Sample Lesson Plans
Below is a concert cycle worth of lesson plans. Each lesson plan goes through breathing, solfege, and working through multiple songs to keep pacing fast, fun, and effective.
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/14/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
3rd Period: Hakuna Mungu
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
4th Period: Rejoice and Sing! Every Time I Feel the Spirit! Let Joy Awaken
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/12/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
3rd Period: Hakuna Mungu and Let Joy Awaken
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/11/16
Objective:
Benchmark 1a: Critical Listening Skills: B
Journal Entry
Physical/ Breathing
6th Period: Music Lead the Way and Danny Boy
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/11/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
4th Period: Rejoice and Sing! Love in Any Language
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/06/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
4th Period: Rejoice and Sing! Love in Any Language
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/05/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Hakuna Mungu
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/04/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Rejoice and Sing!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/30/16
Objective:
3rd Period
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Hakuna Mungu
Objective:
4th Period
Physical
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Rejoice and Sing!
Warm Ups:
Physical
Song:
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Rejoice and Sing!
Sight Reading:
3rd, 7th Period 1-2 5th period 1-2 of their worksheet
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/27/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Sight Reading:
4th Period 1-2 / 6 period
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/26/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Song:
All Classes:
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/23/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Song:
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Sight Reading:
3rd Period- Sight Reading 4 // 5th Period- Sight Reading 3-4 // 7th Period- 3-4
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/22/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Sight Reading:
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/21/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Song:
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Sight Reading:
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/20/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Sight Reading:
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/19/16
Objective:
Warm Ups:
Physical
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Student Teaching Lesson Plans
Objective:
Warm Ups:
Physical
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Sing ee Sing eh Sing ahh
- Scale
- Do Re Mi Fa Sol Do Do Ti La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do Fa Fa Mi Mi La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do
- Do-Do-Re-Do (3rd and 5th Period) 7th Period will follow my hands
3rd Period: Hakuna Mungu
- Sight read example 2
- Sing through we know of Hakuna Mungu then go through the form of the piece
- Hakuna Mungu underline all of the syllables that change in the B section
- Hakuna Mungu review harmonies at 25 learn harmonies at 33
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have a student come to the board and draw it)
- Sight Reading 2 & 3 (same as girls)
- Mountain Living sing through with record (fix errors as we need to)
- Lunch then come back Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together while I write it on the board)
- Invite a student to write what they think the pattern is on the board
- Run Jamaica Farewell (fix ending if needed)
- Fix Danny boy middle verse
- Run Danny Boy Long phrases
- Sight read example 1
- Jubilant Song teach ending (coda)
- Listen and raise hands to recording
- Sing through entire song!
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together) Pass out papers do example 1 if time allows 3
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Sing ee Sing ehh Ahh
- I am slowly going crazy
- Scale
- Do Re Mi Fa Sol Do Do Ti La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do Fa Fa Mi Mi La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do
- Do-Do-Re-Do...
4th Period: Rejoice and Sing! Every Time I Feel the Spirit! Let Joy Awaken
- Journal Entry/pies/warm up
- Sight read example 2
- Mm 55 New review by rote of Rejoice and sing
- Sing by memory or use your music if you need it for Every Time I Feel the Spirit
- Sing Let Joy Awaken
- Kids Identify what they see on the board and clap the pattern
- Rhythm telephone
- Journal entry/pies
- Warm ups/sight reading example 3 & 4
- Sing Danny Boy- Review phrasing and space
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together) one person raise your hand and write the pattern rhythmically on the board
- Ear Training do example 2
- Music Lead the Way B section
- Audition small groups for the descant part
- Sing through music lead the way
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/12/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Sing ee Sing eh Sing ahh
- Scale
- Do Re Mi Fa Sol Do Do Ti La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do Fa Fa Mi Mi La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do
- Do-Do-Re-Do (3rd and 5th Period) 7th Period will follow my hands
3rd Period: Hakuna Mungu and Let Joy Awaken
- Sight read example 1
- Hakuna Mungu review harmonies at 25 learn harmonies at 33
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Hand out ear training paper
- 1 and 3 on ear training paper
- Let Joy Awaken
- Sign language piece
- Sight Reading 1 (same as girls)
- Mountain Living review bass part then 33 to the end
- Run Mountain Living (fix errors as we need to)
- Lunch then come back Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Handout worksheet 1 and 3
- Review Danny Boy
- Run Jamaica Farewell (start with ending)
- Scale test make ups
- Sight read example 4
- Jubilant Song
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Sign language piece
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/11/16
Objective:
Benchmark 1a: Critical Listening Skills: B
- Aural Discrimination: Notate short rhythmic patterns from dictation.
