Elinor Collins

Lesson Plan
K General Music Lesson
3/27/20

Objectives: At the end of class, students will be able to:

- Repeat varied quarter and eighth note sets of rhythms on rhythm sticks without
background music to keep steady beat
- Perform varied quarter and eighth note rhythms with accompaniment recording in small
groups
- Appropriately respond and replicate teacher model of macro and micro movement to
recorded music in seated position in self space

National Standards:
MU:Cr1.1.1
a. With limited guidance, create musical ideas (such as answering a musical question) for a
specific purpose.

State Standards:
Standard - 9.1.3.A
Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and
humanities.
Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre 
Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture  

Materials:
 Audio-Visual aids
o Magnetic Rhythm Cards
 Quarter note and eighth note combinations
 Possible Options: Ta ta; titi titi; ta titi; titi ta; ta sh (rest)
 Other Materials
o Hello song
 Simple four note melody: Do (half note) -Mi (quarter note) -Fa (quarter
note) -Sol (Half note)
 Text: Good morning class!
o Whiteboard to organize rhythm cards

Procedures:
 Step-by-Step
o Hello Activity
 T. greets students at the door and has them come to their seats on the
carpet.
 T. starts class with hello song together and chooses student names out of
a cup for solo singing opportunities
  All S. sing “good morning -------” with teacher accompaniment and
selected students responds with solo singing “good morning class” with
teacher accompaniment on piano or guitar
 Repeat hello song process three times
o Instrument Distribution
 T. asks one student if they can remember how instruments are taken
from the instrument area and chooses student with silent hand and
appropriate seated behavior on carpet
 Expected behavior: Student stands, walks to the instrument area,
picks up two rhythm sticks and holds both with two hands, and
walks all the way around the carpet back to their spot on the carpet
with rhythm sticks in rest position
 S. picks up two rhythm sticks and walks all the way around the room as
per protocol back to their space on the carpet, sits with pretzel legs, and
places rhythm sticks in front of them on the carpet as T. reviews rest
position once they come back to their seat
 T. asks each row to go and take two rhythm sticks and come back to
their space
o Review/Practice Ta and TiTI
 T. improvises four beat patterns with quarter notes, eighth notes, and
rests with ta, titi language with vocal and instrumental student response
 T. utilizes rhythm cards on whiteboard to compose notation for student
sight reading
 Rhythm cards notation: Quarter/ Quarter
eighth/ eight /quarter
Quarter/ Quarter Rest
Eighth/ eighth /eighth /eighth
 T. rearranges four beat and eight beat patterns with cards for student
performance in sight reading and practice
 Ex: Ta ta ta shh
 Ex: titi ta ta shh
 Ex: ta ta ta shh titi ta ta shh
 Titi titi ta ta
 Ta shh titi titi
 Ta shh titi titi titi titi ta ta
o .Play Patterns with Backbeat
 T. plays back beat/instrumental music to give steady beat with students
finding steady beat played by T.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xQFASlG02A
 T. improvises and plays four beat patterns with whole class response
 Ex: ta ta titi ta
 Ex: titi ta titi ta
 Ex: titi titi ta titi
 Ex: ta ta ta shh
 T. plays four beat patterns with small group response
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o Return Instruments and Ending Activity
 T. leads held rhythm stick/arm movement activity in seated position to
music as each row walks rhythm sticks back to correct place and comes
back to places on the carpet
 Follow the leader – Teacher moves to macro and microbeat of
backbeat/instrumental music in various parts of the body with rhythm
sticks in rest position
 Shoulders
 Head
 Hands in the air holding rhythm sticks together with two hands
 Patch the beat
 Upper body
Assessment:
- Did the students repeat varied quarter and eighth note sets of rhythms on rhythm sticks
without background music to keep steady beat?
o Teacher plays rhythms with entire class response and listens for discrepancies in
rhythmic accuracy
o Teacher watches for correct playing position
- Did the students perform varied quarter and eighth note rhythms with accompaniment
recording in small groups?
o Teacher asks each row to repeat four beat patterns both notated and improvised by
teacher and listens and watches for rhythmic accuracy and participation by all
students
- Did the students appropriately respond and replicate teacher model of macro and micro
movement to recorded music in seated position in self space?
o Teacher watches for expected student behavior according to classroom rules and
expectations for the activity, and for those who follow instructions in putting
instruments back in place and moving in activity