2nd Lesson Plan 9

Grade Level: Elementary: 2​nd grade

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Subject / Content area: General Music

Unit of Study: Half note, la
Lesson Title: Practice la, introduce Holiday Sing music, discover question and answer
Central Focus for the learning segment:​ Students will discover that a good musical
answer includes part of the question

Content Standard(s): ​NYS CCLS or Content Standards (List the number and text of the
standard. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the relevant
part[s].)
1.1.2.B.1 Ear training and listening skill​ ​are prerequisites for musical literacy.
1.1.2.B.2 The elements of music​ ​are foundational to basic music literacy.
1.3.2.B.1 The ability to read music notation correlates with musical fluency and literacy.

Learning Objectives ​associated with the content standards:

Ø Ss will show through performance, and discussion, an understanding and familiarity with
la in melodic conext
Ø Ss will read solfege patterns containing so mi and la off of the staff
Ø Ss will sing Mary had a Baby tunefully with a success rate of 85%
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Instructional Resources and Materials​ to engage students in learning​:

Electronic smart board
Corresponding Google slides document

Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks ​that support diverse student needs. (Include
what you and students will be doing.)​:
Ø Ss will come in a sitting bunch facing the touch board (projection of Mary had a baby)
Ø Ss will listen and identify repeated phrases
Ø Ss will sing along with the repeated phrases and the last line of the song
Ø Ss will sing whole song
Ø Ss will stand while T sings Rocky Mountain and go over to the piano
Ø Ss will step to the beat as T sings again
Ø Ss will show melodic contour with their hands
Ø Ss will echo Rocky Mountain
Ø T will signal for Ss to get into circle spots while T starts singing Wake up you sleepy head
Ø T will show with gestures while singing, the movements for the song
Ø Ss may join in what they remember but all will sing the stationary section “The sun is hot,
the cows are lost, I think I’ll rest, till they come home”
Ø T will ask students “what color is this cow?” (displayed picture of cow on board”)
Ø T will prompt the students to answer this question only and specifically until a students
answers “ the cow is black and white”
Ø T say this is the best answer and Ss will discover that it is the best because it has part of
the question in it
Ø T will ask what color is the bone, for clarification of how to answer questions
Ø Ss will discover solfege for who has the bone smlsm
Ø T will put that up on the staff as the question
Ø T will present three possible answers to the question
Ø Class will sing through each answer
Ø Class will sing the question and T will sing an answer
Ø Ss will tell T which she sang
Ø T will sing the question and hold up a 1 ,2, or 3 and Ss will sing the corresponding
answer
Ø T will ask if anyone wants to try by themself
Review: The best answers use part of the question

Songs used
Mary had a baby
Rocky Mountain
Wake up you sleepy head
Doggie Doggie

Language Function students will develop. Additional language demands and

language supports:

No additional Language supports were needed for this class

Type of Student Assessments and what is being assessed:

·​ ​Informal Assessment:​ Teacher will monitor students during activities

·​ ​Formal Assessment​: Students will complete a worksheet that will show their ability to
write music notation

·​ ​Modifications to the Assessments:​ Teacher will modify the speed of the activities to
give students the support they need.