UNIT PLAN 2014-2015 Colegio Granadino

Unit Title: Musical rhythm writing

Email to rperskie@granadino.edu.co OR jhunt@granadino.edu.co
Teacher Germn Camilo Salazar
Grade 6
Subject Music
Quarter/Trimest 2nd (second)
er

Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED GOALS
Standard 4. Reads and
notates music
MC6.4.1 Reads a writes simple
musical phrases
MC6.4.2 Uses rhythm syllables to
read rhythms
Standard 5 Knows and applies
proper criteria to music and
music performance
MC6.5.1 Understands aesthetics
and styles in popular music
Standard 7: Develops ear
skills
MC6.7.1 Identifies primary
elements of music by listening to
them
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
The student will be capable to appreciate and understand any
artwork with clear aesthetic and technical criteria; he will
develop creative skills to find solutions, break models and
paradigms and open his outlook to the surrounding world; the
sensibility acquired will help him to asses and value the work
and effort made by others and to work in a team. The developed
understandings will have an evident impact in his motor skills,
coordination, sense of aesthetics, use of space and time, abilities
and mastery of public speaking. The cultural and technological
knowledge and understanding will enable the student to be in
the forefront of the social, academic and scientific progress, this
being a cornerstone in the training of a leader
They will recognize theoretical and contextual (historic, esthetic,
organologic) elements in every kind of music they listen outside
the school, specially World music from the xx century. They will
read and write a rhythm
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MC6.7.3 Writes a simple rhythmic

phrase after listening
Meaning
Musical Writing: Rhythm UNDERSTANDINGS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will understand that How can I use musical
Whole Note, Half note, What are the BIG IDEAS? writing
Quarter note, Eight note What is all that music
Rests Musicians had developed a system hieroglyphs for?
Combinations. that allows write any sound, or
musical idea keeping accuracy
General Components of Music concerning the speed, length,
-The Sound height.
-Rhythm
-Melody What specific
-Harmony understandings about them
are desired?

Ear Training The student will understand in a

With whole note, half note, general way how musical writing
quarter note, eight note. system works.

What misunderstandings are

predictable.

The relation between what is

written and what should sound
sometimes can be imprecise, so it
might be reinforced.
The way some rhythmic cell
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should be played could be

misunderstood in the first stage of
work.

Acquisition
Students will know
What key knowledge will
students acquire as a result
of this unit?
-The student knows and
understands the essential
elements of music.
-The student knows and
understands the meaning of
musical symbology.
-The student will understand how
basic music notation works.
What should they eventually - The students will be skilled
be able to do as result of
such Knowledge.
-The student will be able to
identify any of these elements in
real music.
-The student is able to read and
play an easy percussion score.
-The student is able to write an
easy part after listening to it
Students will be skilled at
What key skills will students
acquire as a result of this
unit?
-The student will acquire rhythmic
sense and ability to create and
recreate patterns and rhythmic
bases.
- The student will develop the
corporal association and
dissociation and will learn to
coordinate his work with his
partners.
interpreting musical symbols and
understanding their meaning.
What should they
eventually be able to do as
result of such Knowledge?
-The student will be able to play
rhythmic phrases by reading
them.
- The developed skills will be
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relevant in a lot of diary activities

which involve rhythmic sense,
such as dancing, swimming,
driving a car, etc.
Stage 2 Evidence
Evaluative Criteria Assessment Evidence
By what criteria will PERFORMANCE TASK(S):
performances of The notation of the rhythm (figures and cells). Teacher
understanding be judged? explanation.
- Accurate performance of Individual reading exercise.
exercises. Group Dictation activity
- Accurate writing of
dictations.
- Quality and Complexity of
the exercises created by
the student.
- Effort evidenced in the
results of their tasks
OTHER EVIDENCE:
Through what other evidence ( e.g quizzes, tests, academic
prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students
demonstrate achievement of the desired results?

Creative Project:
-The students will write rhythmic phrases out of a recording given
by the teacher.
-The students will create their own rhythmic exercises with its
corresponding written part, it must incorporate all the elements
(figures, cells, signature) studied in class in an accurate way. They
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will record their performance in video.

How will students reflect upon and self- assess their learning?

--The students will exchange their exercises with other groups and
will play the different exercises created by their partners.

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Summary of Key Learning Events and Instruction
What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achieve the desired results? How will the
design:
W : Help the students know Where the unit is going and What is expected? Help the teacher know Where
the students are coming from (prior knowledge, interests) ?
H : Hook all the students and Hold their interest?
E : Equip students, help them Experience the key ideas and Explore the issues?
R : Provide opportunities to Rethink, and Revise their understanding and work ?
E : Allow students to Evaluate their work and its implications?
T : Be Tailored ( personalized ) to different needs, interests, and abilities of learners?
O : Be Organized to maximize initial and sustained engagement as well as effective learning?

Teachers explanation and guide.

Sensibilization games
Grupal Creative Proyect
Individual Creative Proyect
Critical Music Audition
Video Assessment and Self Assessment
Consolidation Class Work with the topics and elements studied developing the ability to identify each
one by listening to it.
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