MUSIC LESSON PLANS
by Deb Jones
August 30, 2008
MUSIC LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1-5, 2008
8:15-9:05 Monday: Study Hall Tuesday: Study Hall Wednesday: Study Hall Thursday: Study Hall Friday: Study Hall
9:35-10:10 3-4 Music: Monday(4) No Class CS Tuesday(3) Book p. 10: listen to rap song inforcing steady beat. Choose music then begin to write rap song with Homecoming theme. CS 1.4, 10.4 Wednesday(4) Book p. 20: feel strong weak beat in songs and show meter of 2. Use instruments & body rhythms. Discuss call response style in spirituals. CS 2.2, 2.3, 9.3 Thursday(3) Book p. 10: continue creative writing of rap song for Homecoming to reinforce steady beat. CS 1.4, 10.4 Friday(4) Book p. 20: continue lesson to feel strong weak beat in songs and show meter of 2. Use instruments & body rhythms. Discuss call response style in spirituals. CS 2.2, 2.3, 9.3
10:10-10:50 5-6 Music: Monday(6) No Class CS Tuesday(5) Book p. 7: discuss meter in 2. Use instruments to reinforce strong beat. P. 10: meter in 3 to show that it has one more weak beat. CS 2.2, 2.3 Wednesday(6). Book p. 4: Style – finish CD cover. Listen to original recording. P. 132: Gershwin and jazz. Listen to examples of music. CS 9.3, 9.4 Thursday(5) Book p. 10: review. Find examples of 2 & 3 meter in books. CS 2.2, 2.3 Friday(6) Do paired reading about history of jazz. Discuss. Pick context clues to comprehend reading. CS 9.3, 9.4
10:50-11:17-11:45 Cadet Band: Monday (5) No Class (6) Saxophone Lesson: No Class. Tuesday (5) Continue rotation of students so that each plays all the instruments available. (6) Clarinet/Flute: Begin where we left off and assign next exercises. Wednesday (5) Continue rotation of students so that each plays all the instruments available. . (6) All: Sax: Begin where we left off and assign next exercises. Thursday (5) Continue rotation of students so that each plays all the instruments available. (6) Drum: Begin where we left off and assign next exercises. Friday (5) Begin worksheet on basic music terms needed for band. (6) Trombone: Begin where we left off and assign next exercises.
11:47-12:37 Planning Period
1:07-1:57 Band/Chorus: Monday (B) No School – Labor Day Tuesday(C) Do vocal & body warm-ups. Sightread Soldier for Veterans Day. Rehearse SSB, In This Very Room, Battle Hymn, Let River Run for parts to sing for clinics. Wednesday(B) Warmups. Rehearse drum cadence. Play Fite song, Walkin & Talkin, Make It Shake. Beat Drum All Day. March outside with drum cadence. Concentrate on lines and ranks, 4 steps apart, L-R step and playing. Thursday(C) Do vocal & body warm-ups. Sightread Soldier for Veterans Day. Rehearse SSB, In This Very Room, Battle Hymn, Let River Run for parts to sing for clinics. Friday(B) Warmups. Rehearse drum cadence. Play Fite song, Walkin & Talkin, Make It Shake. Beat Drum All Day. March outside with drum cadence. Concentrate on lines and ranks, 4 steps apart, L-R step and playing.
2:00-2:30 1-2 Music: Monday(2) No Class today. CS Tuesday(1) Book p. 9: review steady beat or no beat then assess with WDYH#1 worksheet. CS 1.2, 1.4 Wednesday(2) Sing song about fall from Songs for Whole Year. Use instruments to keep ostinato patterns. Use rhythm eggs to keep beat to CD marches. CS 1.2, 1.3, 7.4 Thursday (1) Sing from We All Live tapes and CD;s reinforcing steady beat. CS 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Friday(2) Book p. 8: strong/weak beat. Use pat/clap to show, then do patterns with rhythm band. CS 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
2:50-3:10 Kind. Music: Tuesday Read “Music Teacher from Black Lagoon” Play marches to continue steady beat using rhythm eggs if time. CS 7.4 Thursday: Sing Action Songs – Hickory Dickory Dock – some keep beat with sticks. Classical Songs fo Fall. Talk about style and composers. CS 1.3, 1.4, 9.5 Friday: PE today CS
2:50-3:43 Monday: Study Hall Tuesday: Study Hall Wednesday: Study Hall Thursday: Study Hall Friday: Study Hall
*CS – Concept Skill
