Daily Lesson Plan

Ensemble/Class: What is Music? Central Focus: Introductory Lesson

Materials Needed: Syllabus/Smartboard with Internet Access/PowerPoint/Spotify

Objectives Standards
Musical
1 Students will receive and review the syllabus
2 Students will begin to watch Mr. Jareds presentation
(PowerPoint that features the remaining objectives)
3 Students will answer the question, What is Music? using
their own definition
Musical National Standards
1 Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
2 Understanding relationships between music, the other
arts, and disciplines outside the arts
3 Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Academic Language
4 Students will take a few moments to brainstorm ideas
about their favorite songs, albums, bands, genres, etc
5 Students will merge into small groups of 3, and discuss
their favorite songs, albums, bands, genre, etc
6 Students will write their first journal entry at the end of
class and will be due next class
Common Core
4 Responding to and analyzing works of art
5 Understanding the cultural contributions of the Arts



Class Sequence:
Piece/Activity

Objective
Number(s)
Steps Assessment
Syllabus 1 1. T waits for all of S to come to class and pick a seat
2. T hands out syllabus to S, and asks if everyone
got one
3. T introduces himself, and briefly goes over the
syllabus
4. T asks if S has any questions, and instructs them
to separate the last page and sign it to hand in for
the next class

Formal
Daily Lesson Plan

Presentation 2 1. After the syllabus is reviewed, T dims lights and
begins PowerPoint presentation
2. (The Presentation contains slides with information
about the remaining class objectives, and about
the app that students will use frequently, Spotify)
Informal Assessment
What is Music?



3 1. In the first slide, T will talk a little bit more about
himself
2. The second slide will literally say, What is
Music? and T will ask each S to stand up,
introduce themselves, and say what they think
music is
Formal Assessment
Brainstorm 4 1. After S have given their small introductions, T will
proceed in the PowerPoint until reaching a slide
about brainstorming musical ideas
2. T will then ask S to take a few minutes to write
down some musical information like their favorite:
songs, albums, bands, genres, etc
Informal Assessment
Groups 5 1. T will then instruct S to form groups of 3 with the
closest students around them
2. T asks S to share what they wrote down with the
students in their group
Informal Assessment
Journal
Assignment
6 1. T will tell S to return to their seats, and proceeds
in the PowerPoint presentation
2. T explains and reminds S about the Journal
Assignments that are part of the class (first
introduced in syllabus)
3. T informs S that their topic for todays assignment
is to write down what music means to them, and
something they would like to learn about before
the year is over
4. T asks S to get started now, and that their
assignment is due at the beginning of next class
Informal
Assessment. Journal
assignment due
Wednesday