Mr.

Prall

04/24 Lesson plan (11:00-11:30)

Prior Knowledge and Skills:

 Reading notes on the staff
 Rhythms up to eighth note/double sixteenth
 Mallet instrument playing
 Rhyming schemes

Lesson Objective:
 Students listen to, then play “In the Tall, Tall Grass” while understanding rhythm changes based on
syllables in words

Assessment of Lesson:
 Are students able to play “In the Tall, Tall Grass” and correctly change rhythms based on the words
in the book?

Relevant contextual factors:

 Prior to this class period, students composed their own melodies to a set rhythm on xylophones
 3rd Grade Class
 Students have created their own rhyme schemes in the past
 This lesson is leading up to an assignment where students make their own “page” to the book with
an animal of their choice

Instructional materials:
 In the Tall, Tall Grass book
 Mallet instruments and mallets for students

Personal improvement objectives:

Times Activity Purpose of activity Sequence Assessment

11:00- Teacher reads “In the To introduce the book,  Teacher  Was the class able
11:10 Tall, Tall Grass” and melody, and rhyme scheme introduces book to sing through the
students learn the  Students learn book with the
song to sing with it melody teacher?
 Teacher begins  Did the class
reading book understand that
 Class discusses syllables affect
how words with rhythms?
multiple syllables
affects the rhythm
 Teacher and class
sing through book
together
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11-10- Students get So that students have  Students get out  Are students able to
11:15 instruments out and instruments to play on for instruments with safely get out their
set up for playing the rest of class their partners instruments?
 Students remove  Has each group
“A” and “B” bars removed the “A”
from the and “B” bars from
instruments the instruments?
11:15- Teacher shows So that students are able to  Teacher shows the  Are students able to
11:20 students how to play play through the song when students how to play the melody of
“In the Tall, Tall the class reads it through play the melody “In the Tall, Tall
Grass” on  Students practice Grass”
instruments  Teacher shows the  Do students
class how to play understand how
the verses syllables affect the
 Students practice rhythm?
 Class discusses
how to play the
verses based on
how many
syllables are in the
words
11:20- Students play To ensure that students can  Class plays  Was the class able
11:25 through “In the Tall, play through the song in its through the whole to make it through
Tall Grass” entirety song, occasionally the book with
stopping to accurate rhythms?
discuss the rhythm
11:25- Students put away To make sure that the  Students put up  Are the instruments
11:30 instruments and instruments are safely put the instruments put away safely?
teacher introduces away and the students  Teacher explains  Are the students
activity for next class know what to expect the the next class informed about the
period next class period period next class period?