sson Planon Plan

Teacher:
Adina Harris

Lesson Plan
Course: Kindergarten General
Music

Date(s) of Lesson Nov 22,

2016

Lesson Topic/Title:

Im Tall, Im Small

Framework First
Standard(s):
(Include the specific
Standard and detailed
sub-standard (a, b, c)
of todays lesson.)

K.1 The student will read music, including high and low pitches and rhythms represented by
traditional or nontraditional notations
K.2-2
The student will investigate various uses of the voice by matching pitches within an
appropriate range; and
K.2-3. demonstrating expressive qualities of music, including loud/soft and fast/slow.
K.3-1
The student will sing a variety of songs of limited range alone and with others, including
singing two-pitch (sol, mi) songs, using echo and ensemble singing; and
K.4-1
The student will play a variety of pitched and nonpitched instruments alone and with
others, including demonstrating high and low;
K.4-3. accompanying songs and chants, using body percussion as well as instruments.
K.5 The student will perform rhythmic patterns that include sounds and silences, using
instruments, body percussion, and voice.
K.6 The student will demonstrate a steady beat, using body percussion, instruments, and voice.
K.7-1
The student will respond to music with movement, including matching locomotor and
nonlocomotor movements to rhythmic patterns;
K.7-5. exhibiting respect for the personal space of others when moving
The students will be able to:

Identify and define low pitches, high pitches, and middle pitches

Sing Im Tall, Im Small with the correct melody

Use instruments and movement to demonstrate expression in music

Perform Im Tall, Im Small in its entirety with voices, movement, and instruments

Objectives:

Procedures:

Whats the Sound?

Have powerpoint lecture already set up with the Smart Board
Explain to students what a low pitch is, then play it on the keyboard
Explain to students what a high pitch is, then play it on the keyboard
Ask a student to volunteer to play a pitch on the keyboard
Have students guess whether it is a low pitch or a high pitch
High or Low
Show students pictures of different things that make sounds (cow, bird, bicycle bell, dogs)
Ask students to make the sounds that correspond to the pictures

Direct students to stand anytime they hear a high sound and sit anytime they hear a low
sound
Teaching Im Tall, Im Small

Sing the first and second lines of the song to students and gesture for them to repeat
after you

Sing the third and fourth lines of the song then have students repeat after you

Go through the whole song and gesture for the students to repeat after you
Add Instruments

Play Bb on the xylophone and then pass it to a student

Play F on another xylophone and then pass it to another student

Conclusion

Perform Im Tall, Im Small with instruments

Assessment:

Materials:

How well did the teacher include and engage each student in the lesson?
Did the teacher explain and define high and low pitches effectively?
Are the students able to define high and low pitches?
Did students correctly sing the pitches and play the rhythms of Im Tall, Im Small?
Cd 1-26, singing voices, Making Music Textbook (Kindergarten Grade Level), body percussion,
movements,, xylophone, and-piano

August 2013