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Subject:Music

Prepared By:Diana Lambert

Unit

Unit lesson number

Vocabulary/Concepts to be learned or reinforced 1 Improvisation 2 Staff 3 Time signature 4 Different notes 5 Rests

Lesson Objectives/Aim/Goal Students will become comfortable with playing a few notes on recorder and improvisation. Essential Question/Questions 1 How do you finger B, A and G? 2 When do you come in with recorder improvisation during Mama dont allow? 3 How do you dictate the first two measures of Hot Cross Buns? Students will demonstrate the ability to: 1 Play B, A and G on the recorder 2 Improvisation throughout a song on different pitches 3 Dictate Hot Cross Buns

Education Standards Addressed 1 Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2 Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3 Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4 Reading and notating music.

What do the students know? Review: The students know how to play B and A on the recorder and they already know some lyrics to Mama dont allow.

Literacy Connections Interdisciplinary Connections

Materials Needed

-Music books Writing title and lyrics of song -Worksheet (G sheet) -Recorder

Student accommodations Allow students to participate as much as they are comfortable in improvisation activity and repeat activities until everyone is at the same learning point.

Vocal Warm-ups/Instrumental Warm-ups -Rhythmic pattern repetition on recorder on several pitches -Singing patterns as well

Vocal Focus/Instrumental Focus -Recorder B, A, G and improvisation -Singing Mama dont allow

Motivation -Focus with recorder and if they all do well and try their hardest, we will work on Mama dont allow and add movement/improvisation.

Lesson Development (motivation modeling, guided practice, transitions, Blooms Taxonomy) 1 Warm up on known pitches (rhythmic patterns) 2 Add G into pitches, use G sheet for patterns 3 Dictate on board and begin improvisation as group (give students a one measure limit to experiment with different rhythmic patterns) 4 Stand up and clap improvisation (Ask individual students to stand up and clap their rhythmic creation) 5 Add pitch when they are comfortable (Students will improvise during the silent measures of Mama Dont Allow and then rejoin to play together during the chorus) 6 Sit back down and introduce Hot Cross Buns 7 Dictate as a class and review vocabulary (2 measures) 8 How Can I Keep From Singing?

Listening Experiences (Attentive, Engaged, Enactive) 1 Listening to my rhythmic patterns on recorder and repeating 2 Listening to each others clap improvisations 3 Playing/Listening to each others improvisation during Mama dont allow 4 Listen to Hot Cross Buns (first two measures)

Total Participation Techniques The improvisation activities beginning with clapping and eventually adding recorder pitches.

Summary, closure Dictating together to review concepts and singing a song they already know to review/ enjoy!

Assessments -Homework sheet -Check their dictations

-Reviewing homework Music for Mama dont allow and How Can I next class Keep From Singing? -Reviewing song each class to add comfort for every student -Give extra worksheets Student Needs Self-Evaluation Technology for homework for None students who are -Assign just one pitch or one -Noting how the students dictate and how struggling pattern to students who are they do on their homework sheets. new to recorder or are moving -Noticing if the students are sure of which a little slower with the process rhythms fit within a measure while -Spend time reviewing work improvising. sheet or dictation with certain students who are struggling

Resources Music included

Enrichment/follow-up