Class name and date Schedule and General Lesson Plan:

Instrumental Music
Methods Garrett Gass
9/22/22

1. LESSON # 1: NAME_________Breathing and Tonguing!_________________

PEDAGOGY THREADS:
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: Students will have a better understanding of breath and
it’s relation to playing their instrument
Assessment Strategies:
Throughout this rehearsal I will engage in formal assessment by: Having them tongue a
rhythm on their instruments

Throughout this rehearsal I will engage in informal assessment by: practicing a rhythm
together and sustaining notes

Start Timings Activity or Piece Developmental Hierarchy Level/ Differentiatio

Time Totals Chunks, Plan and Sequence
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Time: (:30/X:00) Activity 1: Chunk 1: Welcome and Goals
Welcome & Goals (Announcements?)

 Activity 1: DIRECT INSTRUCTION SCRIPT:

Chunk 1: Welcome and Goals

1s. Good Morning, my people!

2v. Good Morning!

1a. My rehearsal threads and goals for today to

_________________________
The goals and objectives of this lesson are to
_________________________

Teacher demonstrates taking a strong breath into the diaphragm placing hands on
sides to show inflation
Teacher asks students to do a correct breath with them

If Students are struggling, teacher will demonstrate an incorrect breath and ask
students to do so with them and then repeat the correct breath

Teacher passes out slips of paper

Teacher shows taking correct breath and blowing onto paper so that paper bends
Explain “I can sustain the paper bend without using all of my air at once”
This is how to sustain a note on an instrument

Ask students to try

Then teacher demonstrates tonguing, moving the paper with each “tongue”

Ask students to try

Teacher demonstrates a rhythm with tonguing and sustained notes on paper

Students and teacher do rhythm together

Teacher asks students to pick up instruments

Without fingering, teacher asks students to transfer the skills to the instruments

Students play the rhythm on their instruments using tonguing and sustained breath

TRANSITION WITH: 1d. Please echo me: (or just start singing!)