- Form & analysis: Aurally identify AB and ABA forms
- Solfege: Demonstrate the ability to sight sing half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and their associated rests with a solfege range of D-d' using stepwise motion in appropriate keys.
- Rhythmic Values: Echo, identify, and count rhythms, using standard rhythm counting systems.
Journal Entry
- Writing assignment
Physical/ Breathing
- Roll shoulders back, stretch up to the sky, big hug 2 times back
- Low deep breath in and out, hold it and then out
- Vocal sigh
- Penny T-Z-S-W-M-N
- Scale
- Do Re Mi Fa Sol Do Do Ti La La Sol Fa Fa…
- Do-Do-Re-Do...
6th Period: Music Lead the Way and Danny Boy
- Warm ups/sight reading example 1 and 2
- Sing Danny Boy:
- Review second verse mm 30
- Sing through Danny Boy talking about Phrasing and tall vowels (Mountain, Danny, Ave)
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Pass out handout Ear Training do 1 and 3
- Talk about the Program Notes
- Music Lead the Way from 41-71
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/11/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Penny T-Z-S-W-M-N
- Scale
- Do Re Mi Fa Sol Do Do Ti La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do Fa Fa Mi Mi La La Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do
- Do-Do-Re-Do...
4th Period: Rejoice and Sing! Love in Any Language
- Journal Entry/pies/warm up
- Sight read example 1
- Mm 55 New section teach by rote snap on 1 and 3
- Look at example three ( listen to the Listen to the following note and rest values)
- (I clap and the kids Identify what they see on the page)
- Love in Any Language
- Journal entry/pies
- Warm ups/sight reading example 1 and 2
- Sing Danny Boy- Review second verse (phrasing)
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Pass out handout Ear Training do 1 and 3
- Music Lead the Way from 41-71
- Altos on words everyone else on nu
- Soprano 2 on words everyone else on nu
- Everyone else on words
- Sing through with volunteers on the descant part
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/06/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Ghost of Tom
- Scale
- Do-Do-Re-Do
4th Period: Rejoice and Sing! Love in Any Language
- Sight read example 4
- Mm 39 harmonies round
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Clap and Identify what you hear on the page
- Love in Any Language
- Sight read 1 and 2
- Music Lead the way in small groups
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- And all my grave re fa si mi mm 32 for reference
- Danny Boy (New Section) mm. 26
- Sing all the way through
- (maybe have sopranos sing on nu and the Sop2 sing on text same goes for music lead the way with Alto part)
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/05/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Arpeggio ZEE AHHH
- Sing ee Sing eh Sing ahh
- Scale
- Do-Do-Re-Do (3rd and 5th Period) 7th Period will follow my hands
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Hakuna Mungu
- Hakuna Mungu Learn the harmonies at 25
- Sight read example 3
- Every time I feel the spirit
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Sight Reading- 3 for boys
- Mountain Living Bass part then 33 to the end
- Lunch then come back Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Review Danny Boy
- Jubilant Song
- Sight Sing-2 & 3
- Scale test
- Sign language piece
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 10/04/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Grey Squirrel
- Arpeggio ZEE AHHH
- 6th Period (sing ee sing eh sing ahh)
- Scale
- Do-Do-Re-Do (3rd and 5th Period) 7th Period will follow my hands
- Sight reading
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Rejoice and Sing!
- Start with rejoice sing through until 39
- Learn harmony part at 31
- Clap different one measure patterns twice (have them clap it back and then chant the rhythmic syllables together)
- Pass out paper with 4 rhythmic examples and have them number which pattern I clap first.
- Ev’ry Time review A1 section
- Sing through
- Sing through one of the first day songs
- Danny Boy new material
- Danny Boy review and sing on Nu use hands to show phrase like in warm ups
- Music lead the way Sing Once
- Pass out program notes- highlight or underline what is important to you. Talk to a neighbor. Talk as a group.
