Intern First & Last Name

Brooke Harris

Mentor Teacher Name, Grade Level, School Site

Mrs. Geer, 4th Grade at Timber Point Elementary School

Date of Lesson Plan: When will you teach this lesson in your mentor’s classroom?
January 28th, 2022

Lesson Plan Project

Lesson Goals or Learning Targets (Word these as measurable student outcomes.)

Students will be able to correctly name common music notes and read notes in a monotone
music sheet.

Lesson Objectives or Success Criteria (Word these as student actions, use verbs.)

Students should be able to correctly name very basic music notes and know how they sound,
shown by the rhythm sticks and how well they are playing off the correct music notes.

Lesson Plan Content (Written narrative paragraph about the lesson content.)

Because of covid-19 students at the school have been stripped of an art and music teacher,
and have no option for band or choir anymore. Because of this, I wanted to try to incorporate
music and art whenever I am there in class with them. Music and art was my favorite thing to
work on in elementary school and I want to spread my joy of it to the class.

I will be starting my lesson right as the students enter the class. Students will be grabbing
chairs and sitting down at their desks to begin. I will ask students to share aloud some of their
current favorite songs as a warm up discussion. I will then share that we are going to be
learning about how to read music, starting by putting music notes up on the board along with
their names and how to read them.

I will then pass out the rhythm sticks and write an example on the board to play along to. After
a few more examples I will ask students to write down their own rhythm of 10 beats on paper
which they can share with the class if they would like.
CCSS Rationale (Describe the specific Common Core State Standards addressed during the teaching
of this lesson plan.)

86 | California Arts Standards for MusicCalifornia Department of Education

6.MU:Cr1
Generate simple rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic
phrases within AB and ABA forms that convey
expressive intent.
(students will be creating their own musical phrases to share and express themselves)

Instructional Procedures

● Focusing Event (Describe how you will get students to focus attention on your teaching.)

I will be getting the class excited about music, and asking what their favorite songs
are.

● Instructional Strategies (Describe each of the instructional methods you will employ during the
lesson.)

I will have a class discussion, lecture, hands on learning through trial and error, and
creative opportunities for sharing with the class.

● Student Participation (How will you engage students and get them on board to participate?)

All students will be given rhythm sticks which they can participate by playing along or
answering questions.

● Formative Check (How will you check that all students are involved and engaged in the lesson?

All students will be required to try to play the rhythms and have everything else
cleared off of their desks.

● Closure (How will you end the lesson purposefully, with intentionality?)

At the end of the lesson I will be asking questions on what they learned and if they
have any rhythms they can make with the notes they learned.

● Assessment (How will you assess that students achieved the lesson goals or learning targets?)

We will be using what we learned with music notes to create a fun, interactive math
warm up.
Lesson Plan Materials (Include everything needed to successfully complete the lesson with
the full class. Remember to include all supplies, as well as technology, whiteboard space,
classroom space, etc.)

-rhythm sticks (can be substituted with markers/pencils/clapping)

- white board
-expo marker

Resources
Common Core State Standards for California
Instructional Strategies
Ideas for focusing event.
Closure ideas for ending lesson.