Are you listening?

Music Lesson Plan

Title: We’re Going on a Lion Hunt Grade Level: 1st
Source: Makin Music by Silver Burdett

Materials needed:
We’re Going on a Lion Hunt recording
Participating students
Listening ears

Procedure:

A.S: Have any of you ever been camping before or even out in the wild? Have any of you
seen movies about creatures/animals in the jungle? What kind of animals do you see in
the woods or even in the jungle? What kind of animals might a hunter be looking for?

1. First ask students what animals can be found in the woods or the jungle (i.e.
cheetah, lion, etc.). Allow students to give their answers. This will allow them to
understand what animals can be found in the jungle or in the woods.
2. Next, ask students why people usually go out to the woods or the jungle (i.e.
camping, hunting, etc.). Allow students to answer again. This will allow them to
understand why people go out into the wilderness.
3. Then, ask students if there can be any complications (obstacles) when out in the
wilderness (i.e. fire won’t start, rain, can’t get through a puddle, etc.). Allow
students to give their answers. This will allow them to understand what that when
out in the wilderness, there will be good and bad moments.
4. Now, connect the previous information to music. Hunters themselves have
complications, or obstacles that they run into when they are hunting. Mention the
song that will be played and explain that the students must listen very carefully
for the obstacles that the hunters are facing, and how they overcome those
obstacles. Also mention to the students that they will have to think of movements
to do when they are listening to the song.
5. Play the song, and make sure that the students are listening very carefully. They
should identify that the hunters in the song are facing some obstacles and are
finding ways to go through it.
6. Now that the students have heard the song, they can apply movements to the
actions that hunters did (i.e. swimming through, crawling through, etc.). Have
students brainstorm about what movements they could do and allow everyone to
participate. Be sure to go over the movements so that all of the students are
following along.
7. Play the song again, but this time the students will have to listen to the actions and
apply their movements to it. This will help them develop great listening skills as
they have to focus on the song and do what the song is telling them to do.
 Closure: Review with the children what they learned after the activity. Children
should now understand that they need to listen carefully to the music to find
information needed in order to successfully complete a task. Children will also
understand that they can show certain words (i.e. swim, jump, and walk through) with
movements.

Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned how to listen
for instructions needed in order to complete a task and also how to show movements for
words such as swim, jump, etc.

Social/ Cognitive Physical Musical Non-Musical

Subjects
Emotional
Connecting to our Listening to the Movements that National Standards “Core” Music Content
own experiences music to apply to jumping, Standards Standards
and with each understand the swimming or
other. obstacles and how walking. 1. Singing Creating
to overcome it. Imagine
Gaining feedback MU:Cr1.1.2a
and ideas from our Listening to peers MU:Cr1.1.3a
peers and our and teacher for
teachers. guidance and 2. Play Instruments Plan and Make
instructions. MU:Cr2.1.1a

Evaluate & Refine

3. Improvising MU:Cr3.1.1a

Present

Performing
4. Composing Select
MU:Pr4.1.3a

Analyze
5. Reading &
Notating Interpret

Rehearse,
Evaluate, & Refine
MU:Pr5.1.1a
6. Listening MU:Pr5.1.2a

Present
MU:Pr6.1.1a
7. Evaluating
Responding
Select
MU:Re7.1.2a
8. Integration
Analyze
(outside arts)
Interpret

Evaluate
9. History/Culture
Connecting
Connect #10
Connect #11