Singing

Music Lesson Plan

Title: Apple Tree Grade Level: ​ 1st

Source: https://www.thesingingclassroom.com/articles/apple-tree

Materials needed:
Apple

Procedure:

A.S: What is everyone's favorite food?

Does anyone like fruit? I love fruit, fruits are so good for you- gives you lots
of energy to play.
What kind of fruit does everyone like?
we're gonna play a game with a song about apples and apple trees.

1. Play song - with words

2. go through song
-line through line
- I saw some of you nodding, do you know what you were nodding to?
-introduce beat
3. we sing line by line , to teach song
4. kids echo us
5. Now that we learned the song we are going to turn it into a game
6. I have an apple- introduce game and rules
7. Great job everyone!

Closure: What fruit did we sing about and pass around today?
When we played our game, what did we do when we got out? What
is that called?

Why is eating fruit important?

 Educational Objective: ​ ​By the end of this lesson, students will have learned . . . Clap
along with beat, sing with a group, head register

Social/ Cognitive Physical Musical Non-Musical

Subjects
Emotional
Clapping Clapping Clapping National Standards “Core” Music Content
Standards Standards
together with the
beat Singing 1. ​Singing Creating Nutrition-
Imagine fruits
Singing
together Memorizing Pass apple Plan and Make

lyrics 2. Play Instruments Evaluate &

Refine
Passing the
apple Memorizing Presen​t
together rules to 3. Improvising
Performing
game Select

Analyze
4. ​Composing
Passing the Interpret
apple on
Rehearse,
beat Evaluate, &
5. Reading &
Refine
Notating
Present

Responding
6.​ Listening Select

Analyze

Interpret
7.​ Evaluating
Evaluate

Connecting
8. ​Integration Connect #10
(outside arts)
Connect #11

9. History/Culture