Sophie DiVito

Professor Bell
EDT 317
4/22/24
Final Lesson Plan

For my final lesson plan, I implemented a music lesson in the Skyriders room. My objective

for the lesson was for students to be able to learn about beat and rhythm using musical instruments

and demonstrate their knowledge in engaging activities. I wanted to see if they could show the

developmental skill of moving their body or making music sounds to match varied tempos. I

thought this was a good lesson for the preschool class because they love singing the wake-up song

and the clean up song. The purpose of my lesson was for students to learn more about instruments

and create their own beats. Each student will also be able to express their self-creativity as well as

demonstrate control of fine motor skills like hand-eye coordination. These two aspects are very

important to be taught together and intertwined.

I had all the children sit in a circle and I told them that we were going to be making music

and creating beats on our own. I started off by asking them what their favorite instruments were

and which ones they could name off the top of their head. I had them answer one by one instead

of all together and told them who was going first and that we were going around the circle. They

were very eager and excited to talk about music and share what they knew about it. After this, I

played different musical instrument sounds for them to practice making beats on the floor and see

what the instruments sound like. I also had them guess what the instrument sound was. They were

all very eager to participate and were shouting many different things out. I told them if they had

an answer, they should raise their hand so everyone can hear what they each had to say. This helped

this portion of the lesson go smoother.

 I explained to the students that we will go around the circle and create beats and rhythms.

I expressed to them that they create their own beats or use similar sounds to what they heard me

play. I told them that they can be as loud or as quiet as they want so they can be creative but also

keep it at an inside volume. A couple of the students started singing along with creating their beats

which showed their creativity in the lesson. I gave them each a mini drum for them to bang on

along with other materials from the classroom such as sticks for them to use as drumsticks and

other things to make sounds that they found in the classroom. I noticed they were more engaged

using sticks to create noise instead of just their hands because it made a louder sound. I took note

of that as I thought it was important to keep track of their interests throughout the lesson. I

concluded with asking them what their favorite part of the lesson was and their favorite sound they

made was.

My lesson did go as planned in that I incorporated every step I wrote out that I wanted to

include. I would change the format I did the lesson in because at some points it got very loud and

disruptive in the classroom. What I would change is instead of doing the whole class on the carpet

I would break up the lesson into groups so there are less distractions than with the whole class. I

learned from teaching this that young students do have the capability to be creative with something

different than they don’t usually do. I was surprised that each student went off on their own and

did things like singing that I didn’t even instruct them to do which showed their uniqueness.

Modifications I made were if a couple students looked like they did not want to do the I told them

they could sit by me, and we can make beats together and I saw they got more excited to be by the

teacher. The lesson was very fun to implement, and I was happy that each student had fun and it

was a change from the usual day schedule. Overall, this lesson was successful, and I would only

make a few minor changes in the future if I implemented it again.