Colin O’Brien and Dalia Montiel Instrument

Music Lesson Plan

Title: Playing Instruments to Clap Stomp and Chomp Grade Level: 1st
Source: Learn Syllables | Clap, Stomp and Chomp - YouTube

Materials needed: Syllable song, drum, shaker, and triangle

Procedure:

A.S: “So class we have learned about syllables these past few weeks, and today we are going to
use syllables in our music class. Can anyone remind me of what a syllable is? How many
syllables are in the word dog? What about the word student? Now what about in the word
syllable? Today we are going to listen to a song that has words with different amounts of
syllables, so we are going to listen carefully to the ques in the song, and we are going to drum
and shake to the syllables in the words in the song.”

1. Play a small part of the song to help students get the timing down.
2. “For the clapping part of the song, we will drum. For the stomp we will shake the shaker. For
the chomp we will use the triangle/symbol.
3. Play the song and play the instrument with the corresponding part.
4. Call out when it’s time to switch instruments.

Closure: “Who can remind us of what a syllable is? What were some words we heard in the song
that had one syllable? Two? Three?

Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned . . . how to identify
syllables in different words by using music and instruments.
Social/ Cognitive Physical Musical Non-Musical
Emotional Subjects

P Playing Listening to words Playing National “Core” Music Content Standards

instruments to identify instruments Standards Standards English
together syllables.
1. Singing Creating
2. Play Imagine
Instruments
Plan and Make
3. Improvising
Evaluate &
Refine
4. Composing Present

Performing
5. Reading & Select
Notating
Analyze

6. Listening Interpret

7. Evaluating
Rehearse,
8. Integration Evaluate, &
(outside arts) Refine

9. Present
History/Culture
Responding
Select

Analyze

Interpret

Evaluate

Connecting
Connect #10

Connect #11