5th Grade General Music Lesson Plans
Week of January 6th, 2014
Week’s objectives:
1.
Students will correctly identify (read) and write note durations in 4/4 meter including whole
notes, half notes, quarter notes, triplet notes, and 8th notes along with corresponding rests.
2. Students will correctly play & sing various rhythmic patterns containing duration notes listed
above.
3. Students will describe the dance and musical style characteristics of the following ballroom
dances: Foxtrot, Meringue, Polka, Jitterbug, Tango, Line Dance.
4. Students will identify the countries of origin for the Foxtrot, Meringue, Polka, Tango, Line
Dance.
Activities to assist in achieving the objectives: Continued from last week
1.
Mad Hot Ballroom Dancing – Students will watch other 5th grade students learn how to
ballroom dance.
a. Vocabulary terms learned: Foxtrot, Meringue, Polka, Jitterbug/Swing Dance, Tango,
Line Dance
2. Class discussion – compare and contrast the styles of the different teams competing for the
Ballroom Dance title.
a. Worksheet to match definitions and characteristics of different ballroom dances.
3. Begin steps for the Meringue dance.
a. Discussion on the origin of the dance, style of music, and instrumentation