National Content Standards for Music Education

1.  Singing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

2.  Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

3.  Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments

4.  Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines

5.  Reading and notating music

6.  Listening to, analyzing, and describing music

7.  Evaluating music and music performance

8.  Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outsides the arts

9.  Understanding music in relation to history and culture

November 10-14, 2008

Lesson 4 (DP)

Standards: 1,2,3,4,5

Objective:  SWBAT move and echo patterns to a steady beat, create their own rhythmn pattern, echo basic diatonic patterns, sing a simple song with confidence, and identify the notes of the treble staff, play BAG songs on the recorder..

1.  Notes of Staff/ Kinds of Notes+rests mini quiz

2.  Circle- explain break policy, one word stories

3.  Create a percussion piece- each student selects their own percussion instruments and brings it to the circle.  We echo

                                               patterns, do a round of improv, and then create our own pattern.  Add a conductor to the

                                               mix, and we have a percussion ensemble!

4.  Singing- Sing Do, have everyone echo around the circle.  Return to seats.  Sing from America Sings

5.  4/4 card chanting

6.  Recorders- play through BAGCD songs, begin playing quiz on Shepherd's Hey

7.  Recorder improv intro

Assessment:  Observation, Verbal Feedback, mini-quiz

Lesson 5(DP)

Standards: 1,2,3,4,5

Objective:  SWBAT move and echo patterns to a steady beat, create their own rhythmn pattern, echo basic diatonic patterns, sing a simple song with confidence, and identify the notes of the treble staff, play BAG songs on the recorder..

1.  Begin labeling rhythm patterns

2.  Circle- one word stories

3.  Create a percussion piece- each student selects their own percussion instruments and brings it to the circle.  We echo

                                               patterns, do a round of improv, and then create our own pattern.  Add a conductor to the

                                               mix, and we have a percussion ensemble!

4.  Singing- Sing Do, have everyone echo around the circle.  Return to seats.  Sing from America Sings

5.  4/4 card chanting

6.  Recorders- play through BAGCD songs, hear playing quizzes, introduce F# and E

7.  Recorder improv intro

Assessment:  Observation, Verbal Feedback, bell-ringer