Daily Lesson GAME Plan

Lesson Title: Bottle Blowing Musicians Related Lessons: N/A

Grade Level: 2nd Grade Unit: Music

GOALS

Content Standard(s): 4.2.2: Students choose an appropriate classroom instrument to perform a familiar song
including expressive elements such as dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation.

ISTE Standards for Students:

6. Creative Communicator Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of
purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
6(A): Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation
or communications.
6(B): Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
6(D). publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.

Instructional Objective(s): SWBAT: Students will be able to make sounds of different pitch. Students will be
able to learn that pitch is determined by the amount of air in the bottle.

ACTION

Before-Class Preparation: Load the “Under the Sea” video on YouTube for the students to watch. Get identical
glass or plastic bottles (4/student) and fill them with water to save time.
During Class

Time Instructional Activities Materials and Resources

10 minutes Introduction • Explain to the students that they will listen to and make music today.
• Write down the definition of pitch on the whiteboard and explain to the
class how most instruments have a range of pitch.
• Show the video of the Bottle Boys playing Under the Sea to the class

5 minutes Explicit Instruction • Place 4 empty bottles in front of you, and blow into each of the 4 bottles,
and ask your class to listen to the sound each makes. Explain to the
students that all of the bottles have the same pitch.
• Pour different amounts of water into each of your bottles and then blow
into all of them again. Explain that adding water, you have changed the
pitch of each bottle.

10 minutes Guided Practice • Instruct students to place their 4 bottles in front of them and blow into
each one. This might be difficult for some students, but make sure to
demonstrate this several times and have the students do it with you.
 • When they blow into their bottles, they will find out which ones have the
highest and lowest pitches.
• Start a class discussion about pitch and how it relates to the bottles. Ask
your students to explain...
What determines the pitch of the bottles?
How do you know?
Does your bottle with the highest pitch have more or less water than the
bottle with your lowest pitch?
• Guide students to conclude that more air creates a lower pitch, and more
water creates a higher pitch.
15 minutes Independent Working
• Explain to the students that they will now have time to be creative and
Time
play music.
• Tell your students to explore the sounds of their bottles and try to make a
song of their choice. Allow your class to work independently or in pairs on
this.
• Ask some students to share their music with the class.
5 minutes Assessment • Take notes on the students’ understanding of pitch and how they work
together during the music-making process

5 minutes Review and Closing • Review the definition of pitch with your students.
• Tell the students to clean up their areas by dumping the water into the
designated sink and to stack the glass bottles by the sink to dry.

Notes: Have fun with this lesson! Make sure the children are on task but are experimenting with different
pitches. Have everything prepared to prevent students from messing around.

MONITOR

Ongoing Assessment(s): Take notes on the students’ understanding of pitch and how they work together
during the music-making process. Incorporate different instruments into the classroom to show that they all
create pitches.

Accommodations and Extensions: Deaf students will need an Interpreter and will need to feel the glass or
water to feel the vibrations of pitches.

Back-up Plan:
If not enough glasses, students will need to share with other students.

If the smartboard does not work, I will start the demonstration/introduction steps. The video is to show
students how fun this activity can become.

Allow students who are struggling to create different pitches to make music using wooden blocks, or another
instrument, instead.
 EVALUATE and EXTEND

Lesson Reflections and Notes:

Ask the music teacher if this activity can be performed in the music room. This can prevent loud disruptions to other
classrooms. Make sure to complete this activity on a day that has no state testing. Do this activity at the end of the day
when students need to get out their wiggles.

When adding different instruments to lessons, it can help with engagement of students. This activity can be performed
using multiple instruments.