Name: Brianna Pols Date: 02/23/2023 Period: 3rd

Ensemble or Class: Concert Band Lesson Topic: Warmup and Unit Lesson 7

Standards: (CCSS/NGSSS) MU.912.S.3.5: Develop and demonstrate proper vocal or instrumental technique.

MU.912.S.3.1: Synthesize a broad range of musical skills by performing a varied repertoire with expression, appropriate
stylistic interpretation, technical accuracy, and kinesthetic energy
Long Term Goal: Students will prepare for their MPA performance and develop listening skills that will allow them to
enhance the sonority, balance, and intonation of the ensemble.
Instructional objectives(s): Students will increase their rhythm counting accuracy in the Kabalevsky Suite movement 2 to
100% accuracy. Students will be able to transfer their knowledge and skill of producing characteristic tone quality and
intonation from their warm-ups and various exercises throughout the entire Kabalevsky Suite with 95% accuracy. Students
will do appropriate phrasing in the Kabalevsky Suite with 90% accuracy.
Key Vocabulary Instructional Materials/Resources/Technology:
Baton
Balance
Singletary Warmups
Blend Kabalevsky Suite
Sonority Metronome and speaker
Intonation
Critical Thinking: Lesson Structure:
How can we transfer the ideas of breathing gym to the Singletary #1
second movement of the Kabalevsky Suite? Breathing gym
Kabalevsky Suite Movement 2
How can we maintain the fullness of the full band sound in
m. 1-4 when we drop down to smaller sections playing?

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Independent:

Supported:

Participatory:

Lesson/Rehearsal Procedures:
Pacing: Assessment:
Highlight Differentiated Instruction in Yellow
5 minutes Students will play Singletary Warmup #1 immediately after the I will listen and watch for student
announcements. This serves to capture their attention quickly. engagement and for the type of
The focus will be on phrasing for 4 measure phrases rather than phrasing that is being played.
one measure or one beat.

Students will participate in breathing gym. I will play the song

5 minutes “September” and we will do different breathing patterns. I will
 walk around the room to observe everyone’s breathing I will walk around the room to observe
technique. the student’s breathing technique.

We will then play Kabalevsky Suite Movement 2. The full

ensemble will rehearse the opening measures and we will work
on maintaining a full sound. We will then have individual sections I will assess the various chunks based on
5 minutes play to isolate some of the balance issues. I will also have the their overall sonority, balance, and
clarinets and saxophones play their soli section. intonation. I will also assess the
rhythmic and note accuracy of these
sections.

Post Rehearsal or Lesson Reflections

Content Adjustment: Based on diagnostic and formative assessments during today’s lesson/rehearsal, list any repertoire
or activities that were omitted from the plan. Why? Will the omitted items need to be included in tomorrow’s
lesson/rehearsal?

Nothing was omitted from the plan.

Rehearsal or Lesson Adjustment: If you were going to re-teach today’s lesson/rehearsal, how would you have done it
differently.

If I were to reteach this lesson, I would have liked to focus more on intonation. There were several spots
where the intonation was not great, so I think if I took more time at the beginning to tune it would have
gone better.

Reflection on Teaching: Analyze and evaluate your lesson/rehearsal and classroom management.
This was the day of my second observation from Mr. Dupuis. I started the lesson by immediately having the students play
Singletary #1 after announcements. I talked about taking good breaths throughout and focused on good releases. I then
moved to breathing gym. I focused on the shape their mouths should make when they breath in and out. I walked around
as they were doing this and noticed that one student was not participating. I stood next to her and tried to encourage her
to participate. She eventually did it, but she was not putting in a lot of effort. I moved on for the sake of keeping the rest of
the class engaged, but I will need to think of some ways to get her to get more engaged with class. We did breathing gym
to a song and I watched their mouth shape when breathing and gave feedback. We then moved to the Kabalevsky Suite
Mvt 2. I focused on getting good balance and intonation throughout. I isolated a few sections and had them play their
notes and tune which helped a lot. There were some pitch problems that were addressed as well. I also focused on making
sure they pushed through the half notes all the way to beat one to make more complete phrases. Mr. Dupuis then came up
and gave the students some feedback and worked with the low brass on some of the pitches and intonation.