Lesson Plan Class: Teaching Music With Tech.

Topic: The Four Parts of The Orchestra

Learning Objectives

By the end of the semester, my students will be able to identify the four parts of the orchestra.

Introduction ❏ Discussion Question ✔ Media ✔ Activate Prior Knowledge

Ask the students if they are able to tell me what the four parts of the orchestra are .

Instruction ✔ Whole Group ✔ Small Group ❏ Cooperative Learning ❏ Centers

Point out the differences in the multiple sections of the orchestra. Ask the students why they think those instruments sound so
different. Define the four sections of the orchestra and what the different instruments entail. Note the different physical
qualities the different sections have. *pull up a webpage of preview sounds of t he different instruments* Play some of the
sounds and ask the students what they believe the instrument is.

Assessment ✔ Observation ✔ Worksheet ❏ Test ❏ Project ❏ Presentation ❏ Published Work ❏

Rubric

Create a game where the sounds of the different instruments play over the speaker and the first team to answer wins a point.
Create a worksheet where there are pictures of the different orchestral instruments and the students need to identify which
section of the orchestra is from.

Activities

Whole-Class Individual

● Ask the class the differences between the ● A worksheet that has pictures of different
instruments and what they’re made of. The student instruments within the orchestra. The students will
who can answer the most differences gets a piece of have to pair the instruments from the different
candy. Do this with different sections within the sections.
orchestra. I.e. woodwind - percussion, brass - ● Ask the students what their favorite instruments are
strings, etc. from the orchestra and why.
● Play some of the instruments over the computer
and ask the class to listen closely to the sounds that
the different instruments make.
● Create a game where there is a random sound
played on the computer and the student who raises
their hand first and guess the correct section gets a
point.
©Ashley Fox