La Joya Independent School District

Weekly Plan for Engaging Lessons

Subject

Week of

Campus Kika de la Garza Elementary_

September 21-25, 2015

Standards(s)/Content and Substance (TEKS/TAKS)

Learner Objective (s)
- I will learn the difference between talking voice and
singing voice.
- I will practice using my talking voice and my singing
voice.

Prerequisite Skill: listening, clapping, singing

Tuesday

Wednesday

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Description:

Cue Set/Focus
Best Shot/Initial Teach
Guided/Independent Practice
Elaboration
Correctives/Reteach
Closure
Evaluation
Maintenance

Description:

Assessment
Formative: Teacher Observation
Summative: Students follow directions

Learning Experiences

Monday
Cue Set/Focus
Best Shot/Initial Teach
Guided/Independent Practice
Elaboration
Correctives/Reteach
Closure
Evaluation
Maintenance

Music

Examine student, class, grade level, (or team) Data on

standard (s) to be taught

K.4, 1.2a, 1.2b, 2.1b, 3.3c, 3.3d, 4.6c, 5

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Cue Set/Focus
Best Shot/Initial Teach
Guided/Independent Practice
Elaboration
Correctives/Reteach
Closure
Evaluation
Maintenance

Description:

Friday

Materials Needed:

Classroom expectations
Stereo w/remote
row, row, row your boat
lyrics
xylophone

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Cue Set/Focus
Best Shot/Initial Teach
Guided/Independent Practice
Elaboration
Correctives/Reteach
Closure
Evaluation
Maintenance

Description:

Students walk into classroom; teacher greets students and directs them to sit down quietly on risers and/or carpet.

Welcome / teacher introduction / student introductions

Daily Routines
-Entering classroom properly
-Sitting down quietly
-Greeting song

Listen to composer of the week and discuss the emotions transmitted by the music piece.

Questioning Strategies
-Are Tones important?

Students will learn the seven tones of music: C, D, E, F, G, A, B; Do, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA, SI.
Students will learn that these same notes are used to play all other instruments.

-What can they do?

Grades: PreK 5th Grade

Name Juan M. Elizondo

. Students will practice the tones by playing row, row, row your boat on the xylophone.
- Students will learn the parts of the xylophone and how to take care of it.
- Students will sing row, row, row your boat
- Students will practice beat by finding the beat of the song.
- Students will learn and play the first two parts of the song using the xylophone.

Closing: Restate the importance of learning the tones and properly caring for instruments.

-How can we take proper

care of the xylophone?

Modifications/Accommodations:
minimal distraction, extended time, frequent breaks,
frequent reminder to stay on task, oral presentation of
work, explain expectations, content mastery, inclusion
teaching, small group work, peer tutor, positive
reinforcement, reduced assignments.

Technology:
Stereo system
Elmo

Design Qualities of Choice

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Product Focus
Affirmation of
Performances
Affiliation
Novelty and Variety
Choice
Authenticity

Blooms Taxonomy
Creating: create, compose, design
Evaluating: judge, decide, rank
Analyzing: classify, compare,
separate
Applying: show, demonstrate,
illustrate
Understanding: explain, describe,
summarize
Remembering: name, list, define

9 High Yield Strategies

1. Identify Similarities/Differences
2. Summarizing/Note-taking
3. Reinforcing Effort/Providing
Recognition
4. Homework and Practice
5. Nonlinguistic Representations
6. Cooperative learning
7. Setting Obj./Providing Feedback
8. Generating/Testing Hypothesis
9. Question, Clues, And Organizers