LESSON PLAN

(revised FA14)

Teacher: Sage Harrison

Grade: 1-2

Date:

1. Learning Outcome/Behavioral Objectives: Students will use movements to

indicate the timer signature 4/4 (changing movements every 4 beats). Students
will be able to sing Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear accurately and with solfege hands
signs. Students will demonstrate understanding of ta and ti-tis by breaking down
the rhythm of teddy bear, teddy bear.
2. Required Prior Knowledge and Skills: understanding of eighth and quarter
notes, and the pitches sol la and mi and their respective hand signs.
3. Anticipated needs: Students may have difficulty notating their accompaniments
since we will be using 2 clefs, and they might be a little shaky on the bass clef.
4. Standards and Frameworks
5. National Standards
Creating: AS1 Imagine AS2 Plan, Make AS3 Evaluate, Refine, Present
Performing: AS4 Select, Analyze, Interpret AS5 Rehearse, Evaluate, Refine
AS6 Present
Responding: AS7 Select, Analyze AS8 Interpret AS9 Evaluate
Connecting: AS10 Synthesize, Relate AS11 Relate for deeper understanding
State Frameworks Singing Reading and notation Playing Instruments
Improvisation and composition Critical response
Purposes and meaning in the arts Role of artists in communities
Concepts of style, stylistic influence and stylistic change
Inventions technologies and the arts Interdisciplinary connections
6. Assessment: Students performance will be evaluated by the teacher. Teacher
will check for accurate pitching of the notes and accurate formation of the
Curwen hand signs. Students will be assessed based on participation in the group,
i.e. the teacher will take notes of who contribution/who doesnt.
7. Materials, Repertoire, Equipment needed: large staff (possibly on the white
board) to write rhythmic notation, projector, computer, YouTube video of
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride. Also a stuffed teddy bear
8. Accommodations:
a. Teacher should always be sure to speak clearly and face students while
talking/giving instructions.

9. Lesson Sequence:
a. Activity: Activator/Warm Up
As students walk in they will listen to Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride. Well be
doing an opening activity with this song so tell the students to listen and see if
they can tap the beats.
Estimated Time: <5mins
b. Activity: Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
Teacher will lead a beating exercise using Lilo and Stitchs Hawaiian Roller
Coaster Ride. The Teacher will stand in front of the class leading the other
students in a series of patterns using body percussion/movement. (i.e. tapping
feet together, patting knees, patting shoulder, stomping, jumping etc.) After
the teacher has led, choose a student to lead.
Estimated
Time: 7 mins
c. Activity: Introduction/Discussion
Bring out a teddy bear (in this case, an Appa plush ) to introduce the song.
Have a discussion about Teddy Bears. Explain that the song is about teddy
bears. Do you have a teddy bear? What are your favorite things about teddy
bears? What are some things that teddy bears do?
Estimated Time: 3 mins
d. Activity: Teach the song
Teach the class Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear in two measure chucks, by rote. 2-3
mins
e. Activity: Rhythm & solfege
Go through the rhythm of the song reviewing tas and ti-tis. 3mins
Do the song on Solfege with hand signs. Lead the students to discovering the
new pitches.
f. Activity: Play the game
Students stand in a circle, while the teacher hold the teddy bear. We learn the
motions (turn around, touch the ground, tie your shoe, I love you) on I love you
the teacher passes the bear to someone else and the song starts over again. Make
sure everyone gets a turn with the bear.
g. Activity: Summarizer/Foreshadowing:
Next time well be learning a song about the mountains, so be ready!
10. Assignments: Practice your hand signs, because next weeks song goes really
fast!
11. Contingency plan: More game/ Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride!
12. Evaluation/Diagnosis/Remediation: