Claflin University School of Education

EDUC 450: Professional Clinical Practice Reflective Lesson Plan Name: Jessica Gates PART I: PLANNING
The Treble Clef and its Notes

Date: 7 March 2013

Title of Lesson
Is this lesson original idea? If not, from what source did I borrow this lesson?

Source Subject Area (s) Grade Level

This lesson is an original idea to teach students the treble clef, its notes and to reinforce the lesson on whole note, half note, and quarter note.

Music (Theory) 4
th

Curriculum Standards

V: Reading and notating music I: Singing VIII: Making connection

Describe the lessons activities and content.

Description and Background Information

Students will learn about the notes on the Treble Clef staff as well as review whole note, half note, and quarter note, through song, rhyme, movement and flash cards that will be projected by the Lumens Lamp. Students will learn the Music Alphabet, the Line Note rap Every Good Boy Does Fine in a line for the E,G,B, D, and F line notes and the rhyme FACE is in the Space for the F, A, C, and E space notes. They will read music flash cards to identify line notes and will use the music rug to walk the line of each line note. Students will also demonstrate using the dry erase board the whole note, half note, and quarter note.
What will students be able to do at the conclusion of this lesson?

Lesson Objectives

At the conclusion of the lesson, students will be able to recognize the treble and bass clefs, all staff notes of the treble clef, whole note, half note, and quarter note.
How will I vary these objectives for students who do not understand the material? How will I vary these objectives for students who have already mastered the concept? How will I vary these objectives for students who are presently learning English?

Varying Objectives for Individuals Needs

These objectives will be repeated in multiple ways including aural, visual, and kinesthetic for understanding and reinforcement for those who believed they have mastered the concept. For ESOL students, I will work with the ESOL teacher as well as use visuals projected by the Lumens Lamp, writing on the whiteboard and movement on the rug to show the relationship with notes and their placement.
Why is it important for the students to learn this content?

Statement of Purpose

This content is important for the students to become life-long learners, spectators, consumers, and advocates of music.

Materials and Resources

What materials and supplies are needed to help your students achieve the stated objectives? What will the teacher need? What will the students need? What other resources are needed? Will you use resource speakers?

I will need the Lumens Lamp to project note flash cards. I will also need the whiteboard, dry erase markers, dry eraser, the earth rug, and the music rug. The students will not need any materials. All that they will need is their voices and energy. No other resources or resource speakers will be used.
What will you do to motivate the students and get their attention? What is the hook that will serve as a focus for the lessons activities?

Anticipatory Set

To motivate the students and get their attention, I will keep them involved through singing, movement, and participation. I will include hip -hop into the lesson with the Line Note Rap Every Good Boy Does Fine in a line which will serve as the hook and focus for identifying the notes on the treble clef.

Part II: IMPLEMENTATION

How will I find out what students already know about this topic?

Pre-assessment

I will ask students Why is the treble clef also called the G clef? This will introduce the treble clef and the G line note.
What will I do to show students what is expected?

Teacher Modeling or Demonstration Guided Practice

I will be singing with the students, projecting the line notes using the Lumens Lamp, and illustrate the staff on the whiteboard.
What will we do together as they learn how to succeed at the new task?

I will be singing with the students as they sing the music alphabet and the line note rap.
What questions will you ask to determine if students understand so far? What techniques or strategies will be used to determine if students understand so far?

Checking for Understanding

I will ask students to repeat the names of line notes of the treble clef and the space notes of the treble clef. I will also ask what number line the note is on or what space the note is in to check for student understanding of note placement. I will listen to students as they answer the questions and repeat the note names and provide immediate feedback. I will also watch students as they walk each line of the treble clef line notes to check for understanding.
What will students do by themselves to show that they have internalized the knowledge?

Independent Practice

For some of the line notes, I will ask students to walk the line they believe the note to be on and I will ask students to write specific notes on the whiteboard.
How will I conclude the lesson and relate it to future experiences? How will you wrap up the lesson to reinforce concepts taught during the lesson?

Closure

I will conclude by asking the students to pat themselves on the left and on the right shoulders in congratulations and have them sing the Line Note rap to me.
What will students do to demonstrate what they have learned?

Assessment (attach to lesson plan)

Students will complete the Note Identification Worksheet.

What can students do at home or in the classroom to apply the knowledge or skills? How could you use your colleagues or community agencies to improve student

Extension Activities

performance?

Students can sing the song, rap, and rhyme at home and participate in class. I would encourage students and parents to practice using these different songs to read sheet music of various songs. I would try and involve music colleagues asking them to show students how reading music creates the music they listen to today.
How will you use technology to assist students with learning the concepts? What technology will you use to enhance the delivery and comprehension of your content?

Technology Connection Across the Curriculum

I will use the Lumens Lamp to project the music note flash cards.
How will you connect this lesson with other content areas across the curriculum?

I will connect physical education to the lesson with moving across the rug as if it were a balance beam, math by counting the lines and spaces where the notes are located on the treble clef, and ELA by singing the music alphabet and reading the notes from the flash cards.

PART III: REFLECTION

Describe the strengths of your instructional techniques, strategies and classroom management. Describe the strengths of student engagement.

Strengths

The strength of the instructional technique as whole group instruction is I am able to watch more than one student at a time and keep their attention. In strategies, I used the Dalcroze method of movement, different genres of music, and observation. In classroom management, I did not leave much room for discipline issues. When there was an issue I addressed it immediately. Students were very strong in being engaged in the lesson as the lesson was students centered and asked students to be active.
Describe the weaknesses of your instructional techniques, strategies and classroom management. Describe the weaknesses of student engagement.

Weaknesses

The weaknesses in whole group instruction are the inabilities to focus on one student at a time. In strategies, I can continue to add for variety, and in classroom management, I can work on not having to address any issues. There is still improvement needed in student engagement as I do not have 100% of students involved.

Suggestions for Improvement

What would you change when teaching this lesson again?

I would add students walking in the spaces on the music rug to identify space notes for the treble clef as a class worksheet where students draw and identify all of the notes on the treble clef instead of having students only identify a selection of notes already drawn on the staff. Revised 1-2012
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