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Leaves: a guided xylophone activity to teach high and low – music lesson

(117 customer reviews)
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This lesson is a supplement to Arvida Steen’s song “Leaves.” It helps students in grades K–2 tell high from low with their bodies, their voices, and xylophones. Students follow leaf trails with their voices, move to the song, play high and low bars with glissandos, perform from iconic notation, and compose with leaf cutouts.

What’s included

  • Vocal exploration warm-ups with leaf trails, plus a slide for creating your own
  • A movement activity for the song
  • Slides that connect high and low sounds to body movement
  • A listening map for “Leaves” in iconic notation
  • A guided group sing
  • A mallet warm-up and xylophone warm-ups with glissandos
  • Slides for finding high and low bars on the xylophone
  • A guided performance from iconic notation
  • Leaf cutouts and a xylophone template (color and black and white) for composing with high and low
  • Directions for use

Formats

  • PDF
  • Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.

Important

  • This lesson does NOT include the recording or the sheet music for “Leaves.” It is a supplement, so you’ll need to buy the recording and sheet music separately. The song is in the Exploring Orff Teacher’s Guide by Arvida Steen.

Ways to use it

  • A fall lesson on high and low
  • A first xylophone lesson

Standards (NCAS)

  • Creating: Anchor Standard 1 (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas)
  • Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)
  • Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

License & help

This purchase is for one teacher to use with their own students. Each teacher needs their own copy. See the full terms of sale →

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117 reviews for Leaves: a guided xylophone activity to teach high and low – music lesson

  1. Lindsay-Rae L. –

    Great resource! Very engaging. Used in my classroom centers.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Awesome! Thanks for the review!

  2. Andrea A. –

    This was a HUGE hit with my first graders! Very age-appropriate and well-done!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks so much!

  3. Ashley K. –

    Great way to use orff with younger students. Students loved creating their own music!

  4. Kelly Pope –

    Perfect activity for the fall! My students loved using the Orff instruments for this high and low lesson.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks Kelly!

  5. Lauren R. –

    I tied this in with our other fall activities and the students loved it. Reinforced high and low very well.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      That’s great! Thanks for the review.

  6. Music with Miss Walker –

    This was a great resource to get my students playing Orff instrument and exploring. They enjoyed the warmups and how step by step everything was in the lesson.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks for the feedback 🙂

  7. Andrea H. –

    I really like this lesson and found it fun with my students. I’m having a difficult time finding the song out there, but we are enjoying it without.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Hi Andrea–Thanks so much for the feedback! I’ve updated the instructions to include more links to find the song. You can download this update for free under “my purchases”. I hope this helps!

  8. Kyra Walker –

    Thank you for this! This was a great easy resource to use with my students.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks for the review!

  9. Let Your Heart Sing –

    My students LOVE orff instruments and this arrangment was a great way to extend our practice of ta/ta-di rythms.
    Engaging. Attractice visuals.

    Thanks!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  10. Cori Bloom –

    Thank you! This is a wonderful lesson with great visuals. My students were able to easily grasp the concept of playing this song on the xylophone.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks so much!

  11. Megan W. –

    My students in grade K-1-2 loved this! Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m so glad they had fun with it!

  12. Kristen M T. –

    I was looking for something thematic for Fall to help learn melodic direction and this was perfect. Was a big hit with my students. Plan to elaborate on it in the next year.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m so happy to hear that!

  13. Lindsay Waller –

    The kids love using the orff instruments. These slides make it so easy to teach and for the kids to visualize where they need to play on the instrument.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks for the feedback!

  14. Jasmine S. –

    ty!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  15. Camilla R. –

    It was great!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  16. Key Change Publications –

    Great resource!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  17. Jennifer F. –

    Great resource!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  18. Music with Miss P –

    Thank you! Great resource!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  19. Making Musicians –

    I love, love, love this lesson! It’s a perfect way to set your kids up for success and meeting them where they’re at. No matter if it’s your little ones or older, this lesson will work. Great resource!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you for the awesome feedback!

  20. Joan Maguire –

    I was teaching pitch in my first grade unit on light and sound it came in handy

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

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