Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Katherine Dobson
Date of Lesson: February 12th, 2015
Grade: 1st
Sonoraville Elementary School
Candidate Teaching Spring 2015
First Grade Lesson Plan
A. National and State Performance Standards Referenced in Current Lesson
National Standards
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
2. Verse/Refrain
3. Safari Activity
Knowledge Objectives:
1. Students will understand matching pitch
2. Students will understand the overall concept of verse and refrain
3. Students will understand what percussion instruments are
4. Students will understand steady beat
5. Students will self-assess performances
Performance Objectives:
1. Students will accurately sing the attendance song on the correct pitch level and
with the correct melody
2. Students will be able to briefly explain verse and refrain
3. Students will accurately sing Safari
4. Students will move to the steady beat
5. Students will play percussion instruments with :
a. Proper Technique
b. Steady Beat
6. Student will self-assess their performances and their classs performance as a
whole
Objectives/ Essential Question:
1. Students will display proper use of tonal memory
2. What is Verse/Refrain?
3. What are percussion instruments?
4. What is the steady beat?
Essential Content:
o *Verse- A section of a song that is repeated using the same melody but different
words
o *Refrain- A section of a song that is repeated after each verse
* Definitions are from Spotlight on Music- Grade 3: Glossary- Page 406
Maracas
Visual Learners
1. Active Board
2. Visual Demonstration
*Visual learners will be provided with visual learner aids to assist with acquisition
of knowledge.
3. Hand Gestures
4. Posters
Auditory
1. Singing Demonstrations
2. Listening
3. Recordings
Body Percussion
Movement
ii.
ii.
iii.
Listen to Its a Small World while thinking about verse and refrain
iv.
v.
Informally Assess
Anticipatory Set
a. Remind students about our previous lesson
b.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Have students walk around in a circle to the steady beat of the song
vii.
viii.
ix.
Have students take a seat and explain that they will get to be in three different
performance groups
a.Singing using risers
b.
Maracas
c.Tone Blocks
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
Rotate
xiv.
Repeat
*If extra time is included, a musical game will be included. (Fine Rhythm, Freeze Dance,
etc.)