Assignment # 4 Lesson Plan

Activity: Children's song, "Clementine"

Grade Level: 1st



National Standards:

1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

2. Performing with instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music



Concepts:

Music- Pitch, rhythm, keeping a steady beat

Non-music- Multitasking, building of social skills, coordination



Skills:

Music-Singing

Non-music-Moving during the song, being social with classmates



Objectives:

The students will be able to:

. Sing the song "Clementine"while singing in the proper pitch.

. Sing the song "Clementine"while keeping a steady beat by clapping their hands and patting their legs.

. Sing the song "Clementine"while keeping up with the rhythm and steady beat of the song by passing a clementine to other classmates.



Materials:

2 Clementines

Open space in the classroom



Procedure:

1. Greet the students as they enter the classroom and have them form a circle around them on the carpet.

2. The teacher will introduce the song "Clementine" by first showing the students the two clementine fruits that will be used later on in the lesson, and will will ask the students if any of them have ever heard the song "Clementine".

3. Once there is understanding on who has and has not sang this song before, the teacher will deomonstrate the song for those who do not know it, by singing it through.

4. The teacher will then break the song lyrics into shorter phrases, and will have the students repeat the phrases after she sings them.

5. The teacher will then check for understanding of the lyrics, and will either go through them once more or will have the entire class sing with her the lyrics as a whole.

6. Once it is clear the students know the lyrics, the teacher will demonstrate to the students how to keep a steady beat going by tapping her hands to her knees to the rhythm of the song. The teacher will encourage the students to join in and imitate what she is doin by tapping their hands to their legs as well.

7. The teacher will go through the song once more with the children following her lead in keeping the steady beat and then will tell the students to pick their own method of keeping a steady beat with their hands. Once the students are able to keep a steady beat on their own the teacher will transition once more.

8. The teacher will now take out the two clementines and give one to a student on each side of her. The teacher will instruct the students to pass the clementine to the next student but only on the beat, therefore the students will recognize the steady beat and keep it going with the passing of the clementines.

9. The teacher will then have the students pass the clementines on their own, while singing the song on their own and keeping the steady beat three times through without error.

Closure:
. Ask the students to sing the song individually or with a partner while keeping a steady beat.
. Ask the students why it is important not to sing the song too fast or too slow and then ask what will happen if they do.
.Ask the students to give you examples of other ways they can move and keep a steady beat. For example, just it just have to be tapping on their legs while sitting down or can they do more with it.
.Ask the students who knows what a quarter note is and how is it related to a beat, and that will give us an introduction for what we will do in the next lesson.

Assessment:
.Were the students able to learn the words to the song efficiently and successfully throughout the lesson.
.Were the students able to sing independently or your direction or other student's help.
.Were the students able to keep a steady beat on their own while tapping their legs and passing the clementine to their classmates.
.Were the students able to come up with their own way of keeping a steady beat and did they go at the proper speed?
.Were any of the students able to recognize what a quarter note was and what it's relationship to a beat is.