Lesson Plan

Date: 2/28-3/6 Grade: Second and Third

Topic: Chumbara, Finding Beat and Rhythm of Pop song

Objectives: VA SOL Elementary Music Standards

2.12 The student will demonstrate music literacy.
d) Read and notate rhythmic patterns that include half notes, half rests, whole notes, and whole rests.
3.12 The student will demonstrate music literacy.
f) Read and notate rhythmic patterns that include sixteenth notes, single eighth notes, eighth rests, and dotted half notes.
2/3.13 The student will develop skills for individual and ensemble singing performance.
a) Sing melodic patterns that move upward, downward, and stay the same.
c) Increase pitch accuracy while singing phrases and simple songs.
3.17 The student will respond to music with movement.
c) Perform dances and other music activities.

Activity: Differentiations:
1. Welcome students into the room. Color:
2. Rhythm Practice Powerpoint is colorful
a. Explain how activity will work; feel the beat and engaging to interact
of the pop song, look at the rhythm on the
with.
board and listen for me to say it, then repeat
Colors indicate different
after me.
notes and rhythms
b. After doing this with all rhythms, have
throughout the song.
students do rhythm cards on their own; give
students a moment to look at the card, and Size:
then prompt them to try it. Song and rhythms are
3. Chumbara displayed largely on the
a. Teach students song by rote and with solfege screen.
hand signs. Handouts can be created
b. Have students sit in circle, play for students who would
accompaniment, and then teach them hand benefit from them.
motions. Pacing:
c. Have cards set up in 3 different piles, have Rhythm game can be
students come and pick cards at random to repeated multiple times,
create a new word. and repeat-after-me or
d. Once a new word is created, have students on their own.
sing with the new word while doing the Dance and song can be
motions. Repeat this process as many times as taught multiple times.
desired. Modality:
4. Rhythm Stick Line Dance
Song is heard and sung.
a. Pass out rhythm sticks to students.
Beat is kept
b. Instruct them that in the video when they are
kinesthetically for rhythm
instructed to put their rhythm sticks down,
game, and Chumbara
they should gently put them down onto the
floor. moves allow students to
5. Read “Edward’s Amazing Rhythm Sticks” if time feel the beat and clap on
remains. the rest so they know
6. Dismiss students to their teacher. when not to sing.