Lesson Plan #10

Name: Kelsi Trest

Date: 5/23/14
Title of the lesson:

Making Latin Music

I. Preliminary Planning- Load the music videos the students will be playing along with.
Bring the cajon to school and have their guiros ready to play.
Objective(s) of the lesson:

To make music through traditional Latin American instruments

Theme/Essential Question:

How is music made?

MDE GLCE /Common Core

Standards best served:
(2-3)

ART.D.I.1.5 Reproduce two simple movements at

moderate tempo such as clapping and stepping at a
moderate tempo.

ART.D.I.1.8 Follow the lead of the teachers movements.

ART.D.II.1.2 Follow teacher-directed movement responses

involving props; e.g., scarves, bean bags, parachute.

ART.D.II.1.3 Explore within personal space contrasting

concepts, such as small to large, or low to high.

ART.D.II.1.4 Teacher directs students in a simple pattern

using the elements, force, and level.

ART.M.I.1.6 Play a variety of rhythmic instruments.

ART.M.III.1.4 Introduce music vocabulary for the

elements of music; i.e. melody, harmony, rhythm, tone
color/timbre, form.

Focus question:

Can you repeat these rhythms?

Key vocabulary/concepts:

-Cajon: A cajn is a six sided, box-shaped percussion instrument

originally from Per, played by slapping the front or rear faces
with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements such as
brushes, mallets, or sticks.

Time required:

1 Hour

Materials needed:

-Guiros
-Latin Music Video
-Cajon

II. The Lesson Itself*- http://prezi.com/eabnynqxcu-b/?

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Lesson launch (aka Do Now
aka The Hook or activating
prior knowledge):

What is a rhythm? How do you play it?

How the lessons objective(s) We will be leaning to play different rhythms on our guiros today.
They, if everyone behaves, we will look at one of the other
will be shared with the
instruments we've talked about. It is the cajon.
students:
Learning activities (step-bystep):
These should be complete enough
that a good substitute could study
them and teach this class.

-The lesson will begin with different musical performances. First

the students will repeat after the teacher while she claps different
rhythms.
-The students will then play along with one of the videos on their
guiros.
-The students will then take turns inspecting and playing on the
cajon that has been brought in.

Checking for understanding:

(formative assessment)

After practicing different clapped rhythms the students should

show some understanding of how to

Guided practice/extension:

N/A

At the end of the lesson, how Music is made up of many different things. Rhythms and
instruments combine and work together to create all kinds of
will what was learned be
music.
summarized for the class?
Post-lesson reflections and
ideas for next steps: