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Common Lesson Plan Template, aligned with NHA Classroom Framework

Teacher: Harkema

Grade: 6th

Week of: 1/ 23-27

Content: Choir Elective

Monday

Tuesday

-sing and move in a

round/canon

-sing and move in a

round/canon

-sing and move in a

round/canon

-sing and move in a

round/canon

-sing and move in a

round/canon

I can statements communicate daily

learning to students, in student friendly
language, and (1) have a cognitive verb
(must be overt), (2) measurable, (3) tells
what a student should know or be able
to do (not the teacher).

-Perform with emotion and

expression

-Perform with emotion and

expression

-Perform with emotion and

expression

-Perform with emotion and

expression

-Perform with emotion and

expression

-create a dance to perform

with a song of my choice

-create a dance to perform

with a song of my choice

-create a dance to perform

with a song of my choice

-create a dance to perform

with a song of my choice

-create a dance to perform

with a song of my choice

Blooms Level/Rigor

Remember

Remember

Remember

Remember

Remember

Objective

Indicate the level of rigor of the

objective using (new) Bloom Taxonomy.

Key Questions
What explicit questions do you want to
ask to prompt the students to engage
cognitively and use higher order
thinking? NOTE: Planning for questions is
an effective and intentional to engage students
rather than coming up with random questions
on the spot.

Evaluate

Evaluate

Wednesday

Evaluate

How will you check for understanding?

Formative assessments can be used
effectively throughout the lesson, at the

Evaluate

Friday

Evaluate

Understand Analyze

Understand Analyze

Understand Analyze

Understand Analyze

Understand Analyze

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

Create

Create

-Why do we warm up our

-Why do we warm up our
voices?

-Why do we warm up our

-Why do we warm up our
voices?

-What are choirs for?

-What are choirs for?

-How do we express what

the music is saying?

-How do we express what

the music is saying?

-How do my movements
increase the song?

-How do my movements
increase the song?

Create

-Why do we warm up our

voices?
-What are choirs for?
-What makes a good choir?
-How does a choir
improve?
-What is a canon?
-How do we express what
the music is saying?

Assessment of Learning

Thursday

-Sing in Multiple Parts

-Sing in multiple parts

-Sing in multiple parts

Create

Create

-Why do we warm up our

-Why do we warm up our
voices?

-Why do we warm up our

-Why do we warm up our
voices?

-What are choirs for?

-What are choirs for?

-What makes a good choir?

-How do we express what

the music is saying?

-How does a choir

improve?
-What is a canon?

-How do my movements
increase the song?

-How do we express what

the music is saying?

-Sing in multiple parts

-Sing in Multiple Parts

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beginning or end of a lesson to provide
guidance for instructional planning.

-perform the melody

with movement

-perform the melody

with movement

-perform the melody

with movement

-perform the melody

with movement

-perform the melody with

movement

-perform song and dance

-perform song and dance

Learning Plan/Activities

You may want to indicate a time frame for each lesson component to support urgency for learning, and pacing of lesson delivery and activities in a way that maximizes learning.
Learning Agenda Components
All components may not happen every day but provide as
a guide for effective instruction.

Hook/Building Background How

will you hook your students and get
their attention!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Planner: I Can

Planner: I Can

Planner: I Cans

Planner: 1 Cans

Planner: 1 Cans

Do Now: Prepare for warm-ups on

risers

Do Now: Prepare for warm-ups on

risers

Do Now: Prepare for warm-ups on

risers

Do Now: Prepare for warm-ups on

risers

Do Now: Prepare for warm-ups on

risers

1.Warm-ups

1.Warm-ups

1.Warm-ups

1.Warm-ups

1.Warm-ups

Direct Instruction (I DO):

Guided Practice (We DO)

a.
b.
c.
d.
Jacques-round
e.

ABC
Do a Deer
Shake it out
Frere

f.
g.
h.
i.
Jacques-round
j.

Donkeys

ABC
Do a Deer
Shake it out
Frere
Donkeys

2. Review songs

2. Review songs

u.
v.
w.
x.
Jacques-round
y.

Donkeys

Shine a
Little Light

eview
Mary

R
eview

ABC
Do a Deer
Shake it out
Frere

2. Review songs

Shine a
Little Light

eview
Mary

R
eview

p.
q.
r.
s.
Jacques-round
t.

Donkeys

R
eview
Mary

ABC
Do a Deer
Shake it out
Frere

2. Review songs

Shine a
Little Light

Shine a
Little Light

k.
l.
m.
n.
Jacques-round
o.

eview
Mary

R
eview

R
eview

ABC
Do a Deer
Shake it out
Frere
Donkeys

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Project Presentations

Independent Practice (You DO)

Small group time to discuss

projects

Small group time to discuss

projects

Small group time to discuss

projects

Small group time to discuss

projects

Pull groups to perform Shine a

Little Light and Mary

Pull groups to perform Shine a

Little Light and Mary

Pull groups to perform Shine a

Little Light and Mary

Pull groups to perform Shine a

Little Light and Mary

Overview of what week looks

like

Remind Expectations of Leaving

Remind Expectations of Leaving

Clean-up

Clean-up

Clean Up

Clean-up

Review I Cans

Review I Cans

Key Vocabulary

Beat

Beat

Beat

What practice opportunities will you provide to

students to support language acquisition and
college readiness?

Form

Form

Form

Counts

Counts

Counts

none

none

none

Lesson Closure:

Last few project presentations

Clean-up/Review Expectations

Differentiation
Indicate interventions/extensions within the
lesson. Consider possible misconceptions or
inaccurate information students might have?

Homework

none

none

What practice opportunities will you provide to

students to support proficiency and mastery?

NOTE: This lesson plan should be printed and explicitly taught from to provide coherence, intentionality, and effective instruction. Lesson plans are due by 8:00a.m on Monday morning and should be posted in the Universal drive or online (middle school only).