Name:

__Hope Talton_______________ Date: __10/14/2018_______________

Orff Lesson Plan Section: ___1________________________

MU 3340 - Lesson Plan Template
Concept(s): Ensemble Performance, Improvisation, Movement

Objective(s): The students will be able learning and performing “Hot Cross Buns” along with body
percussion, Orff instruments, keeping a beat, and improvising. The students will be able to confidently
perform with 100% accuracy.

State Standard(s): 117.112 Music, Grade 3, 2. Knowledge and skills, Creative Expression.
The student performs a varied repertoire of developmentally appropriate music in informal or
formal settings.

Materials: Bass Xylophone, Alto Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Conga Drum, Children’s Voices

Grade/Age Level: Third Grade


Procedures:
1. T. “Hello, Boys and Girls” welcome song.
2. S. Repeat the welcome song.
3. T. Today we will be learning how to put some instruments to a song you might already know. It is
called “Hot Cross Buns”
4. T. Puts visual on screen
5. T. “Students please keep a beat”
6. T. Sings Hot Cross Buns
7. T. What is this song about? Raise your hands to answer.
8. S. “Hot Cross Buns”
9. T. That is correct!
10. T. Let’s all move over in a circle while we sing it together.
11. E. Sings Hot Cross Buns.
12. T. Sings second verse.
13. What does this rhythm change to in this section?
14. S. Eighth notes!
15. T. Great job!
16. T. What does this section tell us to do?
17. S. Give the buns to our sons if we don’t have any daughters!
18. T. That is right
19. T. “Everybody change with me” Pat Pat clap
20. T. Sings Bass Xylophone part on “Grab them buns”
21. S. start copying the teacher
22. T. Sings original words
23. T. Now we are going to do this : pat pat pat pat pat- pat- stomp stomp
24. S. Repeats
25. T. Chant “everybody wants a hot “ bun “,everybody wants a hot “ bun “
26. S. Repeats with teacher
27. T. This half of the room chant “everybody wants a hot bun”, and this half, “grab them buns”
28. S. Does as teacher asks.
29. T. “Great, now copy me on this” pat(left), Tap(shoulder left), Tap(shoulder right), Pat(right)
 30. S. Start copying
31. T. “Hot cross buns are what we want now”
32. S. Copies teacher
33. Splits room up into thirds singing and doing motion of learned rhythms.
34. T. Great everyone! Now we have one part left Snap snap snap, snap snap snap, clap clap clap”.
35. S. Start copying
36. T. “Penney, penney, one, two, three.”
37. S. Copies teacher
38. T. splits room into 4 and assigns parts.
39. S. Does their assigned parts.
40. T. Now everyone just do your body percussion – no words!
41. S. Does as asked.
42. T. Picks 2 students from each part to sing the song while everyone is doing body percussion.
43. S. Everyone does their assigned part.
44. T. Great everyone! Now we are going to move to the instrument of the part we were just singing.
45. S. Goes to assigned instruments.
46. T. “Congas, here is how you will play.” Shows example. Okay, your turn!
47. S. Copies teacher
48. T. “Bass Xylophone, you will play G E D, like this” Shows example.
49. S. Copies teacher
50. T. “Alto Xylophone, you will play the notes, D G G D D B B D with like this” shows rhythm.
51. S. Copies Teacher.
52. T. Glockenspiel, you will play this – BCD BCD BAG
53. S. Copy teacher
54. Now in this section who wants to improvise for two measures?
55. S. Raise hands
56. T. Picks students to improvise.
57. Singers, come up with a dance while you sing.
58. S. Come up with dance
59. T. Everybody ready? Here we go!
60. S. Play/sing/dance/improvise.



Assessment:
1. S. Play/Sing/Dance/Improvise.
2. T. Everyone did such a great job!
3. T. Lets sing it one last time as we head to our seats.



Closure:
--Recap of lesson
1. T. So what was this song about?
2. S. Hot Cross Buns!
3. T. And what instruments did we use today?
4. S. BX, Conga, AX, Glock, Singing
--Musical Closer/Transition
1. “Music Time Is Over”


Song Notation/Orffestration: