LESSON PLAN

Preservice Teacher: Kaitlyn Norwood, Preston Rice, Student or Class: Elementary Music Class
and Jayden Thomas
Date: October 18th, 2021 School: Bruce Shulkey Elementary School
Grade level(s): 1st Grade Class time: 9:00-10:00am

Objective(s): ➔ The students will model sirens as their vocal warmup

➔ The students will be able to sing back “Charlie Over the Ocean”
➔ The students will be able to play the “Charlie Over the Ocean” game
TEKS: 2.A--read, write, and reproduce rhythmic patterns, including quarter note/paired eighth
notes and quarter
3.A--sing tunefully or play classroom instruments, including rhythmic and melodic patterns,
independently or in groups
4.C--explore new musical ideas using singing voice and classroom instruments.
6.C--respond verbally or through movement to a short musical example
Materials: ● Singing Voice
● Good Attitude
● Spacing for students
● Microphone (maybe)
● Drum and Stick
● Bean Bag

Estimated time Activities/Sequenced Teacher Behaviors Student Behaviors

2 Minutes Warm-up:
● Mr. Rice will stand in the front of the ● The students will turn in the right
classroom and have the students direction criss-cross-applesauce
face him
● Ms. Norwood will hold the large
pieces of paper with the written out ● The students will listen to Mr. Rice
sirens if not able to place them on
the board
● Mr. Rice will model the sirens that
are written out ● The students will respond to Mr.
○ Mr. Rice will model 4 Rice’s sirens
examples ● *Students just learned peaks and
○ Mr. Rice is going to show the valleys for the “mountains”
sirens will his body, going ● Students will stand up and model
low for low sounds and high the sirens with their bodies
for high sounds
● Mr. Thomas and Ms. Norwood will ● Students will sit down after the
assist the students and Mr. Rice warm-up has concluded
when applicable
2 Minutes “Charlie Over the Ocean” Review
● Ms. Norwood will stand in the front ● Students will face Ms. Norwood
of the classroom and have the
students face her sitting down
 ● Ms. Norwood will sing/ model the ● The students will listen
song “Charlie over the Ocean” as ● Mr. Rice and Mr. Thomas will be
review walking around the classroom
○ Charlie over the Ocean making sure everyone is listening
(echo)
○ Charlie over the sea (echo)
○ Charlie caught a big fish
(echo)
○ Can’t catch me (echo) ● The students will listen
○ *change the animal in the
sea twice
● Ms. Norwood will have the students ● The students will sing
sing the song by themselves as a
final assessment for knowing the
song

5-7 Minutes “Charlie Over the Ocean” Game Breakdown

● Mr. Thomas will be leading the ● Students will listen
game
● Mr. Thomas will have the students ● Students will form a circle
circle up
● Mr. Thomas will model the game as
the “IT” person to begin
● The students will listen and watch as
● Mr. Thomas, Mr. Rice, and Ms.
we, the teachers, model
Norwood will make it clear that
students will be good humans and
give everyone a chance and not hit
anyone hard
● Mr. Thomas will model how the ● Students will watch
game will work with Ms. Norwood
● Students/ Teachers will sing the
song and the “It” person will walk
around the circle
○ when you say “Can’t catch
me”
■ students will tag
someone
■ the person who is
tagged will be “It”
● If students are not modeling good ● Students will model great behavior
human behavior we will stop playing
the game

Assessment: To determine content/ skill mastery, Ms. Norwood, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Thomas will have the
students perform/ sing “Charlie Over the Ocean”.

To determine content/ skill mastery, Ms. Norwood, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Thomas will have
students sing constantly throughout the whole lesson to solidify “sol” and “mi”.