Lesson Plans from Edumate

Grade 1

Lesson 4 – Brass and Percussion Sections

WEEK 9 

Bilingual/International Periods
Brasswind and Percussion Sections of the Orchestra

(G) Match the Instruments with their Name (10 minutes) 

The class will be divided into three groups.
One by one, the members of each team will approach the board and match a name of an instrument to the
picture of the instruments. 
The group with the most number of correct matches wins the game. 

(W) Discussion on the Brasswind and Percussion Instruments, and the Conductor (10 minutes) 
The teacher will first flash on the screen the names and pictures of  Brasswind instruments and play video clips
to show the class how each instrument is played.
1.) Trumpet
2.) Trombone
3.) French Horn
4.) Tuba
Further explanation about brass instruments will be given in the next unit which is focused on the Marching
Band.

(W) Review of Percussion Instruments (10 minutes)

Then the teacher will flash on the screen the names and pictures of the Percussion  Family, some of which have
already been taken in the 1st Term.
1.) Timpani or Kettle Drum
2.) Triangle
3.) Chimes
4.) Snare Drum 
5.) Bass Drum
6.) Marimba

International Period 
Kinds and Parts of Piano 

(G) Labelling Parts of the Piano (15 minutes) 

The class will be divided into 2 groups with equal number of members. 
The group will be given pieces of paper where parts of the piano are  printed. 
The task of the group members is to put the correct label on the correct part of the piano. 
After the game, the teacher will show to the class the correct answers, and he will explain the importance and
function of each of them. 

(W/I) Discussion on Vertical and Horizontal (15 minutes) 

The teacher will then discuss the difference between a Vertical and a Horizontal Piano and the most important
parts present in both kinds of the piano. 
Students will watch short video clips of the evolution of piano that shows both the vertical and horizontal piano. 
WEEK 10 

Bilingual/International Period
UNIT QUIZ

(W/I) The Conductor (10 minutes)

The class will first watch a video of a boy conducting a real orchestra.
The teacher will then ask the students what the important role of the conductor is based on the video that they
have just seen. 
then the class will then watch a video of an orchestra without a conductor.  They will first listen to the entire
piece.
Each member of the class will have to act as the conductor.
The teacher will point to each student when it is theri turn already.

(W/I) Review and Recitation (10 minutes) 

Individually, the students will be called to answer a question about Timbre and Orchestra.
This will serve as a recitation and at the same time a review  for the Unit Quiz. 

(I) Unit Quiz  (10  minutes)

The class ends with a Unit Quiz covering the following topics:
1. Brasswind Instruments
2. Percussion Instruments
3. Conductor
The students will answer individually their papers.
Some parts of the Quiz will be identifying played musical instruments, so the students should listen well to the
audio files. 

International Period

(W) Drills for the Right Hand (10 minutes) 

The students will be given different patterns for the right hand to make all the fingers of the right hand strong. 

(W/I) Song Study (10 minutes) 

The students will be given the song "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with the corresponding finger numbering and
notation. 

(I) Hands On Activity (10 minutes)

After the teacher demonstrates how to do it with the specific fingering, the students will be given a time to do it
themselves.
Those who are advanced in piano-playing will be given more difficult piece to play. 

WEEK 11

Bilingual/International Period
Performance Test

(W) Song Study - The Orchestra Song (10 minutes)

The class will first study "The Orchestra Song."
The class will watch a video of students singing the same song to motivate the class.
Then the teacher will teach the correct melody and rhythm line by line. 

(G) Groupings and Group Practice (15 minutes) 

The members of the class will pick a paper with drawing of orchestral instruments. 
Those who get instruments of the same family or section of the orchestra will go together dividing the class into
two groups. 
The members of the group will then be assigned particular lines of the song corresponding to different
instruments of the orchestra.
Somebody will also play as the conductor or leader of each group.
The conductor will give the signal to his/her classmates who is supposed to make the orchestral sound in a
particular part of the song.

(G) Group Performance (5 minutes) 

Each group will then be called to do their performance on "The Orchestra Song."

International Period 
Unit Quiz on Piano 

(W) Recitation and Review

Individual members of the class will be called to either identify a picture or answer a review question. 
This serves as a graded recitation, so each student will get a point for every correct answer. 
Each student maybe called several times during the review.

(I) Unit Quiz on History and Development of the Piano

The coverage of the Unit Quiz includes the following:
1. Inventor of the Piano
2. The Evolution of the Piano
3. Kinds and Parts of the Piano
Core Tactic
Group Challenge on Orchestral Instruments
The aim of this tactic is to review the students of the names of the orchestral instruments that have been taken
already.  It is also an opportunity for the teacher to see if they have an idea of what brasswind instruments are,
as new instruments are included in the Matching Type activity. 
Resource
Our World of MAPEH 2, Vibal Publishing House
This source gives a semi-detailed explanation about the orchestra, the conductor, and the
individual musical instruments of that make up the orchestra.