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Music Lesson Plan

Grade/Class: 4K Week:
Prepare: vocal exploration Music Experiences Music Elements
expanding high and low, beat x Speaking x Rhythm
attending skills x Singing x Pitch
Present: x Listening Tempo
x Moving Form
Playing x Dynamics
Practice: x Reading Tone Color
Writing Texture
x Creating Style
Lesson Objectives: Students will respond to various prompts in songs and stories both in
movement and in sound.

Assessment: Students will sing along as able to the familiar melody with the teacher and the
class and respond to prompts in the familiar song with motions.
Key Tone set Materials Song/Activity/Procedur Objectives/Standards/Go
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F do to la N/A Opening: Standard: With substantial
If You’re Going to the guidance, explore favorite
Moon - sing song while musical ideas (such as
changing the motion movements, vocalizations,
every verse. or instrumental
Transition: “Do you accompaniments).
think animals could go MU:Cr2.1.PKa
to the moon? What
animals do you think
would want to go the
moon?”

N/A N/A A Koala and Primary Focus: Objective: Students will

A Cheetah go Read story and invite practice vocal exploration
to Space! students to explore their by following the visual
Sound Cards vocal ranges while models within the story.
following the sound
cards. Standard: With substantial
Transition: “Let’s guidance, select and keep
pretend that we are track of the order for
going to space. What do performing original
we call the people that musical ideas, using iconic
go to space?” notation and/or recording
technology.
MU:Cr2.1.PKb
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C do to la N/A Change of Pace: Standard: With substantial

Astronaut, Astronaut - guidance, explore favorite
Sing song and invite musical ideas (such as
students participate in movements, vocalizations,
movements, and sing or instrumental
along to the “astronaut, accompaniments).
astronaut” MU:Cr2.1.PKa
Transition: “Astronaut,
astronaut, sit back in
your place!”

F do to sol I See the Secondary Focus: Standard: With guidance,

Moon beat I See the Moon – Sing the demonstrate how a specific
page song and have students music
pat/tap the beat following concept (such as beat or
their I See the Moon beat melodic direction) is
page used in music.
Transition: “Now that MU:Re7.2.Ka
we have seen the moon
it is time to say
goodbye”
F do to la N/A Closing: Assessment: Students will
Oh it’s Time to Say sing along as able to the
Goodbye – sing song, familiar melody with the
invite student to sing “oh teacher and the class and
it’s time to say goodbye respond to prompts in the
to our friends” and do the familiar song with
wave, smile, and wink motions.
motions
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Lyrics:
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots. (stomp, stomp)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots. (stomp, stomp)
If you’re going to the moon, this is what you have to do. (shake finger)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots. (stomp, stomp)

continue with: ...wear your suit (ziiiip) ...wear your helmet (pat head) ...wear your gloves (clap,
clap)
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