Lesson Plan

Date: 2/21-2/27 Grade: Second

Topic: Note Name Review, Note Values, Woods and Metals

Objectives: VA SOL Elementary Music Standards

2.12 The student will demonstrate music literacy.
b) Use the musical alphabet to notate melodic patterns.
d) Read and notate rhythmic patterns that include half notes, half rests,
whole notes, and whole rests.
2.14 The student will develop skills for individual and ensemble
instrumental performance.
2.15 The student will classify, perform, and count rhythmic patterns.

Activity: Differentiations:
1. Invite students into room. Color:
2. Warm-Up Song: I’m so glad to be here Colors are used to
3. Review notes on the staff with powerpoint signify the difference
slide. between woods and
4. Boomwhacker Relay metals.
a. Have boomwhackers from A-G at the Size:
front of the room. All visuals (images and
b. Students should get in their relay lines, text) are large and
and they will go 3 students per round. clear in the powerpoint
c. As slides come up with a note on the presentation.
staff, the 3 students race to the Pacing:
boomwhacker of the corrosponding More staff notes can
note. Whoever plays the boomwhacker be written on white
first gets a point for their team. board to wind forward.
5. Primo Vere: Ecce Gratum Less notes can be used
a. Teach short lesson on note values with to wind back.
staff. Count through notes. Body percussion can
b. Clap through rhythm without music be used for a longer
using body percussion. period of time before
c. Clap through rhythm with music introducing
playing. instruments.
d. Pass out woods and metals and attempt Modality:
song with music playing using The method of
instruments. transportation to the
e. Switch groups and play again. boomwhackers can be
f. Put instruments away. varied to class needs
6. Exit Music: See you later Alligator and behavior.