Grade:

Fifth Grade

Date: March 10- 17

OBJECTIVES: Students will..

1.

(Behavioral) By the end of the lesson, students will produce a spoken and bared instrument production of
Birthday Fruits.
(Cognitive) By the end of the lesson, students will generate rhythmic representations of their birth months.
(Experiential) By the end of the lesson, students will collaboratively work to compose elements of the final
performance.
(Critical) By the end of the lesson, student will extend their understanding of the synopah rhythm by
performing it in the middle of spoken rhythms and performing it on bared instruments

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PROCEDURES:

STANDARDS:

Activites for 3/10-3/17

National: CR 2.1.5; Pr 4.2.5;

Pr6.1.6; Cn11.1.5

Echo Clapping
Create your birthday month rhythm
Peach, Pear, Apple, Plum
Final performance on Bared instruments.

Activity 1

Echo Clapping
Have students echo back:
o Ta Ta Ti Ti Ta
o Syn-co-pah
o Ti Ti Ta Ti Ti Ta
Have students echo back with out mnemonics:
o Ta Ta Ti Ti Ta
o Syn-co-pah
o Ti Ti Ta Ti Ti Ta

Activity 2

Ask: Who here has a birthday?

We are going to create rhythms using our birthday month. For instance if
my birthday was in January , First I would figure out how many beats my
month has . Jan-u-a-ry, then I would come with a rhythm for those claps.
For example
Break students up according to birthday
o Rules for Group Work:
! Everyones opinion is important, so let everyone speak.
! Majority Rules
! You will have one minute, when I ring the bell, voices
off, and sit quietly with your group.
o Split by birthday month, merge any group with one student with
smaller sized groups, give each month a card.
o Once time is up, ring the bell and have each group clap and say
their month and have class echo it back.

State: 1.3.5.B.1; 1.3.5.B.4

MATERIALS:
Rhythm on white board
Bared Instruments
Canon definition on board.

Assessment:
Teacher will assess small groups for
appropriate application of rhythm
to their birth month.
Teacher will assess for proper Orff
instrument playing technique.

Activity 3:

Echo Me: ||:Peach, Pear, Apple, Plum, When does your birthday come?
:||
Why did I say that twice? (Repeat sign)
What is the rhythm associated with When does your; syncopah, like
Drinking Gourd from the spoken word.
Say it one more time, clap and say, think and clap
Lets do it as a canon, which is like a round. A canon is when two or more
groups play the same thing but start at different times.
Students: Part 1, Teacher Part 2.
Split class in half, do canon again.

Activity 4:

Carefully and without stepping over the instruments, sit but do not play
an instrument.
Review wood vs metal bared instruments; If you think the Xylophone is a
metal instrument put your hand on your head (Ect).
Perform canon Wood Bars: Part 1; Metal Bars Part 2; switch; class vote on
which one will start for final performance.
Each group practices saying their month rhythm and clapping their sticks
together
Perform final product; alternating canon and 3 months.