Spring Arbor University School of Education

Lesson Plan Essential Elements

Title: Lesson C Key Signature Identification
Subject: Concert Choir
Grade Level: (Beginner choir) 9
th
-12
th
grade Time Allotted: ! minutes
"aterials #e$uired: Student notebooks and enci!s" #hiteboard$ dry eraser and dry erase %arkers"
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&entury S'ills: (nformation Literacy
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Objective(s): TLW be able to identify all key signatures on both treble and bass clef
staves..
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(nstructional Procedure: *hat information do students need to accomplish the objective+s,- &hey need to kno' the
note na%es of treb!e and bass c!ef sta(es" &hey need to kno' the sy%bo!s for shar and f!at" &hey need to be ab!e to count
u a ha!f ste and identify the ne' note"
Time
Allotted
Essential Element
2 %in" . Anticipatory Set: )*ood +orning, #ho can te!! %e 'hat the note na%es are on the treb!e c!ef staff-
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seconds
%. State Purpose and /bjective+s, of Lesson: 0&oday 'e are going to !earn ho' to identify key
signatures"
0"2
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B" 1
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C" ./
secs
1" .
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2" 2
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3"1 %in"
!. Plan for (nstruction:
0" )&ake out your notebooks and dra' a treb!e and bass c!ef staff"4
B" )If you 'ere at note 35$ and then I to!d you to go u a ha!f ste$ 'hat note 'ou!d you be at- *,
correct, &hat is a ski!! 'e 'i!! be using today"4
C" )#hen !ooking at %usic$ you %ay ha(e noticed at the beginning of the sta(es before a first note
there are shars or f!ats there" &his area sho's the key signature" &he key signature !ets us kno'
'here the 1o is in the song because the sca!e can start on other notes other than C"4
1" Sho' the% ho' to identify key signatures 'hen it is shars$ and 'hen they are f!ats" +ention any
key signatures that %ay be confusing such as C or 3 +a6or"
2" Informal Formative Assessment: (To prepare for Formal Summative Key Signature Identification
test) Do a few examples on the oard! "ave them ta#e a few minutes to figure them out!
3" &e!! the% to ractice this ski!! on %usictheory"net and to use their sheet that te!!s the% ho' to take
the on!ine test to re%ind the% 'hat to do"
1. 2ifferentiation &onsiderations +accommodations,: Be reared to ha(e to reeat yourse!f" *i(e
e7tra he! re-e7!aining as needed"
8" 2 %in 3. Assessment: &he 0ssess%ents 'ere an infor%a!-ha(ing the% do it in c!ass and a for%a! ho%e'ork
assign%ent"
9" ./
secs"
4. &losure:" :e%ind the% about the ho%e'ork assign%ent due ne7t c!ass"
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