Overview
Little Bunny Foo Foo Second Grade: This is a lesson plan that combines the classic children's story Little Bunny Foo Foo with an instrumental accompaniment. Students will sing the refrain of the story, and express the musical directions that they hear in the story (up and down) on their instruments.
Standards addressed
I Can
Keep a steady beat
Show which way the music is moving
Play Sol La Ti Do
Procedure
Warm Up: Little Bunny Little Bunny you're a goon! Shh!
Which words sound like tee tees? Which ones sound like tahs?
Procedure
1. Sing through Rhyme Story doing the hand motions
a. Bunny hopping for Foo Foo and Finger shaking for Fairy
b. Sweep with left hand for scooping
c. 3 claps for bopping
d. patting quickly on laps while I say the other parts of the story
2. Move to mallet instruments in two groups to learn coda
3. Story with Instruments
a. Woods and metals tap F and C on first part (Foo Foo Forest)
b. Glocks scoop up w/gliss
c. Woodblocks tap for bopping
d. mallet instruments roll quietly while I say the other parts of the story and strike C on the word "Goon!"
e. Last part "Bun-ny Foo Foo You're a Goon!"
Assessment
Students should be able to:
a. Keep a steady beat both on their laps and on the instruments
b. Illustrate melodic direction with body movement and on instruments
c. Play a rhythm other than the steady beat.
d. play a roll on a mallet instrument
e. Identify a Coda (tagline) at the end of a piece and play Sol La Ti Do
Materials
Chart
2 Soprano Xylophones
2 Alto Xylophones
1 Bass Xylophone
1 Soprano Metallophone
3 Alto Metallophones
1 Bass Metallophone
2 Glockenspiels
5 Woodblocks