Amy Phillips Professor McConkey MUSC 326-02: Music for Children 15 April 2010 Instrument Lesson Plan Title: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Grade Level: K – 1 Materials needed: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Taback Various instruments from the 4 instrument families: wood, metals, shakers, skins Post keywords on whiteboard Procedure: Anticipatory Set Instructional Input Modeling Check for Understanding Practice Closure AS: “Today, I am going to read the class a book, and while I am reading through the story, you all get to add sound effects to it. But first, by a quiet raise of hands, how many of you have ever eaten a bird before? [Pause] How about a cat or a dog? [Pause] What about a fly? [Pause] No, well those are animals we don’t usually eat, right? But, our story today is about a woman who ate all of those things and more.” Instruction: 1. Pass out an instrument from one of the instrument families to each student. Separate the carpet/room into four groups: the wood corner, the shakers corner, the metals corner, and the skins corner. Send students to where they belong and have them sit down. *Remind the students that the instruments belong on the floor (drum skins facing down) when not in use. If they use them when they are not supposed to, their instrument will be taken away. 2. “Each group is going to have a keyword to listen for as I read the story.” These will have been written on the whiteboard before the lesson as a reminder for the students. You can choose your own keywords from the book, but the keywords I chose are as follows: “fly” = skins (drums) “spider” = shakers “cat” = wood “dog” = metals “horse” = all instrument families turn page = glockenspiels only 3. “When you hear your keyword, play your instrument for three beats only and then stop.” Practice saying the keywords and having the students play their instruments for the proper amount of time. 4. Read the book There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly to the class, pausing after each keyword to allow time for students to play their instruments. Closure: Collect the instruments, so students will not be distracted by them during closure time. Have students sit back down on the carpet. Ask follow-up questions, such as these: What happened to the old lady in the story? What are the four instrument families that we worked with today? Social/Emotional Excitement of playing new instruments Cognitive Listening for keywords throughout the story Playing instruments only for the assigned number of beats Knowing how to play the instruments Physical Playing the instruments Musical Other Subjects National Standards Content Standards 1. Singing 2. Play Instruments 3. Improvising 4. Composing 5. Reading & Notating 6. Listening 7. Evaluating 8. Integration (outside arts) 9. History/Culture English Language-Arts: Reading 1.4 – Recognize that sentences in print are made up of separate words. (K) English Language-Arts: Listening and Speaking 1.1 – Understand and follow one- and two-step oral directions. (K) English Language-Arts: Reading 1.1 – Match oral words to printed words. (1st) English Language-Arts: Reading 1.11 – Read common, irregular sight words. (1st) English Language-Arts: Listening and Speaking 1.1 – Listen attentively. (1st) Visual and Performing Arts: Creative Expression 2.3 – Play simple accompaniments on classroom instruments. (1st)