Teacher Candidate: Jessica Hart

Lesson #4

Subject/Grade: 9th/10th grade choir Date and Ti e o! Lesson: "o#e ber $0th% 1:$0 Learning &bjecti#e: After reviewing over the piece Grown-Up Christmas List and reteaching the parts that the students are having trouble with, the class will be able to successfully sing through the entire piece Also after informing the students of the dynamic mar!ings in the piece, they will be able to perform the piece musically '(ign ent )ith Standards: Standard 1: "he student will sing and perform on instruments a variety of music, alone and with others # $cho simple rhythmic and melodic patterns % &ing independently with accurate intonation and in rhythm, using appropriate timbre, diction, breath control, and good posture while maintaining a steady tempo

' &ing e(pressively with appropriate dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation ) &ing in small and large ensembles a varied repertoire of choral music representing diverse genres and cultures

&tandard '* "he student will read and notate music # Use a system +for e(ample, solf,ge syllables, numbers, note names- to sight-read melodies in both treble and bass clefs at a level of # or % on a scale from # to . &&CA* &tudents will wor! collaboratively with the teacher "he class will wor! together as whole /o one will student will dominate the class De#e(o* enta( '**ro*riateness or Cross+curricu(ar connections: &tudents will review their piece of music and go over the oppropriate dynamics needed for the piece to flourish &tudents will need to have an understanding of how to read the differeint types of dynamics in the piece 'ssess ent o! the &bjecti#es:

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After reviewing over the piece Grown-Up Christmas List and reteaching the parts that the students are having trouble with, the class will be able to successfully sing through the entire piece Also after informing the students of the dynamic mar!ings in the piece, they will be able to perform the piece musically

's )e sing through the *iece% 0 )i(( (isten to the students to a1e sure that the2 are singing the d2na ics correct(23

'cco odations: Any students who need e(tra help during instruction will be assisted 0 will be willing to review over any trouble spots in the music "he class will wor! together so no one student will get ahead of the other 5ateria(s: 6Gro)n+.* Christ as List7% *iano% )hite board3 8rocedures: # &tudents will complete 1 minutes of theory % &tudents will warm- up their voices through a series of voice e(ercises ' &tudents will sing through the entire piece without stopping # Any trouble spots that the students need help with in the piece we will review it % /e(t the class will go over the dynamic mar!ing in the piece a 0 will show the students the places in the piece that have dynamic mar!ing and we will sing through then as a class b 0 will demonstrate how each dynamic is to be sung ' Lastly the class will sing the entire piece to review what we learned in class of the piece and sing all the way through

'cti#it2 'na(2sis: 0 will review over the trouble spots in the piece by having the students sing it on solfege instead of words 2hen the students can sing the correct pitches 0 will let them put the part bac! on words 0t is imperative that the students !now their part, because without each part sung correctly the piece will sound empty and sloppy 0 will go over the dynamics with the students, by pointing them out to the students in the music 0 will e(plain each dynamic and how it is suppose to be displayed in the song "his is a very important in the piece, because without the dynamics the music would have no emotion behind it 9e!erences: 6Gro)n+.* Christ as List7 arranged b2 Greg Gi(*in