Lesson Plan with Reflection

Education Technology
Rhythm Tree Lesson
Jasmine Brown-Jutras
Beginner
2nd – 4th Grade
A.    National Music Standards–
-          Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
-          Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
-         Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
-         Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

B.     Objectives for this Lesson – Students will learn about note values. Students will clap and count whole note, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes.

C.    Materials and Resources – The student will need:

1.      SmartBoard
2.      Computer
D.    Instruction
a.       Introduction –
The instructor stands before the students and slowly begins slapping thigh once, clapping hand once, and snapping fingers twice.  With non verbal
cues, students are encouraged to imitate.  When all students are mimicking the pattern, the instructor begins to count:  one-two-three-four. Finally, the instructor begins singing a simple song: Mary Had a Little Lamb to the rhythm of the slap-clap-snap pattern.

b.      Transition -
 When the song is done, the instructor asks: Did you know that there is math in music?  Did you see how the song went with our clapping pattern?  Today we are going to learn about two different kinds of music notes and how we can ‘read’ them in a pattern
c.       Instructional process-
“In math, numbers help us to count. Well, in music, notes tell us how to clap.”

1.      Start with a Whole Note. Draw a Whole note on the SmartBoard. “Can you describe what it looks like?” Explain that it has 4 counts or beats. Show the student how to count by clapping and clasping your hands for the rest of the beat. Have the students try it.
2.      Continue with Half Notes. Draw two Half Notes under the Whole Note on the SmartBoard making a second row. “Can you explain what it looks like?” Explain the terminology. (Head and Stem) Explain that it has 2 counts or beats. Explain that 2 Half Notes = 1 Whole Note. Then clap the beat with the class.

3.      Continue with Quarter Notes. Draw 4 Quarter Notes under the Half Notes on the SmartBoard making a third row. “Can you explain what it looks like?” Explain the terminology. (Head and Stem) Explain that it has 1 count or beat. Explain that 4 Half Notes = 1 Whole Note. Then clap the beat with the class.

4.      Continue with Eighth Notes. Draw 8 Eighth Notes under the Quarter Notes on the SmartBoard making a fourth row. “Can you explain what it looks like?” Explain the new terminology. (flag and beam) Explain that it get 1/2  a count or beat. Explain that 2 Eighth Notes = 1 Quarter Note. And 8 Eighth Notes = 1 Whole Note. Then clap the beat with the class.

a.      Closure – Practice 2- 3 rhythms patterns with the class.
3.      Assessment –
a.       The students will go to the link below and play an online game. This game is called the Listen to the Rhythms Quiz
                                                              i.      https://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/qw_quiz_rhythms_sound_test/qw_quiz_rhythms_sound_test.htm

4.      Adaptations/ Accommodations – I am unaware of whether or not my students have any disabilities or special needs that need to be accommodated.

To accommodate, I will be sure to work at a slow pace and just in case any student may feel overwhelmed and continue to ask if the class understands the lesson.

5.      Reflection –
-          The smartboard was an essential part of the instrustional process for this lesson plan. And I believe that the online “game quiz” was a great was to get the students excited about the assessment part of the lesson. And it proved to be pretty affective.

-          Using the smartboard allowed the students to be interactive with the lesson. Because of this, I believe that the students were able to comprehend the lesson on a higher level. I also believe that because the game had an interactive sound attached to the quiz this also aided the class to connect the kinesthetic part of the lesson to the auditory parts of the lesson.

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