2nd and 3rd Grade Music Informance (for use with What Do You Do With an Idea?)
This is a 2nd and 3rd grade musical informance to be used with the book, What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Mae Besom.
An informance is a musical program designed to educate the audience on a musical topic. This informance highlights musical creativity by asking students what they can do with their musical ideas.
The entirety of the musical material in this informance is student-arranged.
This is a 2nd and 3rd grade musical informance to be used with the book, What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Mae Besom.
An informance is a musical program designed to educate the audience on a musical topic. This informance highlights musical creativity by asking students what they can do with their musical ideas.
The entirety of the musical material in this informance is student-arranged.
This is a 2nd and 3rd grade musical informance to be used with the book, What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Mae Besom.
An informance is a musical program designed to educate the audience on a musical topic. This informance highlights musical creativity by asking students what they can do with their musical ideas.
The entirety of the musical material in this informance is student-arranged.
Grades:
This program is designed for 2nd and 3rd grades. There are a total of eight songs per grade level.
What’s Inside:
Welcome letter with tips for applying the informance idea in your school
Songs and Activities
Each song has sheet music, a musical analysis, stick notation, game directions, an improvisation or arranging activity, instrumentation, and ideas for other creative options.
Any of the songs in this program could be arranged in a different way, replaced with different repertoire, or omitted.
The last song in the program is a “teacher choice.” Ideas for song selection, as well as arrangement ideas, are given so that your informance can reflect your students’ favorite songs and creative skills.
2nd Grade Song List: Here Comes a Bluebird, Paw Paw Patch, Who Has Seen the Wind?, Who’s That?, Tideo, Plainsies Clapsies, Sea Shell, Kookaburra
3rd Grade Song List: Sapo Sapito, Big Fat Biscuit, Happy Miller, Fais Do Do, Al Citron, I Got a Letter This Morning, Sail Away Ladies, Teacher Choice
Script
This script comes as an editable Google Doc. Note that for copyright purposes, this script gives cues before each song, and does not include the entire text of the book.
3 Program Options:
The black and white program is a single 8.5 x 11 page
The color option is meant to be printed on 14 x 11 and folded in half.
The digital program is designed to be read on a cell phone. Parents scan a QR code to read the program.
3 Parent Invitations (Email and Flyers)
The email is typed out so all you have to do is include your specific date and time, then copy and paste!
The printed flyers come in both a black and white, and color option.
4 Stage Layout Ideas
Every school scenario is unique! Our “stages” are often a cafeteria, school gymnasium, or MPR. Use the editable stage layout options to make your program flow smoothly.
There is also an option to create your own custom stage layout from scratch.
Slides
The slides include National Standards for Music Education and California State Standards for Music Education. They come in Google Slides so you can easily edit them.
They also highlight a specific creative skill for parents to notice during the program.
5 Parent Education Ideas
Ideas for displaying student work and educating parents about musical vocabulary