Instrument Lesson Plan : Lady Bug

Title: ladybug

Grade Level: elementary school

Materials Needed:

- a wide variety of instruments, enough for each student

- A stuffed ladybug (can be exchanged with a different stuffed animal)

Procedure:

A.S:

1.) Have students stand up and get into a line

2.) Hand each students an instrument, remind students “you get what you get, and you don't throw a

fit”

3.) Have students show you what it means to play the instruments fast, and what it sounds like if you

play your instrument slow

4.) Call on each student to play a note of their instrument, ask the class after they play a note or two,

“does this instrument make a high or low sound?”

5.) Students should be able to identify if they are a high or low, “Raise your hand if you are a low

instrument, raise your hand if you are a high instrument “

6.) Bring out a stuffed ladybug. A student will hide the lady bug somewhere in the classroom, assign

a student who will find the lady bug. Excuse that student to stand somewhere against the wall and

close their eyes

7.) The student can choose between three options, high/low, fast/slow, loud soft

8.) When the student gets closer to the lady bug the class will play high/fast/loud. The farther the

student is from the lady bug the class will play low/slow/soft.
 9.) The student will try and find the lady bug based on how the class plays their instruments For

example: if a student chooses fast/slow, the closer they are to the ladybug the faster the class will

play, the farther she is away from the ladybug the slower the class will play

Music Standards Utilized:

CREATING K.MU:Pr4.2

a. With guidance, explore and demonstrate awareness

of music contrasts such as high/low, loud/soft,

same/different in a variety of music selected for

performance.

PERFORMING Anchor Standard

RESPONDING

CONNECTION Anchor Standard

Social Emotional Learning CR/SM05- understand and practice

strategies for managing one's own
(SEL standards) emotions, thoughts and behaviors
Cognitive Learning Students are expected to music their
instrument with varying speeds and pitches
depending on where in the room the
ladybug is and how close the “it” student
is.

Physical Learning Students will use gross motor skills to play

their instruments, and basic motor skills to
move throughout the room.

L.K.5
Non-Musical Subjects
Demonstrate understanding of
frequently occurring verbs and
adjectives by relating them to their
opposites (antonyms).

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Physical Action 4.1- Vary the methods for
response and navigation