Lesson Planning Form for Accessible Instruction Calvin College Education Program

Teacher
Date

Aaron Polet
4/16/15

Subject/ Topic/ Theme

Music/choir

Grade _9-12_______

I. Objectives
How does this lesson connect to the unit plan?
This will be the 4th lesson which will talk about the application of the key signature and what scales you can create with it
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Learners will be able to:

Name a given key signature

Explain how a scale is influenced by a key signature

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Sight Read #217

Sing The Awakening 4th section

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physical
development

socioemotional

yes
yes

Common Core standards (or GLCEs if not available in Common Core) addressed:
1.
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
2.
Reading and notating music
(Note: Write as many as needed. Indicate taxonomy levels and connections to applicable national or state standards. If an objective applies to particular learners
write the name(s) of the learner(s) to whom it applies.)
*remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create

II. Before you start

Identify prerequisite
knowledge and skills.

They will need to know all of the names of the keys signatures we have learned and how to figure
them out
Pre-assessment (for learning):

I will do a quick review of what people know about scales

Outline assessment
activities
(applicable to this lesson)

What barriers might this

lesson present?
What will it take
neurodevelopmentally,
experientially,
emotionally, etc., for your
students to do this lesson?

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Formative (for learning):

We will go over what we had learned over the past two days
Formative (as learning):

I will be checking their work on how they are connecting the ideas of key signatures and scales
Summative (of learning):
Quick review of the major points we learned today. And quiz over the scales (see below)
Provide Multiple Means of
Representation
Provide options for perceptionmaking information perceptible
I will have the activities on both the
board and in their hands. They will
be able to see what we are doing on
the board on their worksheet too

Provide Multiple Means of Action

and Expression
Provide options for physical actionincrease options for interaction
Students will be singing for half of
the lesson

Provide Multiple Means of

Engagement
Provide options for recruiting
interest- choice, relevance, value,
authenticity, minimize threats
After learning what Key signatures
are, they will now have a chance to
apply in a practical way.

Provide options for language,

mathematical expressions, and
symbols- clarify & connect
language

Provide options for expression and

communication- increase medium
of expression
They will be able to show their
work on the board or on their paper
to turn in

Provide options for comprehensionactivate, apply & highlight

The students will be able to write
out their own scales from what they
have learned in the lesson

Provide options for executive

functions- coordinate short & long
term goals, monitor progress, and
modify strategies

Provide options for sustaining effort

and persistence- optimize
challenge, collaboration, masteryoriented feedback
Giving them options to take the
lesson into their own hands is how I
want them to engage. They can do
that seeking out different way to
think about the scale and how it
relates to the key sig.
Provide options for self-regulationexpectations, personal skills and
strategies, self-assessment &
reflection
Students working on their sheets
will be self-regulating their own
work as they go through the
activity.

Materials-what materials
(books, handouts, etc) do
you need for this lesson
and are they ready to
use?

Worksheets that have different scales on them

It will be set up in the normal choir formation

How will your classroom
be set up for this lesson?
III. The Plan
Time
5 min

Components
Motivation
(opening/
introduction/
engagement)

Describe teacher activities

AND
student activities
for each component of the lesson. Include important higher order thinking questions and/or
prompts.
Answer the questions when prompted.
Quick review of the past two days and the
key signatures we have learned/ the ways
that we determine them

15
min

5 min

25
min

Development
(the largest
component or
main body of
the lesson)

Take out sight reading #217

Go over the sight reading in groups
Sing the excerpt together

Go over The Awakening section 4 (Pg.

13-end)
Look at the keys in the music.
Ask the students to identify the two
different keys signatures
Ask the students which notes are affected
by the signature
If time allows go over Sing me to Heaven

5 min

Closure
(conclusion,
culmination,
wrap-up)

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I am going to explain how the scale is

impacted by the key signature (sharps or
flats are on the line or space of the
affected note)
I will then explain that a key also
determines what note the scale starts on.
Write out 4 different keys and ask the
students to write the scales that should go
along with them

Quick bullet point review of what we

learned
-Key signatures show which notes receive
accidentals
-A scale starts on the note of the name of
the key signature
Go over what is happening tomorrow

Work on their own or with a partner to

figure out what the scales should look like

Take out sight reading

Work in sections then sing altogether

Sing The Awakening

Look in the music for the different time

signatures

Put music and folders away

Your reflection about the lesson, including evidence(s) of student learning and engagement, as well as ideas for improvement
for next time. (Write this after teaching the lesson, if you had a chance to teach it. If you did not teach this lesson, focus on the
process of preparing the lesson.)
This lesson is getting more into the realm of applying the skills we have learned the past two days. I think this is where some of the
higher level thinking is coming in. There is not as much theory to go through in this lesson but I think its okay with the direction I
am going. Again this lesson form just doesnt quite work out for what I want to do but it does help me get my thoughts down and
think about reasons behind my actions.

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