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Music Unit GAMEPlan Lesson One By Kathy Ramsey Lesson Title: Recycled Instruments RelatedLessons: Popular and Traditional Instruments GradeLevel: Elementary Unit:Musical Instruments ______________________________________________________________________________ Content Standards: 2a Students perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and largeensembles, with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control 6a Students describe specific music events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology **ISTENETS-S **
 * GOALS **
 * 1) Creativityand innovation 4.Critical thinking, problem solving
 * 2) Communication and Collaboration 5.Digital citizenship
 * 3) Research and information literacy 6.Technology operations & concepts

**Before-Class Preparation **: Introduce musical families. Describe characteristics of each family and why they are in a particular family. Split students into small groups. Identify and bookmark appropriate websites.
 * ACTION **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">During Class **
 * **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Time ** || **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Instructional Activities ** || **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Materials & Resources ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">15 minutes

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">30 minutes

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">20-25 minutes || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Distribute and review the assessment rubric. Provide examples of the instruments in their families. Lead group discussion about recycled products. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Organize students into groups of four students per group. Each group must design one instrument from one of the families. Students work collaboratively on their recycled instrument, going through the processes of research, note taking, writing, development of the product, and review. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Students present their group’s instrument to the class. During presentations, ask probing questions, such as similarities between their instrument and its family. Are there any differences? || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rubric <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">PowerPoint slides with pictures of the musical instrument families. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Bookmarked websites <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Reference books <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Student Presentations || **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­OngoingAssessments (s): **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Students will use a teacher-generated rubric to identify content-specific requirements for the presentation as well as the quality of the presentation including appropriate grammar and language usage. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Accommodationsand Extensions: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Students who are speakers of other languages can incorporate their language into the presentation in addition to English. Students with physical handicaps could be of help in designing an instrument for students with these types of special accommodations. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Students from other nationalities could also share the different types of instruments from their country during the before class preparation time. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">LessonReflections and Notes: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Consider how students would share their group projects, whether through a school website, blog, newsletter, or a parent conference.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">MONITOR **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">EVALUATION **