Lesson Plans
Week 9/5/14

Junior High 6th Grade / Junior High 7th-8th Grade
Standards and Objectives
The student will: / TEK Objectives:
117.33
1.A, 1C, 2A, 2E
Learn more about musical forms, sight-read, and learn to make basic tones on their assigned instruments / TEK Objectives:
177.33
1.A, 1C, 2A, 2E, 3A, 3B
Learn how to play the Fight Song and other Pep songs to play for students later on in the month
Mon
09/1 /
  • Labor Day
/ Labor Day
Tues
09/2 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instruments
  • Music
  • Pencil
Assessment:
  • Go through warmup in Essential Elements, do number 1-10
Assignment:
Have students play solos and start challenging each other for chairs, and grade on sounds, and knowledge of material / Activities and Materials:
  • Instruments
  • Warmup, Brazos Fight Song, Hey Song
  • Work on Warmup and Fight Song
Assessment:
  • Begin working on warmup, and having students identify notes they are not used to playing. Work diligently through the warmup
Assignment:
Have students work on Warmup and Fight Song
Wed
09/03 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Music
  • Continue to work on basics with fundamental sound
Assessment:
  • Warmup, Essential Elements 1-15, Work with stuggling students
Assignment:
  • Work with struggling students, who maybe struggling with making sound. Play solos to access how students progressing
/ Activities and Materials:
  • Instruments
  • Warmup, Fight Song, Hey Song
  • Begin working on Fight Song and Warmup
Assessment:
  • Begin working on the warmup, and have students identify notes thye are not used to playing. Work diligently through the warmup
Assignment:
  • Have students work through warmup on their own

Thu
09/04 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Essential Elements 2010
  • Go further in the book, and have students solo on picked song
Assessment:
  • To see how students are progressing we will have each student play a solo out of the book, no matter the number just so they play
Assignment:
  • Work number 1-15, working on sound
/ Activities and Materials:
  • Instruments
  • Warmup, Fight Song, Hey Song
  • Work through the beginning of the Fight Song
Assessment:
  • Work on the beginning of the Fight Song, making sure that every student can play play the opening rhythm. Continue to slowly work through warmup
Assignment:
  • Work on self practice, and working on Fight Song

Fri
09/05 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Essential Elements 2010
  • Work on challenges as students work to get into top 5 and top chairs in the class
Assessment:
  • Have students play number 20, as they vie for chairs in the classroom
Assignment:
  • Home study with practicing
/ Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Warmup, Fight Song, Hey Song
  • Play through Fight Song concentrating on Pecussion solo
Assessment:
  • Play through entire fight song, and work with the percussion on their solo section. Work through the warmup, and make sure the students are getting the right notes, especially with whole note section
Assignment:
  • Have the students start working on The Hey Song

High School Band
Standards and Objectives
The student will: / TEKS Objective
117.61
1A-1G, 2C, 3A
Work with music and drill for the 2014 Marching Show, making sure that each student learns their music and spot
Mon
09/01 /
  • Labor Day

Tues
09/02 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Music, Chips, Coordinate Sheets, Nail Bag
  • Work on putting Stairway to Heaven on the Field
Assessment:
  • Work on cleaning and putting Stairway to Heaven on the field. Cleaning up sets that do not have good transitions, and review and fix Paint it Black
Assignment:
Students need to work on memorizing the music
Wed
09/03 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Music, Chips, Coordinate Sheets, Nail Bag
  • Work on putting Stairway to Heaven on the Field
Assessment:
  • Work on cleaning and putting Stairway to Heaven on the field. Cleaning up sets that do not have good transitions, and review and fix Paint it Black
Assignment:
Students need to work on memorizing the music
Thu
09/04 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Music, Chips, Coordinate Sheets, Nail Bag
  • Work on stand tunes and show music inside
Assessment:
  • Work various stand tunes and clean them up so they are presentable on Friday. Work on Star Spangled Banner, and pick soloist for Friday Night
Assignment:
Students need to work on memorizing the music
Fri
09/05 / Activities and Materials:
  • Instrument
  • Music, Chips, Coordinate Sheets, Nail Bag
  • Work on putting Stairway to Heaven on the Field
Assessment:
  • Do run through of show at the Football Stadium, try and clean up any loose ends of doesn’t look good.
Assignment:
Students need to work on memorizing the music