Singing Game – Daniel Ortiz

Music Lesson Plan

Title: Herman The Worm Grade Level: 1st

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v0-rg7EIt1x4

Materials needed:

N/A

Procedure:

INTRODUCTION
1. Introduce ourselves
2. Talk about a worm
a. What animal you find in the dirt after rain? It can be attached to
hooks when you go fishing.
b. Herman The Worm
3. High pitched and Low pitched sounds
a. What are they?
b. What animals make these noises?
LESSON
4. Show the song and sing it for the class
a. What high pitches did you hear?
b. What low pitches did you hear?
5. Repeat song and include the sound words “CHOMP” and “WooOOo”
6. Teach the song by lines
7. Play the game.
a. The student that picked the animal will also get to choose the
next person to pick the animal
b. Run through slowly three times.
CLOSURE
8. What are low pitch sounds? What are high pitch sounds? What
animals make these sounds? What lyrics made these sounds in the
song? What were we talking about in this song?
 Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned . . .

Social/ Cognitive Physical Musical Non-Musical

Subjects
Emotional
Following Keeping Following National Standards “Core” Music Content
Standards Standards
along with track of the the song
the song animals 1. Singing Creating
Imagine
“slap knee,
Plan and Make
Understandi Making the chewing
ng the que animal bubble 2. Play Instruments Evaluate & Refine
when sounds gum, Present
picking an playing
3. Improvising Performing
animal Knowing yoyo, and Select
what sounds (motion for
Analyze
Being able animals animal)”
4. Composing
to say a line make and Interpret

alone “I imitating Rehearse,

Evaluate, & Refine
swallowed a them 5. Reading &
___” Notating Present

Responding
Not being Select
shy to say 6. Listening Analyze
animal
Interpret
noises or
sounds 7. Evaluating Evaluate

animals Connecting
Connect #10
make
8. Integration Connect #11
(outside arts)

9. History/Culture