ELELEMENTARY SCHOOL LESSON PLAN

(Adapted from Madeline Hunters Research)

Student Name: Tonika Dunn Date:

Grade: 1 / 2 Split

Unit/Subject:

Music: Beat & Rhythm

Materials:

(List the materials needed for - Musical instruments

this lesson) - Smartboard
- Poem

Objectives:
The children will be working on:
(What the students should
applying the elements of music when
learn/accomplish/master/unders
singing, playing, and moving
tand as a result of the lesson)

Anticipatory Set:

(In what way will you activate I will ask the children what they know about
their prior knowledge and beats and rhythm.
experience to help them relate
to todays lesson?)
Teaching:

(Step by step discussion for how Instructional Input:

the lesson will be taught)
Beat: The beat stays the same

- Is the heart of the music

Instructional Input:

What knowledge will you

Rhythm: but the rhythm changes with the
communicate to the students so
words
that they understand the
objective of the lesson (film, - A pattern of long and short notes
tape, video, pictures, etc)

Guided Practice: Poem:

The beat stays the same (2x)
What activities will the students
But the rhythm changes with the words.
perform under your supervision
to ensure that they are able to
practice the material/concepts
taught in the lesson?
Modeling:
How will you support students
I will demonstrate the beat using my hands
when errors are made?
and lap. I will demonstrat6e that the
Modeling:

How will you demonstrate the

skill or competence so the
student will also be able to do it?
(Use of materials to show
students examples of what is
expected as a final product of Checking for understanding:
their work)
After the poem has been recited I will pick
Checking for Understanding: students to perform the poem
demonstrating the beat or rhythm.
How will you check that the
students have
understood/learned the
objectives?

Questioning Strategies:

What types of questions might

you ask to probe for higher level
thinking?

Closure: For the closing we will recite a poem called

The Green Grass:
Develop a statement that brings
the lesson to an appropriate
conclusion. A statement of
Rain on the green grass
closure is the act of reviewing
and clarifying the key points of a Rain on the tree
lesson. It is used to:
Rain on the house top
1. Cue students to the fact
that they are at the end of But not on me.
the lesson
2. Help organize student The children will recite the program using
learning their hands and keep the beat and rhythm.
3. Help students form a After we will incorporate instruments.
clearer picture of what the
lesson is all about
Independent Practice: The children will not be getting any
independent practice with the lesson.
List homework or seatwork
assignments the students will be If there is additional time we will play a
expected to complete in order to group game called Who Started the Beat?
practice the material/skill
without teacher supervision

Reflection:

- What went well? Provide

examples for how you know it
went well.
- What didnt go well? Provide
examples for how you know it
didnt go well.
- What did you learn?
- What might you do differently
next time you implement this
same experience and why?
- Did you have to make any
adaptations or modifications?
If so, what were they?
- What type of experience might
you plan to extend on this
one?
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