- Sing again!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/30/16
Objective:
3rd Period
- Benchmark 1b-A: Sight Singing Skills
- Benchmark 1a-B: Critical Listening Skills
- Benchmark 1b-B: Sight Singing Skills
- Benchmark 1b-A: Sight Singing Skills
Physical
Breathing
Vocalise
- Vocal sigh
- Ta ti ta (kinesthetic movement pushing forward on last ta) for 3rd only
- Arpeggio ZEE AHHH
- Scale
- Do-Do-Re-Do (3rd and 5th Period) 7th Period will follow my hands
- 4th period (use the rhythms from the coda of Every Time I Feel the Spirit)
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Hakuna Mungu
- Every time I feel the spirit lead in from the rhythmic chanting (Sing through)
- Sight reading examples
- Scale Test/ Bass Clef review
- Hakuna Mungu (Karli)
- Sight Reading- 2 for boys
- Danny Boy new material
- Lunch then come back and do 4-6 worksheet
- Sing through Mount L and Jamaica Farewell (review harmonies and endings)
- Review B section
- Teach mm37-44
- Sight Sing-2
- Scale test
- Sign language piece
Objective:
4th Period
- Benchmark 1b-A: Sight Singing Skills
- Benchmark 1a-B: Critical Listening Skills
- Benchmark 1b-C: Sight Singing Skills
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Vocal sigh
- Ti ta ta (kinesthetic movement pushing forward on last ta)
- Penny
- Scale and a scale in a round stopping on Do Mi Sol Ti
- Do-Do-Re-Do…. (stomp on mi and clap on do)
- 4th period (use the rhythms from the coda of Every Time I Feel the Spirit)
- 6th period (use the rhythms from the coda in Music Lead the Way)
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Rejoice and Sing!
- Teach by rote (on solfege) the coda and sing entire song once
- Sight reading examples
- Scale Test
- Rejoice and Sing! Teach 21-30
- Bass Clef Review
- Teach (86-92
- 4-6 worksheet
- Sight Reading
- Danny Boy sing through what we know (fix page 4 if needed)
- Talk about what Danny Boy is about
- Sing again
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Vocal sigh
- Arpeggio on Zee Ahh (change to rejoice but making sure it isnt spread on the vowel)
- Chester Cheetah
- Scale, work mostly on vowel shapes and space
- Solfege identification (sing what I sign- to see who in the ensemble is struggling with handsigns and pitch identification)
- 3rd period (use the rhythms from the coda of Every Time I Feel the Spirit)
Song:
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit and Rejoice and Sing!
- Teach the A1 section
- Energy break
- Hand out Rejoice and Sing! Teach first two pages
- Sight reading
- Sing through song, fix eighth notes at mm15
- Review the ending
- Sing Jamaica Farewell, review harmonies in the chorus and ending
- Introduce B section by rote (kinesthetics used- leaning forward on brat in celebration to get the emphasis right on the syllable.
- Review
Sight Reading:
3rd, 7th Period 1-2 5th period 1-2 of their worksheet
- Ask students about the rhythms we use in the example then chant them
- How many different pitches are in the example
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/27/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Vocal sigh
- Zing-a-mama sol-fa-mi-re-do-sol-do
- Do-Do-Re-Do-Do-Re-Mi-Re-Do…
- Scale, work mostly on vowel shapes and space
- Solfege identification (sing what I sign make it the sames as the Oos for 3rd period)
- 4th period (use the rhythms from the coda of Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
- Teach the A1 section
- Hand out Rejoice and Sing!
- Watch video of song
- Run what we know
- Teach the end of the song if time allows
- Danny Boy B section
Sight Reading:
4th Period 1-2 / 6 period
- Ask students about the rhythms we use in the example then chant them
- How many different pitches are in the example
- Hand staff and follow my hand
- Sing the notes used in example
- Put it all together!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/26/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Vocal sigh
- Ti-te-ti-te-ta-a-a sol-sol-sol-sol-do-sol-do
- Penny (teach 7th period)
- Scale
- Scale in a round
Song:
All Classes:
- Review what we know in each song!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/23/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Vocal sigh
- Zing-a-mama sol-fa-mi-re-do-sol-do
- Do-Do-Re-Do-Do-Re-Mi-Re-Do…
- Scale, work mostly on vowel shapes and space
- Solfege identification (sing what I sign make it the sames as the Oos for 3rd period)
Song:
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
- Ooos
- Harmonies on A section (step to the beat and clap the off beat sing the A section if needed)
- Sing all the way through with what they know.
