Sample Lesson for 3rd Grade

Humpty Dumpty, adopted from 2ND Rhyme Around, Delelles and Kriske

Objectives

Students will be able to
• Experience 6/8 meter
• Internalize the rhythm of speech in compound meter
• Demonstrate hand drum technique
• Experience A-B-A form

Materials

Instruments suggested:
• Hand drums
• Wood block
• Vibraslap (for wall/fall)
• Finger cymbals (for me/-gain)
Others:
• Picture(book) of Humpty Dumpty
• Poster for words to B section

Procedures

Process	Skills/Concepts
Introduction: Show picture (book) and ask if anyone knows the nursery rhyme Chant the nursery rhyme while pointing to the words Chant again and have students find the pulse Have students echo one phrase at a time while patsching the pulse Have students chant and clap the rhythm of the rhyme (teacher will keep the beat on cleve) Divide class into two halve one half with patsch the pulse while chanting, the other with clap the rhythm while chanting Repeat the above but switch parts Repeat above but chanting silently Switch parts again	~ Pulse ~ Speech rhythm ~ Audiation
Playing instruments: Identify words that rhyme -- wall/fall, men/-gain Substitute rhyming words with body percussions Replace body percussions with non-pitched instruments Add hand drum to rhythm of chant Instruments only	~ Hand drum technique ~ Instrumental color
Singing: Teach new chant by rote Add pitches (so-la-mi) to chant Identify the phrase that sounds different (4th only 2 different pitches)	~ musical phrase ~ solfege and hand signs for so-la-mi ~ aural discrimination
Game: Form a circle of about 18 students (chose them by birthdays), space the instruments evenly among students During A section, students with instruments play while the rest of the group thinks the rhyme While singing the B section, instruments are passed to the beat	~ synthesis of pulse, speech/ melodic rhythm, instrument and vocal techniques, and musical form
Closing summary: Discuss how the rhyme is different from "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (has a feeling of two) Experiment with speaking "Humpty Dumpty" with a feeling of two Ask individual students to name one thing that they learned in the lesson	~ vocabulary (simple and compound meters)

Assessment: All assessments are conducted informally
• Formative assessment
• Summative assessment
• Reflective assessment

DISCUSSION

What makes the above forms of assessment authentic?

Display the nine national standards identify the standards that were assessed in the sample lesson

#1 Singing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music*
#2 Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music*
#3 Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
#4 Composing and arranging music with specified guidelines
#5 Read and notating music
#6 Listening to, analyzing and describing music*
#7 Evaluating music and music performance*
#8 Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts*
#9 Understanding music in relation to history and culture*

How many modes of learning/skills were involved?
• Moving
• Chanting/singing
• Playing
• Listening (pitch discrimination)
• Internalizing the rhythm and beat (higher order)

How was I assessing student learning during the lesson?