Students find patterns in the numbers of the Twelve Days of Christmas and then figure out how much all the gifts of Christmas cost in 2019.

To accomplish goals, members of families must cooperate, just as members of the orchestra must cooperate to create beautiful music. Similarly, students in a classroom have similar constructs; everyone
must do their best for themselves as well as for the good of the whole. This lesson helps students understand that an orchestra, a family and a classroom must work together to accomplish great things.

Students will be introduced to the three pieces of Aboriginal music from the Northern Territoy of Australia. They will perform rhythms with body percussion and on rhythm instruments. They will listen for particular melodic patterns and show them through drawing as well as singing on neutral syllables. They will act out the story of the song.

Students will gain an understanding of ten instruments of the orchestra (trombone, trumpet, french horn, cello, violin, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, harp). This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #6 of the National Standards for Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.