Peter and the Wolf

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Peterand the Wolf

• This lesson is designed to teach the instruments
  of the orchestra to young children through the
  use of musical themes for each animal and
  character.
• There are several audio versions of the story,
  but I use the Time Warner Interactive version for
  these ages.
• There is also a CD-Rom and Video of the same
  version from Time Warner.

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A Differentiated Lesson Planfor Music Classes,
Grades 2 and 3Jo Sommer Willow/Starke Schools

• All students will listen to the story of
  Peter and the Wolf. Have the characters listed on
  the board, in order of their appearance. As each
  character is presented, the instrument which
  represents that character is played. Instrument
  cards should be shown as each character is
  introduced and left displayed for reference
  through the story. The presentation usually
  takes about 30 minutes, so the following lessons
  would be for the next one or two lesson times.

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Before the Lesson

• Give an M.I. survey to the classes taught prior
  to teaching the unit.
• Have the following materials ready
• Peter and the Wolf CD
• Pictures of the characters and
  instruments.
• Drawing and writing paper, pencils,
  crayons, scissors, glue and popsicle sticks.
• Cards which are replicas of the slides
  with each of the projects for students to choose.
  Assign each group a team number, name or color
  which will reflect the cards they use.

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Logical Mathematical

• Create a cryptogram for the rest of the class to
  solve.
• Use the name of a Peter and the Wolf character
  and its matching instrument in your secret
  phrase.
• Go to http//www.KidZone.ws to help you
  create your cryptogram.

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Verbal/Linguistic

• Get a piece of paper and a pencil. Unscramble
  the words of the seven instruments used in Peter
  and the Wolf 1.tlfue 2. eoob 3.ralicetn
  4.snaboso 5.olnivi 6.shrno crhnfe. Check with
  your teacher to see if they are correct. Then go
  to http//dsokids.com/2001/instrumentchart.htm
  and listen to each of the above instruments.
• Tell something about each character and decide
  whether or not you think the instrument chosen
  was a good match in the story. If you think the
  instrument was not a good choice, tell what you
  would choose and why. Use the dsokids.com
  instrument site to help you.

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Musical/Rhythmic

• Go to one of the following sites and listen to
  each theme http//library.thinkquest.org/17321/da
  ta/pwmusic.html
• Or
  http//www.lexington1.net/technology/techresource/
  tis/integration/animals/wolf/aspeter.ppt
• Group Project Pretend you are the composers and
  create your own sounds for each character using
  instruments from the music classroom. Which one
  will you use for each character? Make a list on
  a paper of each of the characters and write your
  chosen instrument next to each character. Have
  someone in your group or the class read the story
  while the rest play the instruments when each
  character is mentioned.
• Go to the following site to listen to each of the
  instruments and their families.
  http//www.sfskids.org/templates/instorchframe.asp
  ?pageid3
• Be able to tell what family each of the
  instruments from Peter and the Wolf belong to. Do
  any of them belong to the same family? Why?

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Visual/Spatial

• Create a puppet show to go with the story and
  music of Peter and the Wolf.
• Color pictures of the characters, cut them
  out and glue or tape each to a popsicle stick.
• Listen to the introduction again and
  practice with them. Present your puppet show to
  the class as the story is played again.
• Draw your favorite scene in the story. Color the
  pictures of the characters needed, cut them out,
  and glue them onto the scene. On another piece
  of paper, tell why it is your favorite scene.

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Peter and the Wolf Quiz

• At the following site take the three quizzes to
  see how well you have learned the Peter and the
  Wolf themes and how well you know the orchestra
  instruments used in the story.
• You will need a piece of paper. Number from one
  to seven THREE TIMES on the paper. Each quiz has
  seven questions.
• The site is http//library.thinkquest.org/17321/
  data/quiz.html
• GOOD LUCK! ?

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Resources

• http//www.angelfire.com/nb2/musicedresources/Peer
  Petr.html - Lots of ideas and games and other
  resources.
• http//www.quia.com/pop/7486.html - Pop-Up game
• http//library.thinkquest.org/17321/data/pandw.htm
  l
• Story, Music, and Quizzes for Peter and
  the Wolf
• http//www.oebs.org/page/peter2.html
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra site
• http//www.lexington1.net/technology/techresource/
  tis/integration/animals/wolf/aspeter.ppt
• I do not have it, but apparently, the Leonard
  Bernstein video or audio recording has a short
  verbally interactive quiz that students take
  after watching or listening to it.