Music Lesson Plan

Grade/Class: 4K Week: March 15th, 2017

Prepare: beat (attending skills); Music Experiences Music Elements
vocal exploration expanding X Speaking X Rhythm
high X Singing X Pitch
to low
Present: X Listening X Tempo
X Moving Form
Playing Dynamics
Practice: X Reading Tone Color
Writing Texture
X Creating Style
Lesson Objectives: Children sing or make sounds as able with teacher and others;
Children respond to music through movement and sound, when appropriate, to express
what they hear.

Assessment: With the book, I will look around to make sure that all of the students are
at least watching and trying to read along with the book, if not singing along as well. For
the movement activity, students will have successfully accomplished the objective if they
are moving in some way that either reflects the music or the actions of the butterfly. With
the sound story, they will have achieved the objective if they are at least paying
attention and have their focus on the story, but it would be better to see the students
following along and participating. And finally, for the song, if the students are watching
(attending) they will have achieved the objective, but it would be even better if they are
participating and moving in appropriate ways with the song and possibly singing along.

Ke Ton Material Song/Activity/Procedure Objectives/Standard

y e s s/Goals
set
D mi Book: Book (winter): Read book.
to la Outside Make sure students are all
by Deidre sitting on their carpet squares
Gill so everyone can see. Each
time a page has mostly snow
on it, sing the snow song
(below). Invite students to sing
along and make any noises
that might come from the
creatures on the pages.
Transition: There was a lot
of snow in this book. We
get snow in the winter, like
right now. What season
comes after winter? What
season will we see next?
(Singing) Children will
become increasingly
accurate in matching
pitch and rhythms;
(Responding) Children
will identify sounds
from a variety of
sources as well as
create their own sound
to match what they see
and hear.
N/A N/A Butterfly Movement (spring): What do
Emergenc we see happen in the
e video, spring? Show the butterfly
and video and have the students
sound talk about what they see in the
only video (chrysalis). What
video, by noises might a butterfly
Laura make when it is emerging
Dunbar from its chrysalis? Play just
the sound clip (no video) and
have the students act like the
butterfly emerging from its
chrysalis (IN PLACE) (ball up
while still standing and
emerge using their arms
covering their heads). Then
have the students fly around
the room like a butterfly before
coming back to their carpet
squares. Transition: So now
we have read a story about
winter, and been butterflies
in the spring. What other
seasons are we missing?
N/A N/A Story Sound Story (fall): What do
Cards you like to do in the fall?
Tell the students the story of
Leaves! using the sound cards
and the motions associated
with the sounds. Invite
students to participate with
the sounds on the cards by
nodding when they join and
even asking them to try with
me. We have talked about
winter, spring, and fall.
What season are we
missing yet?
D ti, N/A Song (summer): What is
to your favorite game to play
so in the summer? Sing Skip
(Responding) Children
respond to music with
movement to express
what they hear as well
as create music and
sounds to match what
they see and hear;
(Understanding)
Children move to
demonstrate
awareness of the
elements of music;
(Movement/Coordinatio
n) Locomotor requiring
some spatial
awareness
(Singing) Children use
voices expressively
where appropriate,
such as sound effects;
(Responding) Children
respond to music with
movement to express
what they hear.
Children identify the
sources of a wide
variety of sounds.
(Singing) Children sing
simple songs;
(Responding) Children
to My Lou once for the respond to music with
students. Have any of you movement to express
heard this song before? If what they hear;
not that is okay, listen (Movement/Coordinatio
again. Demonstrate for n)
students that when we sing Locomotor requiring
this, we will skip, on the beat some spatial
(attending skills). Invite awareness
students to skip with me IN
PLACE while singing. When
the music stops you stop.
Ask for another way to move,
possibly that they would like to
do in the summer time. Sing
again, replacing every skip
with whatever action they
have decided on. Make sure to
prep the song to invite them to
sing along (prep should be m).
Nod and smile when they join
in, both through motions and
by singing.