Beginning Orchestra

Name: Sophia Rechel

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Grade/Level: 6th Duration: 8-10 Topic: Finger warm ups

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Materials Needed for This Lesson:

• Fingers
• Instruments
• Pencils

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Lesson Objectives:
• Students will be able to actively warm up fingers without using instrument
• Students will be able to create flat “tables” with fingers during guided warm up
• Students will be able to correctly demonstrate proper hand technique while playing #108
in book

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AZ State Standards Addressed:
• Strand 1, Concept 2, PO 104: (utilizing the proper left and right hand holding posture for
their stringed instrument)
• Strand 1, Concept 2, PO 103: (maintaining a good posture and playing position)
• Strand 1, Concept 2, PO 115: (playing simple music from a variety of genres, cultures,
and styles)

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National Music Standard(s) Achieved:

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LESSON ACTIVITIES

Introductory Activity: Anticipatory Set (Activity that connects the new concepts/objectives to
previous knowledge):
• Students will stretch arms and wrists guided by instructor*
• T will ask students to get pencils out
• S will stand up, place instruments in safe place
o Time allotted: 2

Body of the Lesson (Activities that teach new material/concepts)

• Students will stretch arms and wrists using over head stretches and pulling wrists in
opposite directions
o Time allotted: 1

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 • Students will do finger taps
• S will put fingers by ears, T ask if they can hear the taps
o Time allotted: 30 seconds ish

• Students will do “squirts” and then form correct tables (e.g. first finger on thumb forming
table)
• T come up with things for the students to hypothetically squirt our from fingers (e.g.
coffee, orange juice, etc)
• T will demonstrate balancing pencils on tables of knuckles
• S will attempt to balance pencils on tables of knuckles.
• T will explain how this is a good way to see if the tables being made are flat and correct
o Time allotted: 2

• Students will go back and fourth forming first and second finger together third and fourth
finger together (live long and prosper) to second and third finger together
o Time allotted: 1

Concluding Activity (final activity of the lesson that that pulls together all of the concepts from
the lesson in a musical success experience)
• Students will pick instruments up, no bows (place in safe place or on stand)
• S will open book to page 35 #108
• T will remind them they have already played this exercise (review from last Friday)
• S will successfully play #108 with proper left hand technique just pizz. (forming tables
correctly)
o Time allotted: 3

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Extensions:
• If time allows, students will play #108 arco

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Summative Assessments (How will you assess individuals formally on these objectives?
Describe how they will be assessed at the end of this unit of instruction and provide the rubric for
that summative assessment.)
• Assessment Activity/Assignment/Method:
• Checking around class to see if tables are flat before moving on to next activity
• Seeing how many pencils fall etc while checking tables of hands

• Rubric:
Criteria 4-Excelling; 3-Meets the 2-Approaching 1-Falls far below
Exceeds the Standard
Standard

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