Technology Integration Lesson Plan

Teacher(s): Timmy Roberts Grade Level: 6th Date Taught: September 18th, 2019

Lesson Title: Basic Rock Beat Rhythms Subject: Music Approximate Time Length:30 min

KCCR Standard Cr.1.6 Generate simple rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases within AB
and ABA forms that convey expressive intent.
Lesson Objective The student will be able to play a basic rock beat to 21 pilots song “Ride”

Assessment/Criteria Students will be assessed on their ability to perform alternating quarter note
sounds with a continuous eighth note rhythm
Materials Chairs for each participating students, ipad cart
Technology Access to internet and loudspeakers, ipad, garageband
Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YOZAz_rII8
Setting 6th Grade general music classroom, complete circle of chairs
equalling half the number of students in the class

Est. Lesson Activities

Time Write out detailed lesson procedures. Be sure to include 4-5 important questions you will ask during the lesson and the expected student
of Task responses. Your plan should be detailed enough for another teacher to teach it without having to ask you any questions. Numbering
and/or bullets are encouraged.

1-2 Teacher will begin the class by playing the non-drumless recording of “Ride ”
minutes Ask the students if they have ever heard this song before? Ask them where they hear it
Beginning
Engage

and who usually plays it?

Allow for open response from students
T: What are some of the instruments you hear?
T: Today we will be learning to play the drums
15-20. Teacher will tell students that we will be discussing the rock beat pattern
minutes Pass out iPads, but do not open them yet
Activity: Drum Ninja
Students will partner up and the teacher will have students verbally say “nin-ja nin-ja nin-ja
Explain/Explore

nin-ja" out loud while tapping their right knee (these should be eighth notes). Once students
Middle

are able to do this, the teacher will have students say “whoo. Ha. Whoo. Ha” (quarter note
kick and snare. Have one partner do “Nin-ja” and the other do “Whoo. Ha.”. Once students
have verbally mastered “whoo. Ha.”, stomp for “Whoo” and pat their left leg for “Ha.”
Partner up again to create the full rock beat effect with body percussion.

Give students an opportunity to do both at the same time

 10-15 Teacher will instruct students to open up garageband on their ipads. Once there, open the
minutes drum kit page. Have one student play the ride (Nin-ja) and another do kick and snare (whoo.
Ha.) to the drumless track of 21 Pilot’s “Ride”.
Evaluate
End

Assessment: Each student will be each given an opportunity to perform the full rock beat to
21 pilots on their iPads.
Each student will be assessed on their ability to successfully perform 4 measures of the basic
rock beat to 21 Pilot’s “Ride”

Adaptations: What could ADHD- ability to be assessed in a separate location

you adapt to help ELL- provide definitions for difficult to understand words as well as pictoral
students with learning references and modeling
disabilities, students
with learning
exceptionalities, &/or
ELL students with this
lesson? (Ex: guided
notes, extended time,
fewer questions, fewer
distractors, alternate
setting, etc.)
Modalities: What Visual: Pictures and modeling
modalities did you utilize Auditory: verbally saying rhythms
in this lesson? How? Kinesthetic: switching partner roles, moving around different parts of the class
Tactile: using the drum set on the ipad
Strategies: What Cooperative learning with partners
instructional strategies Discussion of what is a rock beat
did you utilize in this Technology integration with ipad and youtube
lesson? (Ex: graphic Real life application with 21 pilots
organizer, cooperative
learning, discussion,
technology integration,
etc.)

Assessment Rubric:

4- Exceeds 3- Meets 2- Approaching 1- Unsatisfactory

Students are able to Students are able to Students are able to Students are unable to
perform and record 5-8 perform 4 bars of drum perform drum rhythm perform drum rhythm
bars of drum rhythm rhythm accurately accurately for 1-4 bars with both fingers.
with complete
accuracy.