Revised lesson plan

Friday, September 18, 2009
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.
3. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

Concepts:Music- 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 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 the teacher 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 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 demonstrate 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 doing 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, do the students have to be tapping on their legs while sitting down or can they do more with it.
.Ask the students if they know what a quarter note is and how it is related to a beat, and that will give us an introduction for what we will do in the next lesson.
Assessment:
.Aurally check to see if the students are able to learn the words to the song efficiently and successfully throughout the lesson.
.Visually check to see if the students can sing independently or if they need direction from yourself or the other students.
.Visually check to see if the students are able to keep a steady beat on their own while tapping their legs and passing the clementine to their classmates.
.Visually check if the students are able to come up with their own way of keeping a steady beat and did they go at the proper speed.
.Verbally check to see if any of the students are able to recognize what a quarter note is and what its relationship is to a steady beat.