- Teach mm.12-16
- Run what we know part one mm 5-28 mm 45-52
Sight Reading:
3rd Period- Sight Reading 4 // 5th Period- Sight Reading 3-4 // 7th Period- 3-4
- Ask students about the rhythms we use in the example then chant them
- How many different pitches are in the example
- Hand staff and follow my hand
- Sing the notes used in example
- Put it all together!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/22/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Vocal sigh
- Zing-a-mama sol-fa-mi-re-do-sol-do
- Do-Do-Re-Do-Do-Re-Mi-Re-Do…
- Scale, work mostly on vowel shapes and space
- Solfege identification (sing what I sign make it the sames as the Oos for 4th period)
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
- Ooos
- Harmonies on A section (step to the beat and clap the off beat sing the A section if needed)
- Sing all the way through with what they know.
- Teach B section
Sight Reading:
- Ask students about the rhythms we use in the example then chant them
- How many different pitches are in the example
- Hand staff and follow my hand
- Sing the notes used in example
- Put it all together!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/21/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- 7th period: TI TA TI TA TA and TA TI TA TI TI TI TA
- Vocal sigh
- Penny
- Do-Do-Re-Do-Do-Re-Mi-Re-Do….
- Scale, work mostly on vowel shapes and space
- Solfege identification (sing what I sign)
Song:
3rd Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
- Sing with powerpoint (they sing the chorus, I sing the verse)
- Chant the rhythms of verse
- Teach melody by rote of the verse
- Discussion on verses! What a verse is: writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
- Sing to the end with music (if needed, do something physical then come back to the song)
- Teach A section by rote
Sight Reading:
- Ask students about how many different notes are in the example
- How many different rhythms are used
- Hand staff and follow my hand (where is high do in relation to low do)
- Sing the notes used in example then chant the rhythms
- Put it all together!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/20/16
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Plosive chanting sequences
- Vocal sigh
- Me- May- Ma- Mo- Moo
- Do-Do-Re-Do-Do-Re-Mi-Re-Do….
- Scale, work mostly on vowel shapes and space
- 3 part round
Song:
4th Period: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
- Chant the rhythms
- Teach melody by rote of the verse
- Discussion on verses! What a verse is: writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
- Sing with PowerPoint
- Sing to the end with music
- Review the alto part 57-71
- Sing through what we have learned so far. 57-71
Sight Reading:
- Pass out sight reading
- Ask students about how many different notes are in the example
- How many different rhythms are used
- Hand staff and follow my hand (where is high do in relation to low do)
- Sing the notes used in example then chant the rhythms
- Put it all together!
Student Teaching Lesson Plan for 9/19/16
Objective:
- Benchmark 1b-B: Sight Singing Skills
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches
- Low deep breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Plosive chanting sequences
- Vocal sigh
- Me- May- Ma- Mo- Moo
- Do-Do-Re-Do-Do-Re-Mi-Re-Do….
- Scale, work mostly on vowel shapes and space
- 3 part round
- Ta, ti, ti-ti, and eighth rests chanting and snapping the rests
- Change stems to look like the music
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
- It is the same as the rhythmic example!
- Chant on rhythmic syllables while looking in the music
- Teach melody by rote
- Pass out sight reading
- Ask students about how many different notes are in the example
- How many different rhythms are used
- Hand staff and follow my hand (where is high do in relation to low do)
- Read the first 2 sight reading examples
Student Teaching Lesson Plans
Objective:
- Tone quality and vowel shapes
Warm Ups:
Physical
- Stretches: rolling shoulders back
- Inner tube breath
- Holding, take a little more in, relax and roll shoulders back
- Plosive chanting sequences
- Ve-vo
- Laughing is contagious (work on staccato)
- Scale, 4 part round for women choir stopping on do me sol ti
- Work mostly on vowel shapes and space.