Music Educa on Lesson Plan

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Grade Level or Ensemble 4-6th Grade

Central Focus for the Lesson:

Central focus is to understand how the instrument works and be able to get it out of
the case and make a tone.

Relationship to Curricular Context or Unit Plan (where does the current teaching fit in
the larger picture?)
This is the fundamental lesson for the students. If the students are successful in
their first lesson and walk away with a good understanding it could fuel them for
the rest of their musical journey. When you have good fundamentals, it is easier to
grow and develop as a player.

Lesson Objectives:
SWBAT set instrument up correctly and play their first note.

Vocabulary: (New terminology for your focus, should appear through the objectives and
assessment)

Standards to be addressed: Paraphrase of the meaning (not just number)

What do I know about the students’ developmental progress or prior knowledge in this
area?

Materials Needed:

1.Process: Teacher will explain the right way to produce a sound. Teacher will buzz his
or her lips. Explain the importance of tone.

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Assessment: Student will be able to buzz thier lips. Use the analogy of spi ng a seed of
their mouth and extend the sound your making a li le longer. (mul ple ways of showing
understanding and growth, Universal Design or levels of accommoda on)

Evidence of learning: Student will be able to buzz thier lips.

2.Process: Teacher will demonstrate how to make a rm embouchure.

Make the corners of your lips nice and rm. No pu er face

Assessment: Student willl be able to buzz even be er

Evidence of learning: students will be able to look in the mirror and make sure the wet
part the underside of the lip isn’t showing. Their cheeks will be in ght and lips rm and
front of lip very rm. Students will be able too buzz.

3.Process: if the student can buzz…. theTeacher will show students how to hold the
trumpet. Hand by hand. Pinkie rests behind that
RH: Hold you hand like your going to catch a ball thumb between rst and second valve.
123 rest on top of valve and forth pinkie rests on top of the pinkie holder.

Assessment: Student will be holding the trumpet correctly.

Evidence of learning: LH: thumb around rst valve and other two ngers around the other. Ring
nger goes through the ring on trumpet. Pinkie rests between ring.
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4.Process: Show the students how to put on mouthpiece

Assessment: Mouthpiece is on trumpet and in playing posi on.

Evidence of learning: students will hold trumpet correctly and have hand in the right place.

5.Process: Teach will ask student to buzz into thier trumpet mouthpiece and try and
make a sound.

Assessment: teacher will hear students make the sound.

Evidence of learning: students will make a sound on the trumpet.

6.Process:

Assessment:

Evidence of learning:

7.Process:

Assessment:

Evidence of learning:
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