Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidate: Kayla Goldman

Subject/Grade: Music (beginning chorus 1) - mostly 9th grade
Date and Time of Lesson: 9/18/14 10:35 am
Learning Objective:

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Lesson # 5

In this lesson, the students will be expected to put together all of their knowledge of musical elements for Kyrie that
they have learned thus far. They will be expected to sing Kyrie from beginning to end with musicality (i.e. dynamics,
phrasing)

Alignment with Standards:

Standard 1: The student will sing and perform on instruments a variety of music, alone and with others.
MCH2-1.2 Sing independently with technical accuracy, using appropriate timbre, diction, breath control, and
good posture throughout his or her singing range, alone or in small and large ensembles.
MCH2-1.3 Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation.
MCH2-1.4 Sing with appropriate expression a varied repertoire of choral music representing diverse genres,
cultures, and languages.

Developmental Appropriateness or Cross-curricular connections:

This learning objective is appropriate because the students are being asked to put all previous knowledge
together to make music. They learned the song in 3 parts and for this lesson we will be focusing on putting it
all together to begin polishing it for performance. The students will be asked to sing with appropriate dynamic
levels and appropriate diction in order to demonstrate the ability to accurately perform this piece. Kyrie is a
vocal work written in Latin, so the students are engaging in, singing and pronunciation of words and their
meaning in a foreign language, which is a cross curricular connection.
Assessment(s) of the Objectives:
Lesson Objective(s)

Assessment(s) of the
Objective(s)

Use of Formative
Assessment

Pre-Assessment

Start the piece and see how

much the students can recall
from previous lessons. I will ask
the students to circle in their
music any parts that the feel
uncomfortable with or that
they feel need work. I will ask
them to score themselves on a
scale of 1-5 on how confident
they feel in singing this piece.

During- Assessment

Hearing and seeing the

progress made in the students
musicality throughout the
rehearsal.

If at least 80% of the class

makes improvement and
can prove this with the
sheets given of the
students scoring
themselves, then I will
know that we will have
had an effective rehearsal.
I will be able to make
rehearsal notes as to what
I could do differently in
order to better teach
them the material of a
new work in the future.

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Post- Assessment

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Hearing the students sing the

entire work and noting the
progress through the rehearsal
and having the students score
themselves again on their
comfort level of singing the
piece after the rehearsal.

Accommodations:
This lesson will have a variety of learning methods involved (visual, audio, group work) in order for the students to learn.
This reaches the accommodations to those students that have IEPs; I have added something into the lesson that will be
effective way to learn for all students. There will be no early or late finishers, for the entirety of the lesson will be done
as a class. If there is a moment where I have to work on a specific part for a section, other sections will be asked to listen
quietly and look over their own parts while I am attending to one section. I may ask the students that are being helped
to listen and give feedback to the section needing help. This will keep all students engaged and thinking about the work.

Materials:
Materials needed for this lesson will include the following: Promethean Board, computer, scoring sheets for students,
pencils, sheet music for Kyrie and piano.

Procedures:
I will begin this lesson by doing warm ups with the students. After warm ups, I will show the students a video of a group
singing Kyrie with an accompaniment. I will ask them to follow their part in the sheet music as we listen to this group.
Then I will have the students sing Kyrie all the way through once without stopping. I will then pass out the self evaluation
sheets for the students to score themselves on how comfortable they feel in singing Kyrie based off of what they know
already and the run that we will have just done. The students will be asked to put their sheets aside while we rehearse
but have them close in order to evaluate themselves again at the end of the rehearsal. I will then pick the spot that
needs the most work and begin rehearsal there. We will work on notes, if needed, dynamics, phrasing and diction. When
we have about 5 minutes left of class I will ask the students to pass their music in to their section leaders and sit down to
score themselves again on their knowledge and comfort of this piece. They will turn their evaluations in on their way out
of class.

Activity Analysis:
There are multiple activities and teaching methods used in this lesson. The warm ups will focus on vowels, diction and
phrasing, which are some of the things we will be working on in our rehearsal. Therefore, the warm ups will not only
prepare the students vocally to rehearse, but it will engage musical aspects that will later be used. Having the students
watch a video/listen to a recording of another group sing this piece will allow the students to critique what they hear. It
will force them to think about their knowledge of the music, such as the pitches, breathing and blend with the other two
voices, while listening. The students wont be exerting the energy to sing, but will be using another part of the brain to
listen to the music and analyze what they already know. This is a skill that you dont find students doing in a general
education classroom. After the video, the students will sing Kyrie in order to think about what they have already learned
this far and will set them up for the evaluation. The self evaluation sheets given will be used as a pre-assessment activity
in order to see how the students feel at the beginning of rehearsal. Having the students sing and rehearse the piece
after their self evaluations will serve as the during-assessment activity. I will be able to assess by hearing the students
and asking questions to determine whether they understand the music and are making progress. Having the students
evaluate/score themselves again at the end of the rehearsal will serve as the post-assessment activity. This will allow the

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students to reflect on what they learned during the rehearsal and will help them to know what they need to work on
individually for future rehearsals.

References:
Klouse, A. (1987). Kyrie. Hal Leonard Corporation. (SAB)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HggWHLYSFI