Rayco Lesson Plan Template
Rayco Lesson Plan Template
Rayco Lesson Plan Template
Lesson Plan
Connections:
PA Competency(s): Read iconic notation representing sound and silence.
PA Essential Questions: How can pictures show sound and silence?
PA Big Idea(s): National Standards Enduring Understanding(s):
The arts provide a medium to understand and Understanding connections to varied contexts
exchange ideas. and daily life enhances musicians’ creating,
performing, and responding.
National Standards Artistic Processes (Check all that apply):
□ Creating □ Performing □ Responding □ Connecting
National Standards Music Process Components:
Rehears, Analyze, Refine
Standards:
PA Standards: 9.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts
National Core Music Standards: MU: Cn10, MU:Cn11
Performance Measures:
Informal Assessment: holding up fingers for the number of claps heard when speaking words written
on the envelopes, raising hands for how many claps were heard for each word, asking which rhythms
are clapped the same number of times as the syllables of the words.
Formal Assessment: worksheet with stick notation and having students write the rhythms as well as
syllables (ta, ti-ti or shh).
Depth of Knowledge Level(s):
Having students create a 4-beat rhythmic pattern with the envelopes in groups, have students
compose their own rhythmic patterns using the rhythms provided within the lesson.
Instructional Process:
Rationale
T: Sometimes words can make certain rhythms! When we listen for the sounds, or syllables, of words
we can make up our own rhythmic pattern.
Body
Model 1
• Play track and move around class until four students pick a letter from bag
• Clip envelopes onto board showing words first
• Say words, then clap the syllables
• Take first and second word and clap
o T: How many sounds did we hear?
o S: One/two
• Flip envelopes to reveal rhythmic patterns and clap through
Model 2
• Take third word, but refer to ta or ti-ti for one or two sounds
Model 3
• Take fourth word and ask questions about sounds heard and what rhythms associate with
those sounds to solidify comprehension
Prompt
Prompt 1
• Have students try on their own with each individual word.
• Say word, clap syllable, “one or two sounds?”, “ta or ti-ti”
[Repeat twice if enough time]
Differentiation Strategies:
Providing time to guide students through the process of learning the rhythms and different sounds
each make are different from assessing their understanding through worksheets and prompting them
to go through each exercise independently.
Essential Vocabulary:
- Rhythm
- Sounds
- Two eighth notes
- Quarter note
- Quarter rest
- Ta
- Ti-ti
- Shh
- Note heads
District-Defined Initiatives (as applicable):
N/A