Haley Williams

Fifth Grade Recorder Lesson 2 (20-30 minutes)

Lesson Objectives: Treble Clef note identification
Chant simple rhythms within music notation
Perform simple melodies notated in treble clef
Standards: Adopted Marshall Public Schools Academic Standards of
Music
Expression of Music (1.2.b., 1.3.a, and 1.3.b.)
Materials and Resources: Recorder Karate Hot Cross Buns sheet,
Recorder, Projector, ELMO
Lesson Procedure:
a) Introduction
a. Students will come into the class and sit in their music
rows. I will remind them that they will only take their
recorders out when I tell them its okay. After everyone has
sat down I will ask if anyone forgot his or her recorder
today. If that is the case they need to borrow one from us
for the day but will be reminded that they need to bring
their folder and recorder to school when they have music
class.
b. After everyone has a recorder I will then tell them to take
their recorders out of their cases. I will remind them that if
they play their recorders while Im talking I will take it away
and give it back at the end of class. We will also review
how they are supposed to hold their recorders. I will ask
them which hand is suppose to be on top (left) and which
hand should be resting on the foot joint (right). I will also
ask them which part of the fingers is used to cover the
holes (pad part of the finger). Once I am confident that
everyone is holding their recorders the right way we will
start playing notes.
b) Procedures
a. Before we start playing Hot Cross Buns we will use the
same playing exercise we did last week so the students
can remind themselves of the notes we will be using. We
will first go over what the fingering is for G and then play a
whole note on G as an entire class. Then we will go over
the fingering for A and play a whole note on A as an entire
class. Finally we will go over the fingering for B and play a
whole note on B as an entire class. After we have played

each note individually we will play the pitches in whole

notes in succession a couple of times.
b. After the students are warmed up I will now have them
work on Hot Cross Buns with me. I will ask them to raise
their hands if they went home and practiced it. I will tell
them that I know I asked them to go home and practice but
because this is the first time we will be playing it as a
group we need to work on it a little bit rather than just go
for it. I will first have the students chant the rhythm of the
entire song on Du. Then we will sing the song in rhythm
and say the names of the pitches as we sing it. While we
do this I will have students put their recorders in chin
position and finger along while we practice it. Finally we
will play the entire song all together. I will remind them
that it is very important that they stay with the tempo that
I give them so we can all stay together.
c. If students are squeaking I will remind them of the two
things they need to check if they are squeaking; are they
blowing too hard and are their fingers covering the holes.
We will repeat certain notes until the sound coming from
the group sounds cohesive. When we are working on Hot
Cross Buns I will have students repeat the chanting and
singing until 80% of them are able to do it correctly.
c) Transitions
a. In between the warm up and Hot Cross Buns I will have
them put their recorders in their laps so I can give them a
brief run down on what we will be doing with Hot Cross
Buns and why. After we are done playing Hot Cross Buns I
will have the students put their records in their cases
because I have to go over with them what we will be doing
next week and how its all going to work.
d) Closure
a. I will talk to the students about how the Recorder Karate
test is going to go next week. I have a rubric that I will be
using next week that I will put up on the projector for the
students to see. I will go through each section of the rubric
and explain what I will be looking for in order for them to
pass that section.
b. I will also explain how the testing in class is going to work. I
will break the students up into groups of four or five,
depending on how many students are in the class. The
students will need to order themselves as to who will go
first, second, third etc. in their group when they get to the
testing. There will be different stations set up in the
classroom to keep the students active while there is a
group testing.

i. One station will be the testing station. After the

group determines who wants to go first through who
wants to go last, I will take students one by one to
test while the others wait their turn and practice. The
second station will be the students play the speed
note naming game with Mrs. Root. The Third Station
will be students creating simple rhythms for their
group to read out loud. The fourth station will be the
group working together on the next couple of songs
that we will be working on in the weeks to come.
Accommodations: If students need more time on Hot Cross Buns or
just practicing notes I can spend extra time on that in order to help
them. If students are having a hard time remembering their fingerings
they are allowed to write how many fingers they need to have down
under the notes in their music.
Assessments: (Observational) I will be assessing the students on how
well they remember how to hold the recorder and what aspects will
make their recorder squeak. I will also be assessing them on how well
they can play Hot Cross Buns in a group setting. It will be difficult to
assess each student individually when the whole group is playing. I will
be able to further assess them when we do Recorder Karate testing
next week.