APPENDIX A
  LESSON PLANS


Music Lesson Plan


Grade Level: 2nd grade
Date: 9/10-9/11


Lesson Activity: 1, 2, 3. Mama Caught a Flea!
-Lesson 1


Concepts: Expression                 Form         Melody         Timbre        Texture/Harmony

Skills:     ing         Payi                      Creating                     Listening/Analyzing


Vocabulary:                                           Materials and Equipment:
beat, rhythm, quarter note, quarter rest,             non-pitched percussion instruments, flea magnets,
eighth notes                                          rhythm notation board

Objectives:
TLW sing on pitch.
TLW perform movements to the steady beat.
TLW notate a rhythm using iconic notations and quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes.

Sunshine State Standards Achieved:
  Skills and Techniques
  0 1. The student sings, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. M.U.A. 1.1 (1,2)
  0 2. The student performs on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. M.U.A. 2.1 (1)
  0 3. The student reads and notates music. M.U.A. 3.1 (1)
  Creation and Communication
  o 1. The student improvises melodies, variations and accompaniments. M.U.B.1.1 ()
  o 2. The student composes and arranges music within specific guidelines. M.U.B.2.1 ()
  Cultural and Historical Connections
  O 1. The student understands music in relation to culture and history. M.U.C.1.1 ()
  Aesthetic and Critical Analysis
  O 1. The student listens to, analyzes, and describes music. M.U.D.1.1 ()
  o 2. The student evaluates music and music performances. M.U.D.2.1 ()
  Applications to Life
  O 1. The student understands the relationship between music, the arts, and disciplines outside the arts. M.U.E.1.1 ()
  o 2. The student understands relationships between music and the world beyond the school setting. M.U.E.2.1 ()


Procedure:
1. Good morning - echo song
2. Steady beat movement activity - teacher-led, non-locomotor
3. Focused listening questions: "What insect is in this rhyme?" "What happens to the insect?" "Who
        is the person in the rhyme?" "How does that person feel?"
4. Speak rhyme. (One, two, three. Mama caught a flea. Flea died, Mama cried. One, two, three.)
5. Answer focused listening questions.
6. Teach rhyme by rote, echo phrase by phrase. Clap and speak rhythm. Transfer to non-pitched
        percussion instruments.
6. Notate rhythm of words using iconic notation of one flea, two fleas, or no fleas on a beat.
7. Discover standard notation of quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes for rhyme.