George Mason University
Instrumental Music Lesson Plan
Name: Sarah Gebbia
Subject & Level: Beginning Band
Materials: Instruments, music folders, SOE books, reeds, percussion, mouthpieces, etc.
Activity or Title of Music
Estimated Start/End
Times
Standard(s)
Assessment & Mastery
0:00 5:00 minutes
Warm-up Sheet/ Rhythm
Challenge
5:00 30:00 minutes
Intro to Scale Clubs, concert Bb
scale review
30:00- 60:00 minutes
Red Book Exercises
Date: February 6-10, 2017
School: Haycock and KG
Procedure (SW/TW)
o SW play warm-up lines 1-6
o TW award stars for correct counting, rhythms, etc.
o Rhythm Challenge! Awards one scratch and sniff sticker
o Stars awarded for whoever can find the Rhythm Challenge in
their Red Book
o TW introduce scale clubs, offer to have anyone join a scale
club (up to 3 can try in one lesson)
o TW review Concert Bb scale
o TW model on clarinet while students say note names in
rhythm and finger along
o TW award stars to students who correctly identify key
signature, fingerings, etc.
o SW attempt to pass off #46, 48, 51, 53
o SW play as group following pass-off attempts (will not re-
teach, was assigned as HW previous week)
o SW attempt to pass off #56, 62, 63 (NEW)
o TW teach #56 and review slur concept
o TW review difference between slur and tie
o TW model slur v/s tonguing on clarinet, SW aurally identify
one versus the other
o SW play #56
o TW review new note in #62, TW check fingerings
individually and hear each student attempt concert Ab (NEW)