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Lesson Plan Notes

• T.  means  teacher.  
• S.  means  students.  
• ID  means  identify.  
• CSP  means  “comfortable  starting  pitch.”  
• Prior  to  this  lesson,  students  would  have    learned  “Bow  Wow  Wow,”  “Naughty  
Kitty  Cat,”  and  “We  are  dancing,”  and  would  have  learned  eighth  notes,  quarter  
notes,  and  quarter  rests,  or  ti-­‐ti,  ta,  and  rest,  as  being  two  sounds  on  a  beat,  one  
sound  on  a  beat,  and  no  sound  on  a  beat.    
• You  can  watch  the  video  for  Seven  Jumps  here:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUn5Gl9cPtk    
• If  you  like  the  vocal  exploration  file  and  would  like  more  slides  like  that,  see  my    
Sports  Vocal  Exploration  Set.  
• This  is  written  for  a  35-­‐minute  class.  Adapt  as  you  need  to;  suggestions  for  
addition  are  included  with  this  set.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Solos   Daily Lesson Plan
  Reading  
Grade:                  1                                      Lesson  #:      36  
  Writing  
 
  Improv.   Creating:  
  Inn.  Hear.    Imagine  
  Memory    Plan  and  make  
  Books    Evaluate  and  refine  
  Listening    Present  
  Form    
  Mvmt.   Performing:  
  Partwork    Select  
  Instruments    Analyze  
  Integration    Interpret  
  Singing    Rehearse,  evaluate,  and  refine  
 Present  
 
Responding:  
 Select  
 Analyze  
 Interpret  
 Evaluate  
 
Connecting:  
 Connect  

Relationship  to  Previous  Lesson:  


Quarter  rest  centers  
Relationship  to  Following  Lesson:  
Prepare  la,  videotape  students  performing  partwork  

Materials:     Basketball  vocal  exploration  file,  Recorder,  Bow  Wow  Wow/  Naughty  
Kitty  Cat  partwork  file,  Seven  Jumps  You  Tube  video,  Seven  Jumps  recording  (can  be  
found  on  I-­‐tunes)    
 
The  learner  will  (TLW)    prepare  la  .  
 TLW      practice  rest.          
TLW      improve  partwork  skills.  
TLW      explore  their  voices.  
TLW  describe  what  they  notice  in  a  dance  performance.  
TLW  learn  a  circle  dance.  

I  Can  Statements:  
1. I  can      explore  my  voice  .          
2. I  can      do  two  things  at  the  same  time.  
 
Essential  Question:  
Why  do  musicians  need  to  do  more  than  one  thing  at  a  time?  
 
                   Songs/Activities                    Procedures                                      Transitions  
CSP   Time        
A   5   We  are  dancing   S.  come  in  singing.  Play  game  3x.    
D   2   Here  we  are   Sing  gathering  song.  I  use  “Here  we  are    
together,”  which  is  to  the  tune  of  “The  
more  we  get  together,”  and  has  the  lyrics:    
 
Oh  here  we  are  together,  together,  
together,  oh  here  we  are  together  in  music  
today…with  Eva,  and  Johnny,  and  
Michaela,  and  Michael,  etc.  
A   4   Greetings   • T.  sings  “Hello  Class”  on  sol-­‐la-­‐sol-­‐ “Let’s  sing  We  are  
mi  and  s.  sing  “Hello  (teacher’s   dancing  again.”  
name).    
• T.  sings  “How  are  you?”  and  s.  
sing  back  how  they  are.    
Then  T.  can  have  s.  sing  solos  (Hello  
Michael,”  “Hello  (teacher’s  name).”  
A   2   We  are  dancing   Sing  again.  “Now  let’s  show  the  melody  on   “I  have  a  new  song  
Prepare  la  physically   our  body.”  T.  shows  melody  by  touching   for  you.”  
shoulders  on  all  the  sol’s,  head  for  all  the  
la’s,  and  hips  for  all  the  mi’s.  S.  do  with  
teacher.  
A   3   Bounce  High   T.  sings,  s.  answer  questions  (“What  is  the   “I  have  a  picture  of  
New   song  about?”  “Where  are  we  bouncing  the   a  ball  up  here.  
ball  to?”)  S.  sing  with  teacher.   Let’s  see  what  
happens  to  it.”  
  3   Vocal  exploration   Watch  vocal  exploration  file  in  slideshow   T.  plays  on  
mode  and  click  the  ball.  T.  explores   recorder,  s.  ID.  
pathway  as  ball  is  bouncing  (when  ball  
bounces  down,  voice  goes  down,  when  ball  
bounces  up,  voice  goes  up.)  Then  have  s.  
do.  Do  next  slide  and  have  s.  do.  (You  
could  also  take  some  time  to  have  s.  create  
their  own  pathway,  and  have  the  class  
echo.)  
F   4   Bow  Wow  Wow   Sing  through,  do  dance  until  back  at   Have  s.  look  at  
Practice  rest  visually   partner.  Then  sit  down  and  look  at  Bow   other  rhythm  and  
and  aurally   Wow  Wow-­‐Naughty  Kitty  Cat    partwork   figure  out  which  
file.  S.  ID  which  one  is  Bow  Wow  Wow,   song  it  belongs  to.  
then  have  s.  clap    without  saying  rhythm  
syllables.  
A   4   Naughty  Kitty  Cat   Sing  through  Naughty  Kitty  Cat.  Then  T.    
Practice  rest   claps  the  rhythm  to  Bow  Wow  Wow  while  
physically,  partwork   singing  Naughty  Kitty  Cat.  S.  ID.  
Discuss  how  this  is  like  patting  our  head  
and  rubbing  our  stomach  (or  the  opposite)  
and  that  sometimes  as  musicians  we  have  
to  do  more  than  one  thing,  and  it  makes  us  
better  musicians  to  practice  that.  
Have  s.  try  clapping  Bow  Wow  Wow  while  
singing  Naughty  Kitty  Cat.  
  7   Seven  Jumps   Have  s.  watch  video  of  people  doing  the    
Seven  Jumps  dance  (see  link  in  notes  
section).  What  did  they  notice?  What  kind  
of  shape  are  they  in?  Which  movement  
came  first?  If  time,  teach  them  the  dance.  
You  might  a  little  of  the  movement  first  
without  the  recording  then  add  the  
recording.  
         
         
         
Assessment:  
Formative  assessment:  Partwork  
Evaluation:  
 

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