Michael Behnke MUED 111

LESSON PLAN

Grade Level: 3rd Grade Class Type: General Music Length of Lesson: 5 minutes or less

Lesson Topic/Focus Learning the song, “You Are My Sunshine”

Objective(s) SWBAT sing the song “You Are My Sunshine” by listening and repeating
phrase by phrase.
Materials Attentiveness and cooperation
Prior Knowledge Ability to listen, sing, and repeat music by listening.

Vocabulary Words Before: Introduce the word “phrases”.

Assessment Performance Tasks N/A

(Not required for
MUED 111) Other Evidence N/A

LEARNING STRATEGIES/INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

Song Teaching Method Rote

Procedures 1. State the learning objective.

2. Use piano or keyboard instrument to establish the first notes.
3. Perform the whole song while student listens.
4. Begin teaching one phrase at a time by having the student
echo what I sing.
5. Tell them we will be using our fingers to count through the
phrases.
6. Sing phrase 1, “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.”
7. Have the student repeat this phrase with you.
8. Sing phrase 2, “You make me happy, when skies are grey.”
9. Have the student repeat this phrase with you.
10. Sing phrases 1 and 2 together for the student.
11. Have the student repeat these phrases with you.
12. Sing phrase 3, “You’ll never know dear, how much I love
you.”
13. Have the student repeat this phrase with you.
14. Sing phrase 4, “Please don’t take my sunshine away.”
15. Have the student repeat this phrase with you.
16. Sing phrases 3 and 4 together for the student.
17. Have the student repeat these phrases with you.
18. Sing the whole song for the student.
19. Have the student repeat the whole song with you.
20. Congratulate them!

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Closure If the student performed the song with you and remembered the melody
and lyrics, then they achieved the learning objective. Take any questions
they may have.