Sunnyside Lesson Plan Music

Grade: 6
Date: October 20 October 27
Objectives
Students will be able to sing Jeopardy with proper posture and tone.
Students will be able to play Leave are Falling on xylophone with
proper technique and rhythmic accuracy.
Students will be able to notate music notes correctly and in the
appropriate areas.
Students will be able to improvise within specified guidelines.
Activities:
Lesson:
Note Game on Ground
Students will be in teams by color group.
Students will verbally review the line and space notes.
Teacher will point out the string on the ground that
resembles a music staff.
Students will be asked to think of a three to four letter
word that they can spell out on the music staff.
In color groups, students will, without talking, place
small hula-hoops on the large string music staff laid
out on the floor.
The other color groups will race to write what word
they think that they spelled.
To win: the word must be written on the whiteboard
and the team must not shout out the answer and
raise their board first!
Every color group will have a chance to spell a word.
While the students are placing a word on the staff the
students and teacher will sing the Jeopardy theme song.
Xylophone
-Review A section
(Dependent on where each class is on Leaves on Falling)
-Improvisation
Students will practice playing their improvisation for
the first line
Students will practice making sure that their second
line is different that the first.
Students will think about how melodies go up, down,
and stay the same.
Teacher will write notes to her improvisation on the
board
Teacher will talk students through playing that
improvisation on the board.
Teacher will show the next step that the students will
do in the following week with their improvisations.

Materials: Promethean Board, xylophones, hula-hoops, string.

Assessments: Informal playing and participation assessments.
Indiana State Standards:
Standard 1
PERFORMING MUSIC: Singing alone and with others
Students sing a variety of songs in expanding ranges and dynamics with
appropriate tone quality, good posture, and steady tempo.
1.1.1 Match simple pitch patterns in expanding ranges.
1.1.2 Maintain good posture and a steady beat while singing.
1.1.3 Sing at contrasting dynamic levels with appropriate tone quality.
1.1.4 Sing short memorized songs from various cultures.
Standard 2
PERFORMING MUSIC: Playing an instrument alone and with others
Students play short patterns using body percussion and pitched and nonpitched classroom instruments. They maintain a steady tempo when playing
with a group.
1.2.1 Echo short melodic and rhythmic patterns.
1.2.2 Maintain a steady beat on a percussion instrument while playing in a
group.
1.2.3 Hold classroom instruments correctly and play with the proper
technique.
Standard 3
CREATING MUSIC: Improvising melodies, variations, and
accompaniments
Students improvise responses and simple ostinatos by singing and using
body percussion and instrumental sounds.
1.3.1 Respond to sung or played musical questions by singing and using
body percussion, found items, and instrumental sounds.
1.3.2 Improvise a short rhythm to be echoed by classmates.
1.3.3 Improvise a short ostinato to sing or play with a familiar song.