Friday, December 5, 2014

Final Lesson Plan!



Teacher: Rachel Pickering                     Date:12/04/14

Title of Lesson: Verbs Mean Action      Grade/Subject(s): First, Music and Language Arts

Objectives/Student Outcomes:

Students will be able to provide five examples of body percussion.

Students will be able to identify action verbs within sentences.

 WVCSO:

Communicate by moving expressively to music.

Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present and future.

National Content Standards:

Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

Management Framework:

Total length of lesson plan-35 minutes

 10 min-teacher intro into

5 min- student activity in groups

10 min-teacher demo and instruction

5 min-student activity in groups

5 min-regroup and closure

Strategies:

Teacher led discussion

Listening and responding
Procedures:      
Introduction:
The teacher will introduce students to the song “Animals on the Move”   
The teacher will ask the students to sing along with the song until most students are familiar with the lyrics.  
The teacher will review action verbs and provide examples as needed.      
The teacher will provide students with a brief overview of body percussion.
Body:
The teacher will divide the students into groups of three.
The teacher will instruct the students in body percussion techniques.  Examples provided to include snapping, stomping, slapping legs, clapping, and rubbing hands together.
The teacher will ask the students to answer the following questions:
·         What sounds can you produce using body percussion?
·         Can you pick out the action verbs used in the song?
·         What body percussion sounds match the action verbs used best?
 
The teacher will allow the students to explore the various forms of body percussion.
After the students have a good grasp on body percussion, the teacher will help students indentify the action verbs used in the song.
While remaining in small groups the teacher will assist students in selecting the body percussion forms that will be used to indicate the action verbs used.
The teacher will assist in the pairing of the actions verbs with the body percussion techniques.
·         Snake slithering-rubbing hands together
·         Rabbit crossing-  snapping
·         Elephant stomping- stomping
·         Bear climbing-slapping knees
·         Dog running-clapping quickly              
The teacher will sing the song and “act out” the action verbs using the body percussion techniques selected.
The students will then join the teacher in acting out the action verbs using body percussion.
Closure:
The students will leave their small groups and the teacher will lead the class by reviewing body percussion, action verbs, and how they two were incorporated. The students will be able to use different types of body percussion to indicate action verbs within the song. 
Assessment:
The teacher will assess the student’s ability to listen to the music and respond by performing body percussion to indicate their ability to identify the action verbs used. Teacher will switch to a different group to assess student performance throughout the lesson.                                    
Materials:  
“Animals on the Move” - May display lyrics on the board per preference
“Animals on the Move”
Oh no, the animals have escaped!
The snake slithered away through the grass
The bear climbed up the tree
The elephant stomped across the floor
The dog went running after him
The rabbit happily hopped across the field
 
Hey Guys!
I've provided the written lesson plan above as well as explained the musical component through video.
But here's an informal explanation of the lesson plan I created:

I chose to include Music and Language Arts.
Body percussion-Music   Action verbs-Language Arts

The objectives are for the students to be able to demonstrate body percussion by providing 5 sounds made as well as identify the action verbs used within a song.

1) Music- teach body percussion and allow students to explore by making their own sounds!
2)Language- review action verbs and have students identify them in the song

Use body percussion to indicate the action verb used within the song.
Ex: The snake slithered away through the grass. The students would rub hands together to produce the sound rather than actually saying slithered.   (See video above)



*Also, I didn't include it in the video because it was more Language Arts-but to add on to identifying action verbs you could ask students to change the action verb to present, future, or past tense.

*A bonus of this lesson plan is that there are very little materials used so it can be used in many different settings regardless of financial restraints.

 
Thanks for your time and good luck to everyone!   Rachel




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