Marissa Leonino

Technologies of Music Education

The University of Akron

Fall 2005

The Carnival of the Animals PowerPoint Lesson Plan

GRADE: Kindergarten

SUBJECT: General Music

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1.  Primary Concept/Goal: To identify qualities of music that convey different moods and characteristics.

2.  Objective: The student will identify the animal sounds and the correlating instrument that produces them.

3.  Curriculum Link:

National Standards: #6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

Ohio Academic Content Standards: Analyzing and Responding

4.  Materials:

Computer (and all components)

Projector

Proper hookup cables

External speakers

CD recording of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens

5.  Procedure:

  1. Reinforcement of Previous Concepts:
  2. The teacher will review the previous lesson about The Four Seasons, checking for understanding of the concept of music that paints a picture.
  1. Learning Events:
  2. The teacher will present the PowerPoint lesson, reading and discussing each slide, frequently asking questions to check for student comprehension and investment in objective.
  3. Who was Saint-Saens?
  4. Why did he write The Carnival of Animals?
  5. What aspects characterize the sounds of animals?
  6. What animals are characterized in this piece?
  7. What instruments are used in this piece?
  8. Guided Practice, Independent Practice:
  9. The teacher will ask students to hypothesize which instruments represent each animal.
  10. The students will collaborate to discover which animal is represented in each musical excerpt.
  11. Summary, Assessment and Closing:
  12. The students will match the instrument with the animal it represents in the piece.
  13. Did the students recognize which instruments were used to represent each animal? Did the students recognize which animal was being represented when listening to the musical excerpts?
  14. The teacher will conclude the lesson by challenging the students to line up and return to their classrooms in the mood and character of mice.

6.  Evaluation:

Informal, embedded assessment with aural/visual observation of individuals responding to questioning during the presentation and participating in the final assessment and manner of departure.

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