Teacher: Mark Robertson Course: General Music - Kindergarten 1st Rotation

Location(s) (Schools): Oak Lane/North Elementary; Person County Schools

Unit: Rhythm (Beat); Pitch (Head Voice with So and Mi); Music Classroom Procedures
Lesson Date(s): 9/ 2/2014
Students are a week behind due to late/delayed starting days
Type of Lesson? Acquisition

Refining/Extending

Mastery/Application

Essential Question (s):

Can we sing with a proper good sound (head voice)?
Can you show/mark the beat in music?
Can you begin to show person space?
Standard(s) /Assessment Anchor (AA):
K.ML.1.1 Exemplify proper technique when singing and playing a variety of music.
AA: High and low sounds
AA: Are the students beginning the process of understanding how to sing with the proper technique of using
their head voice, with a proper light sound, not yelling! Hear individuals for beginning assessment.
K.ML.1.3
Execute simple rhythms using body, instruments, or voice.
AA: Students play with body percussion the beat, using hands on their body to mark the beat safely while
singing!
K.MR.1.1
Use singing, playing, and/or moving to respond to a variety of musical ideas.
AA: Students learn Apple Tree today
Cross Curricular Connection:
PE: .K.PR.4.1 Use basic strategies and concepts for working cooperatively in group settings
Literacy Connection:
Phonological awareness: 2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds
(phonemes). Recognize and produce rhyming words
AA: Students tell what words repeat and/or rhyme
21st Century Skills :
1. Character Development/Interpersonal Skills: Working as a group, allowing individual students to
take a leadership role, allowing students to choose leaders
2. Reading Standards for Literature K5: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about
key details in a text.
Materials needed:
Props: slide whistle ( head voice work), soft ball, box for pretend bubble gum
Instruments: Bass Xylophone, piano/keyboard
Acc. Percussion: hand drum?
Previewing Key Vocabulary/Music Terms : melody, head voice, personal space, sitting legs folded (Crisp
cross apple sauce)

Activating Strategy (Musical Warm-up)

1. Using a hand drums students enter room stepping to the beat stopping when the drum stops!
2. Students follow the leader to their number spot remind students to leave the tape alone
a. This is your spot remember it and always return to your spot
3. Head Voice work
a. Vocal sirens quickly today!
b. Slide Whistle echo teachermake sure students wait for teacher
i. Show me with your whole body the sound.
ii. Start in high or low space?
c. Start I Like To Eat do not change the vowels todaydiscuss but dont do!
Teaching Strategies (Activities)
Students sit: i.e. Mr. R asks for students to sit - crisps cross apple sauce!
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Imitation
a. Mr. R sings Apple Tree ( without La)
b. Count the parts of the song on fingers.
c. Students echo sing/with change to beat keeping ( bilateral movement patting on legs)
Exploration
a. Add game with ball for students
b. Think about words of the song
i. Any words repeat?
ii. Any words sound the same or rhyme?
iii. Where do these words rhyme beginning of the parts of the song?, ending parts of the song?
Improvisation
a. Try to get students to say the name of the person they are passing the ball to
b. Look for other students how are doing a good job of keeping the beat and singing
c.
Extension if time
a. Have students stand, keep a beat for 8 and freeze for 8 using - using Theme from Northern Exposure
b. AA: are the students able to imitate the teach keeping a beat in different Bp locations, watch and check
individuals for beat control
c. Do we have a leader today?
d. Personal space
i. Magic Bubble Gum game
ii. Students move but stay in person space
iii. Find a partner but stay in your personal space

Summarizing Strategies
1. Personal space using Magic Bubble Gum game
2. Students sit and line up from singing their name back to the teacher
Assessment: Done in lesson (see above); students are encouraged to continue work on head voice singing,
Previewing (Key Vocabulary/Musical Terms) for Next week!
1. Head Voice
2. So and mi with movements
3. Keeping a beat in contrast to a rhythm
4. Personal space