Subject: Vocal Music
1. Topic-
Communicating Meaning or Feeling
 
2. Content-
"Low Sol" & a variety of movement description words created by the students through musical improvisation.
 
3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
Understand how we communicate the meaning of music through how we move and how we sing a piece of music.

Maryland State Standards:

Standard 1.0: Perceiving, performing, and responding – aesthetic education: students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to music.

Standard 2.0: Historical, Cultural, and Social Context: Students will demonstrate an understanding of music as an essential aspect of history and human experience.

Standard 3.0: Creative Expression and Production: Students will demonstrate the ability to organize musical ideas and sounds creatively.

Standard 4.0: Aesthetics and Criticism: Students will demonstrate the ability to make aesthetic judgments.
 
4. Objectives-
Holistic Model

1. Cognitive: Students will be able to (SWBAT) describe movement to a variety of music.

2. Physical: Students will be able to (SWBAT) create movement to a variety of music.

3. Affective: Students will be able to (SWBAT) state the emotion of music.
 
5. Materials and Aids-
1. Entry Slip
2. Exit Slip
3. Pencils
4. Behavior Expectations Posters
5. Emotions Flashcards
6. A variety of Music Examples
 
6. Procedures/Methods-

A. Introduction-

1. Entry Slip (Solfege & Low Sol Review). Students will silently and efficiently complete their entry slip. After they are finished, they will then place their entry slip in their respective class bin and hold onto their pencil at their seat.
2. Review Behavior Expectations
3. Introduce the objective for today.
 

B. Development-

1. Listening Exposure. Teacher will play a variety of music examples to the students. The students will be given the task to hold up a card stating an emotion/feeling that they think the music is portraying (Happy, Sad, Angry, Scary).
2. Movement and Music. Have 4 different areas on the board ready/posters with happy, sad, angry, scary, written at the top. Discuss with students various different movement we could use with each emotion. (Examples: Happy = skip, smiling, jump, hop, frolic. Sad = crouch, frown, put your head down, mope. Angry = stomp, glare, sharp, tight. Scared = tip toe, slow, hide, freeze.
3. Teacher will model each movement.
 

C. Practice-

1. As students are giving suggestions for movement, students will mimic teacher's demonstration.
2. Teacher will play the same piece used before. Instead of showing Flashcards, students will choose a movement that best represents the music being played. They may refer to the created list for ideas.
 

D. Independent Practice-

Entry Slips/Exit Slips/Flashcards
 

E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-

Play music = Auditory Learners
Posters/Charts = Visual Learners
Movement = Kinesthetic Learners
 

F. Checking for understanding-

Formative Assessments
1. Entry Slip (Review the work we did last class)
2. Exit Slip (Identify if the students understand the material accomplished)
3. "Feelings Flashcards"
 

G. Closure-

1. Review Objective through discussion
2. Exit Slip (sudden and sustained) Students will silently and efficiently complete their exit slip. After they are finished, they will then place their exit slip in their respective class bin and return their pencil in the basket.

3. M.U.S.I.C.I.A.N Reward
 
7. Evaluation-
Grade Entry and Exit Slips - 5 points each.
 

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