Johnson Elementary/Campground Elementary

Lesson Plans

January 2nd-6th, 2012

Mrs. Samantha Creech

Duties:Bus Duty/Johnson – 7:40-8:15

Duties:Bus Duty/Campground-7:30-8:15

Bus Riders (Kindergarten/Johnson) – 3:15-3:30

Objective: TSW (The Students Will:)TSW demonstrate their knowledge about pitch and beat, by watching a brainpopjr.com video. (3-5)

  • TSW sing and watch video using the song “Wheels on the Bus” and complete paper activity arranging the pictures in order to follow the six verses of the song. (K-2)

Materials:

  • Video on youtube.com (Wheels on the Bus)
  • Activity page
  • Brainpopjr.com
  • High-Low Flash Cards
  • Beethoven CD

Procedures:

This activity gives the children the chance to control each other's sounds by making different signals.

1) Choose a person to be the conductor (you could be the conductor the first time to show the children what to do).

2) Explain that when you move your arm HIGH up in the air, you want them to make a "Laa" sound with a HIGH pitch. If you put your arm down LOW, they should make a LOW-sounding "Laa". Also, indicate the signals for starting (e.g. "thumbs-up") and stopping (e.g. flat hand facing them).

3) Begin, moving your arm up and down, and making slow and quick movements.When you have finished, other children can be the conductor, and they can control the pitch of the "Laas" (high arm=high pitch, low arm=low pitch) or the dynamics of them (high arm=loud, low arm=quiet).Once the children are familiar with this activity, you could let the "orchestra" use instruments. You could also split them into groups of similar instruments, with the conductor controlling the pitch / dynamics of each group when he moves near them.

4) Then students will create flashcard with the words high and low. Using Beethoven’s sympathies students will listen to music and hold up the correct pitch for the song (5 total).

5) After students have completed flashcards, they will watch a brainpop.com video on pitch, beat and tone. Then they will complete both the easy and hard quiz for the video, while discussing test taking strategies.

Vocabulary:

  1. Pitch= highness and lowness of the music.
  2. Tone= describes the music; using descriptive words like calm, light, dark.

Assessment:

TSW demonstrate knowledge of pitch by formative (flashcards) and summative assessments(brainpop quiz). K-2nd will demonstrate knowledge of sequence by placing pictures of song verses in the correct order.