Jack Frost"	72	Father Abraham
5a.d	The Music Time is Over	37a.d	A New Solfa Note: Do	72a.a	Rain Poems
6	Hill, Hill	38	Tap It Here, Tap It There	72a.b	Performance Idea: Rain
7	Poor Little Bug on the Wall	39	Pease Porridge Hot	73	Hot Cross Buns
7a.a	How Music is Written	40	O Hanukkah	74	Garbage
7a.b	How to Label So and Mi	41	Who's That?	75	Find the Easter Basket
7a.c	Listen to the Rhythm	41a.a	How to Label Do	75a.a	Label Re
8	Paddle in My Kayak	42	Holiday Round	76	I Can Do the Bunny Hop Too!
9	I Can Sing a High Note	43	Ring, Ring, Ring the Bells	77	Recycle
	I've Been Working on the Railroad	44	Rocks for Christmas	78	Rabbits
10	Bounce High	44a.a	Devleoping the Singing Voice	79	Hide the Easter Eggs
10a.a	How to Label Accent and Bar Lines	45	Jolly Old St. Nicholas	80	Salish Hand Game
11	John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt	45a.a	The Nutcracker	80a.a	"Trees" by Joyce Kilmer
12	Obwisana	45a.b	Reflect on a Performance	80a.b	"The Echo" (author unknown)
13	Bell Horses	46	Apples, Peaches, Pears, and Plums	80a.c	Performance Idea: Earth Day Program
13a.a	Dynamics: Loud and Soft	47	Trampin'	80a.d	The Whole Note
13a.b	Ties	48	Japanese New Year Song	81	Oh, My Aunt Came Back
13a.c	How to Label La	49	Mouse, Mousie	82	Johnny One Hammer
14	Tony Chestnut	49a.a	Haiku by Matsuo Basho	82a.a	Creating Melodic Ostinato
15	Thanks a Lot!	50	Boom Boom	83	Mom, You're the Best!
16	Time to Play	51	I Like to Play the Instruments	84	Juguemos en el bosque
17	I'm the Fastest Turkey	52	Oliver Twist	85	Japanese Frog Song
17a.a	Tempo: Fast and Slow	53	Haul on the Bowlin'	86	Frog in the Middle
17a.b	Rhythm	54	Pass the Stick	87	Row, Row, Row Your Boat
18	Falling Leaves	54a.a	Solfa Practice Using Do Mi So	88	Bought Me a Cat
19	I Am a Fine Musician	55	Love Grows Under the Wild Oak Tree	89	Sur le pont d'Avignon
20	Icka Backa	56	Gitsigakomim	90	The Chinese Fan
20a	We Like Playing Games Together	57	I Sent a Valentine	91	Kagome
21	What's That Creature?	58	The More We Get Together	92	Canada in My Pocket
22	Birds and Bats	59	I See the Moon	93	Swimming
23	Pass the Witch's Broomstick	60	Circle Round the Zero	94	Goin' on a Picnic
24	Witch's Stew	60a.a	Cinnamon Heart Listening Activity	94a.a	"Ooey Gooey Marshmallows" (author unknown)
25	Old Mother Witch	60a.b	"The Moon" by Robert Louis Stephenson	95	Here Comes a Bluebird
25a.a	Creating Rhythm Ostinato	61	Ham and Eggs	96	Down Came Johnny
26	The Grand Old Duke Of York	62	My Cat Boo	97	Let Us Chase the Squirrel
27	Starlight	63	I'se the B'y	98	Christopher McCracken
28	Sing for Peace	64	Cut the Cake	99	Orchestral Instrument Families
29	Make a Difference	65	A Sailor Went to Sea	99a	Classroom Instruments
29a	What Can I Do?	65a.a	Performance Idea: A Sea Story	99b	The Woodwind Family
30	This Way That-a-way	65a.b	Compare the Elements: Art and Music	99c	The Brass Family
30a.a	"If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking" by Emily Dickinson	66	It's Raining, It's Pouring	99d	The Percussion Family
31	Peace Like a River	67	The Lollipop Tree	99e	The String Family
32	Doggie, Doggie	68	St. Patrick's Day Jig

Musicplay Grade 2 Teacher's Guide + Listening Kit 2

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