LESSON #1:
For Kindergarten or First Grade
OBJECTIVE:
Students will gain the knowledge of what a Tuba looks like and what be able to recognize what it sounds like.
MATERIALS:
*A Tuba
*A familiar kids song: "Yankee Doodle"
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Students have a background on brass instruments but have not seen any in person.
Students have been watching the cartoon “Tubby The Tuba” where they are learning that tubas don’t always play ‘Umpa Umpa.’
PROCEDURES:
1. Introduce myself to the students because this is the first day they have seen me in the class. Tell them that I am there to watch Mrs. Dudenhoeffer and that I am studying to be a music teacher like her.
2. Tell the students that I play the tuba. Take the tuba out of its case so that the students can see what a tuba looks like.
3. Ask the students if they know what kind of sound it will make, either a loud sound or a soft sound.
4. Play a few notes on the tuba ranging from the highest note to the lowest note
5. Then ask if the students can identify what song I am about to play. Play “Yankee Doodle” on the tuba so the students can hear that tubas don’t just play ‘Umpa Umpa.’
6. See if the kids can come up with the song title of what I just played.
INDICATORS OF SUCCES:
That the students can identify that I just played “Yankee Doodle.”
Students can now see what a Tuba looks like and what kind of sound it makes.
FOLLOW-UP:
Another day of class, if the students see the case or see the Tuba itself, they know what it is. In a different class, have the student’s see what a trombone is and distinguish the two sounds.
LESSON #2:
For First Or Second Grade
OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able learn a new song, “How Much Is That Doggy In The Window” by echoing.
MATERIALS:
*A CD player with speakers
*The song “How Much Is That Doggy In The Window” on a CD
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Students have a general idea of what echoing is and that they are able to listen to the teacher and follow directions.
PROCEDURES:
1. Begin by singing the song to the class so the class is familiar with the song and so they know what song they will be singing.
2. Next, sing each line of the song for the class and have them echo it back to you with the correct words and pitches.
3. After the kids have correctly echoed but the different lines of the song, turn on the CD player and play the CD of the song.
4. Make sure the class knows that the song on the CD will be divided up in three parts (repeating the song 3 times).
5. The first part, the teacher will sing with the music and words. The second part will have music but no words and the class should sing during this period. Finally, the third part everybody sings with the CD that has words and music.
INDICATORS OF SUCCES:
This lesson went very well. I believe it did so because I had a recording of the song that I used and I think that gave the class something different.
The class successful echoed the words from the song as I sang them.
When the CD played the song, the class successful followed the words and was able to sing.
FOLLOW-UP:
I feel this technique with using the CD player was very helpful and doing it again with more songs and other uses, will be great.
Multimedia is very useful!
LESSON PLAN #3
For Fourth Grade
OBJECTIVE:
Have the students be able to play “Bingo-Fun Duet” successfully with 2 different parts being played simultaneously
MATERIALS:
*Recorders for the entire class if they do not already have them
*Recorder Method Book One: Page 25
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Students have background on the recorder. They are familiar with all of the notes and are able to play.
PROCEDURE:
1. Have the students sit quietly in their seat with their recorders on their lap and not playing.
2. Divide the class up into two sides, and assign each side either A or 2A for the song and their assigned part.
3. Have side A play their part by themselves. Make sure they are counting the rests and playing the correct notes and articulation.
4. Next, have side 2A play their part. Making sure they notice that their part is different from the other side. Also, have them follow the rests and articulation.
5. Finally, have both sides play together. Both sides are different and each side will play at different times.
INDICATORS OF SUCCESS:
Children can play their parts that are assigned to them and are able to follow me.
When both groups play at the same time, they are successful in watching me and making sure they play the correct melodies.
FOLLOW-UP:
Play a tune that may have more than two different parts.
Have faster song that allows the students to play more.
LESSON PLAN #4:
First or Second Grade
OBJECTIVE:
Students will become familiar with the different families of an orchestra and the instruments that make up those families.
MATERIALS:
*PowerPoint presentation saved to disk describing the instruments that make up an orchestra.
*A computer with PowerPoint
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Students are familiar with instruments and that all instruments come in different sizes and have different sounds.
PROCEDURES:
1. Have the class watch and listen to my presentation on the different instruments of an orchestra.
2. The presentation will have sounds and pictures that the students will be able to follow and look at.
3. After the presentation is completed, ask the class some instruments that make up the different families of the orchestra that were mentioned in the PowerPoint slide show.
INDICATORS OF SUCCESS:
The class responds very well to the Power Point presentation on the instruments of the orchestra.
The follow the slides very well and notice the pictures of all the instruments and the word that refers to them.
Students will be able to identify instruments now because they are familiar with them and what they look like.
FOLLOW-UP:
Use Power Point for another presentation.
Multimedia is very useful and it’s very effective. Students see pictures, sounds and words that refer to an instrument.
LESSON PLAN #5:
“There Was An Old Lady”
OBJECTIVE:
The class will play a game to “There was an Old Lady.” The class will sing the song as the game goes on and the object of the game is not to get eaten.
MATERIALS:
*A CD player
*Copy of the song “There was an Old Lady”
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Students should be familiar with the song.
PROCEDURES:
1. I will pick one student from the class to be the old lady. That person will then pick another student when in the song the lady eats a fly. They will take someone from the class as the fly.
2. As the song goes on, the lady will continue to grab kids from the class as she eats more animals in the song until she eats the last animal that causes her to die.
3. The class continues to sing the song as the lady keeps grabbing students and the object is to see if you are left at the end of the song and have not been eaten.
FOLLOW-UP:
I thought this lesson went pretty well. I think it was fun for the class to do. I think a thing that I should have done that would of made it better was when I picked someone to be the old lady, after she picked the first person, I should of made that person pick the next person and that person pick the next person and so on. This way, more than the “Old Lady” did the work. But overall, I think it went over pretty well and I think this is something that would go over very well with little kids.
LESSON PLAN #6:
“My Boyfriend’s Back”
For Fourth Grade
OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able to play “My Boyfriend’s Back” on the recorder.
MATERIALS:
*Recorders for the entire class
*Copies of "My Boyfriend’s Back” for the class
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Students know how to play the recorder and have a good sense of notes and tonality.
PROCEDURE:
1. Pass out the recorders and the song to the students in the class making sure they do not play by telling them to put the recorders on the ground.
2. Review a few notes that maybe troublesome like the B flat. Also talk about the rest and the tied notes that might give the students difficulty.
3. Play the song once at a slower speed making sure the students get the rhythm and the correct notes.
4. Play the song once more at a faster tempo.
FOLLOW-UP:
I think this lesson plan went pretty well. It was a familiar tune to the class and a fun little song to play that everyone has heard before. One big problem was that I wasn’t sure which student was playing the wrong notes. There was one particular individual who was play the F wrong and I wasn’t able to figure it out. I know now that I have to focus on a few things when doing a lesson plan. Focus on what the lesson plan is and make sure that the students are doing it correctly. But overall, I think the lesson plan was fun and something that would be good for students to play.