Music Educa on Lesson Plan

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Grade Level or Ensemble: Beginning Band 4-5th Grade

Central Focus for the Lesson: Focus is to get students to understand the mechanics of
an ensemble setting and becoming a better musician.

Relationship to Curricular Context or Unit Plan (where does the current teaching fit in
the larger picture?)
The students are in beginning band. I believe this connects to the early stages of a
musician. For example, time, rhythm, breathing, are all useful tools that the
students will use through the course of their lives.

Lesson Objectives:
Students will be able to understand how to properly warm up with their given
instrument.
Students will be able to sit with correct posture.
Students will become aware of their issues and begin to examine themselves.

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

Breathing, Posture, Tone Production, tempo, release, tonguing, stacatto

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

(MU:Cn11.04)

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

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Materials Needed:
students will need instruments and packets that are provided.

1.Process: Teacher will say “breath in 2,3,4.”…. And ac vely demonstrates the
breathing exercise as you narrate the lesson. Student will be breathing in for two
beats and breathing out for two beats without their instruments. Students will engage
the proper muscles to blow e cient air for their par cular instrument.

Assessment:
Teacher will walk around and not move to the next step un l all students are
demonstra ng understanding is. look for the following students will put their hand up
to their mouth when they breathe inane when they breathe out they move their hand
way from their mouth. Just as air would when they play their instruments.

2.Process:
Teacher will say ‘ stand up breathing bird. The students will be expected to set their
instruments down and get ready to do this exercise. This exercise is a physical way to
think about breathing. Teacher will tell students to face their assigned direc ons.
Students will raise their arms up and clap on-beat 4 and go back down on another 4 .

Assessment:
Students will get up from their seats set their instruments safely down and space out
a bit. Students will be facing their correct direc on. Teacher will walk around and
access students as she is coun ng aloud 1-4.

3.Process:
Teacher will bring up a issue the students struggled with and show them how to
prac ce that and get be er. Teacher will set a metronome with the eight note
subdivision on so all the students can hear it. Teacher will tell students to play long-
tones in concert Eb. Teacher encourages students and encourages them to listen.
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Assessment:
Student will play long tones. Teacher will walk around and help the sec ons of the
band that are struggling and makes sure they explains all the techniques and nuances
of beginners in band.

4.Process:
Talks about the issues the students have been having in band. For example the
percussion needs a more consistence tempo and the woodwinds need more balance.

Assessment:
Talk about how the students can make it be er and encourage them and then wait
and see.

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