Sample

Part 2
“Build a Songhouse”
Sample Lesson
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Sample Lesson – Part 2, “Build a Songhouse”
Items You'll Need:
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GBDFA Portrait
GBDFA Story
Sample lesson audiotape
GBDFA Songsheet
GBDFA Activity Page
GBDFA Coloring Page
Goals:
• Learn to recognize the names
of the lines in the bass clef
• Learn the "GBDFA" song
• Place quarter notes on the lines
of the bass clef with the correct
letters beneath each
• Draw a grizzly bear flying an
airplane on the bass clef
Display the portrait of GBDFA.
Read GBDFA Story.
This new, humorous mnemonic
phrase for learning the bass clef
lines creates a vivid word picture
students just can’t forget.
Review the GBDFA story.
• Repeat the saying that helps us remember the names of the lines of the bass clef.
(Grizzly Bears Don't Fly Airplanes)
• Name the lines of the bass clef going from the bottom line to the top line.
(GBDFA)
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Learn: "GBDFA" Song.
The GBDFA song is funny and the
lyrics help students remember
that these pitches belong to the
bass clef lines.
Draw a bass clef staff and place a quarter note on each line as shown. Have the
students come to the chalkboard and place the correct letter beneath each of the
notes.
Draw a picture of a grizzly bear flying an airplane crashing into the bass clef.
Do you sometimes doodle drawings to better
understand a concept? Activities such as
drawing pictures to illustrate concepts
reinforce and help students remember the
lesson objectives. This activity time is time
well spent.
Assignment:
GBDFA Activity Page.
GBDFA Coloring Page.
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Student Reproducible Songsheet and
Teacher’s Accompaniment.
GRIZZLY BEARS DON'T FLY AIRPLANES
Allegro
4
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Words and Music by
MARY BUDDEMEYER
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1. Grizzly
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bears
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Student Reproducible Coloring Page.
Color Griz's body brown and his eyes silver. Color his glasses and the airplane's helment red.
Color his plane blue. Color the words your choice.
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Student Reproducible Activity Page.
GBDFA Activity
Write the names of the lines from the bottom up in the bass clef.
Place whole notes on the lines in the staff above the letters in the bass clef staff below.
Write a short story or poem about grizzly bears to share. If you wish, illustrate the story or poem.
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GBDFA Story.
Hi, it’s me, Quincy. I want to tell you a story.
One day I was standing in a field near my house in the Land of Music. All of a sudden, I
heard the sound of a small airplane. When I looked up, I saw a strange sight. The pilot of the
airplane was a grizzly bear!
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GBDFA Story.
That airplane crashed right down into the field where I was standing! I was a little afraid.
I didn’t know if the pilot was a friendly bear or not!
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GBDFA Story.
The furry pilot got out of the plane. He rubbed his sore backside and said, “Harumph!
Every time I try to fly this thing, it comes crashing down!” I said, “That’s because grizzly bears
don’t fly airplanes!”
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GBDFA Story.
As soon as I said it, I got an idea. I could take the G from Grizzly, the B from Bears, the
D from Don’t, the F from Fly, and the A from Airplane to teach the names of the bass clef lines.
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GBDFA Story.
Griz thought it was a great idea, too! So just remember that the names of the lines of the
bass clef, starting with the bottom line and moving up, are G,B,D,F,A. Those are the first letters
of each of the words Grizzly Bears Don’t Fly Airplanes!
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GBDFA Story.
You can remember that these are the names of the bass clef lines by thinking about a
grizzly bear’s deep growl. Grrr. It sounds low, just like the low sounds in the bass clef, the
lower floor of a songhouse.
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