Music Education Lesson Plans (Gr. K-12)

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„X A Great, Crazy Sailor- Basic facts about Columbus' voyage, mastery of an ostinato part of Orff instruments are used.
„X Be A Music Investigator- Comparing composers in history.
„X Body Rhythm- This lesson is perfect for teaching primary grades about the value of ti, tah and toh before they are ready to read.
„X Dynamics and Timbre of "Amani Utupe"- Students will perform with appropriate dynamics and timbre the accompaniment to a song from their repertoire using non-pitched percussion instruments.
„X Finding the Beat- The student will locate music books and recordings related to the rhythm of music from various countries.
„X Find The Sound- To help children in knowing the particular sounds of certain instruments.
„X How to Blues- A month long unit.
„X K-12 Music Resources- List web sites for everybody in music education.
„X Keyboards- Become familiar with appearance and characteristic sound of piano. Identify piano as part of percussion family. Find middle C on the keyboard.
„X Learning through The Duke- As the students explore the language of the 1920's, connections will be drawn between popular expressions and the sounds created in jazz. Your students will craft an original poem using these words and expressions.
„X LessonsPlansPage.com- Music- 35 lessons sorted by grade level.
„X Making Music- By experimenting with musical instruments and making their own, children develop.
„X Math and Music- The student will add musical notes together and come up with a real number as the answer. The student will create different addition problems with the answers using musical notes as the product.
„X Music Lesson on Rhythm (Tempo)- The students will experience a fast and a slow tempo in music and create drawings the different tempos cause them to think of .
„X Music Lesson on Melody and Rhythm- The students will predict what music from different cultures sounds like based on what they have heard through the media, movies, etc. They will then listen to music from these nations and compare how their predicted music differed. They will also note any differences in melody and rhythm between the various cultures and our own.
„X Musical Instrument Appreciation- This lesson plan is designed to give students the basic knowledge of musical instruments. Through this activity students will develop a greater appreciation of music and the different instruments involved in its creation.
„X Musical Rondo- This lesson is designed for groups of children to compose pieces of music for different types of weather. These are then put together in the form of a rondo.
„X Musicianship Basics- These are short music skill exercises that allow students to show that they understand a new concept, such as major intervals or leger lines in the bass clef.
„X Off the Field and into the Stands- This is a lesson of fun and enjoyment for the students in your music class. The students will learn about the National Anthem and its importance, do some singing, and create rhythm activities that can be used the next time they go to a big game.
„X Opposites- The students will discover opposites with: books, discussions, and songs.
„X Phonemic Awareness through Music- Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
„X Pitch- The learner will understand that the length of an instrument dictates the pitch.
„X Quarter Rest Lesson- The student will indicate the silent beats (rests) with an outward motion of the arms. The student will be able to indicate a measure clapped out with a quarter rest, and a measure clapped out without a quarter rest.
„X Rhymes- The students will broaden their knowledge about rhymes through looking at poetry, books, and songs.
„X Rhythm Rests Lesson- The students will feel the rests in the song by creating motions for the rests rather than singing.
„X Rhythmic Patterns- This lesson is made so the students have examples of how syncopated rhythm sounds. The teacher is going to assign three different groups different rhythm patterns and different sounds.
„X St. Patrick's Day Sing-A-Long- The student will use the indexes of song books to locate songs indigenous to Ireland. The students will identify recordings which include songs indigenous to Ireland.
„X Teaching Adjectives With Music- The students will broaden their knowledge about adjectives through using them to describe both objects and music.
„X Teaching Meter- The teacher will introduce the lesson by asking students, Who likes to dance? How do you know when to move your feet? You have to listen to the beat don't you? The repetition of the beat creates what is known as rhythm. The rhythm is what you are dancing to in music.
„X The Instruments of the Orchestra- A great site for instrument recognition.
„X The Music Education Madness Site- A community website for all music teachers, regardless of ages teaching or levels of expertise. Includes monthly articles, plans, kids' section, and more!
„X Where Did Rock and Roll Come From?- The student will use specialized music reference sources to locate information about the origins of rock and roll.