Small Group Project for Elementary Music: Rain Song Project, 3rd- 5th

A fun elementary music small group project for your 3rd-5th grade music class. Elementary music lesson plans with remote learning suggestions are included.

Perfect activity for online music class!

This fun project is standards-based—Perform, Create, and Connections Domains. Singing, Playing, Improvising, Composing, Listening & Analyzing, Elementary, Evaluating.

Encourage your students to think outside the box—Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Also, be sure to make the ELA connections and Character Ed.

Students will

• Compose new lyrics to the familiar tune, “I Don’t Care If the Rain Comes Down,”

• Create two different body percussion ostinati for the A and B sections,

• Choose instruments and perform the ostinati while singing their new song,

• Participate in a critique session.

A fun thought-provoking small-group project for your 3rd-5th grade music class.