Ryan Busscher

Unit Plan Philosophy My philosophy of music education is to educate students to appreciate instrumental music, to nurture a lifelong commitment to practicing and participating in music activities, and to teach students the importance of music in society. This plan reflects my philosophy because it incorporates an introduction to the foundational rhythms that would be found in a typical ensemble playing in a 3/4 time signature, connects students to the feel of 3/4 time in music, and shows why 3/4 time is important in a musical ensemble. Specific objectives for unit Students will be able to: identify 3/4 time signature by sight identify 3/4 time signature by sound execute musical rhythms in 3/4 time signature while in an ensemble setting and alone List of musical contexts How I will teach the objectives: Students will work through musical lines in the textbook as a class lines in the red book in a 3/4 time signature: 69 pg 17 76 pg 18 80 pg 19 82 pg 19 85 pg 22 94 pg 23 Students will listen to 3/4 time signature various youtube videos will be played on a daily basis to demonstrate what 3/4 time signature looks and/or sounds like quality recordings of professional musicians playing music in 3/4 time signature to hear how it works Students will feel 3/4 time signature students will be taught body movements to accompany 3/4 time signature and do these movements along with musical recordings ball bounce game: students will be taught three different types of bouncing a ball that coincide with a rhythm in the 3/4 time signature students will execute these movements to a recording in 3/4 time signature

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students will then split into two groups and group one will do the 3/4 time signature ball bounce while the other group plays music with their instruments in 3/4 time signature Students will play on their instruments, music in 3/4 time signature for a portion of each lesson, students will rehearse the piece of music Music for the Royal Fireworks through: collaborative group work individual practice students will be assessed at the end of the unit how well they can demonstrate mastery of 3/4 time signature by playing Music for the Royal Fireworks Activities students will engage in: Singing Dancing - body movements Listen and evaluate music Playing instruments Composing General outline of class periods Class Period #1, Introduction to 3/4 time signature Introduce 3/4 time signature play a recording of a waltz, discuss how that was the popular music of the time brief lecture of how 3/4 time signature is different from 4/4 time signature play line 69 from textbook hand out sheet music Music for the Royal Fireworks Class Period #2, 3/4 time signature more exploration of 3/4 time signature students are given a chance to demonstrate mastery of 3/4 time signature by playing line 69 individually for their classmates play line 69 as a class rehearse line 76 sheet music begin rehearsal of the first four measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks Class Period #3, 3/4 time signature more exploration of 3/4 time signature line 69 line 76

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new line: 80 rhythm quiz number one students will be given a written rhythm quiz to assess status of knowledge of these concepts at the end of the period, students will use the quiz to compose their own rhythmic melody sheet music further rehearsal of the first four measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks add the next four measures Class Period #4, 3/4 time signature more exploration of 3/4 time signature line 69 line 76 line 80 new line: 82 ball bounce game students will learn bounces that coincide with rhythms found in 3/4 time signature sheet music further rehearsal of the first eight measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks add the next four measures Class Period #5, 3/4 time signature more exploration of 3/4 time signature line 69 line 76 line 80 line: 82 sheet music line 88 in 3, Mr. Busscher arranged a musical concept into 3/4 time signature that appeared earlier in the year in a 4/4 time signature to show how they relate to each other further rehearsal of the first twelve measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks add the next four measures Class #6, 3/4 time signature more exploration of 3/4 time signature line 69 pg 17 line 76 pg 18 line 80 pg 19 line 82 pg 19

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line 85 pg 22 line 94 pg 23 ball bounce game students will learn bounces that coincide with rhythms found in 3/4 time signature 2 groups: class will split into two, group A bounces ball while group B plays lines from the textbook in 3/4 time signature sheet music line 88 in 3 the concept should be well on the way to mastery by now, we will rehearse larger chunks of Music for the Royal Fireworks Class #7, 3/4 time signature review of 3/4 time signature line 69 pg 17 line 76 pg 18 line 80 pg 19 line 82 pg 19 line 85 pg 22 line 94 pg 23 sheet music line 88 in 3 Music for the Royal Fireworks rhythm quiz number two students will take a second, similar rhythm quiz to demonstrate mastery of the objective Assessment Formative assessment throughout Always checking for understanding summative assessment ball bounce game rhythm quiz number one rhythm quiz number two students will be individually assessed on line 80 in the textbook students will be assessed as a group while they play Music for the Royal Fireworks

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Lesson Plan 1 6th Grade Band L.E. White Middle School Standards: Play on instruments alone and with others a varied repertoire of music Listening to, analyzing and describing music Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts Objective: I CAN... Identify 3/4 time signature by sight Identify 3/4 time signature by sound play on an instrument, a short melody in 3/4 time signature Anticipatory Set: Warm up: students will enter the room and set up their instruments while a video of people dancing to a piece of music in 3/4 time signature plays Materials: Classroom, students, sound system, textbooks, instruments, white board, dry erase marker Objective/Purpose: Today we will learn about 3/4 time signature and how it relates to 4/4 time signature. We will play some new melodies in 3/4 time. Task Analysis: play a recording of a waltz, discuss how that was the popular music of the time play video of a people dancing the waltz ask students to clap the downbeat while listening to a recording brief lecture of how 3/4 time signature is different from 4/4 time signature rehearse line 69 from textbook hand out sheet music Music for the Royal Fireworks pack up instruments

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Checking for Understanding: the teacher will be formatively assessing the the students to check for understanding throughout the lesson at each of the steps Closure: Today we learned about 3/4 time signature and how it relates to 4/4 time signature. Tomorrow, we will play some more new melodies in 3/4 time. And, we will begin rehearsing Music for the Royal Fireworks. teacher will ask questions relating to todays lesson while students pack up instruments

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Lesson Plan 2 6th Grade Band L.E. White Middle School Standards: Play on instruments alone and with others a varied repertoire of music Listening to, analyzing and describing music Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts Objective: I CAN... Identify 3/4 time signature by sight Identify 3/4 time signature by sound play on an instrument, a short melody in 3/4 time signature Anticipatory Set: Warm up: students will enter the room and set up their instruments while a video of people dancing to a piece of music in 3/4 time signature plays Materials: classroom, students, sound system, textbooks, instruments, white board, dry erase marker, overhead projector, computer Objective/Purpose: Today we will further our understanding of 3/4 time signature. We will play some new melodies in 3/4 time.We will begin rehearsing Music for the Royal Fireworks Task Analysis: play line 69 from textbook students are given a chance to demonstrate mastery of 3/4 time signature by playing line 69 individually for their classmates play line 69 as a class rehearse line 76 from textbook play a recording of a Music for the Royal Fireworks for the students while they follow along in their music rehearse the first four measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks count out loud, as a class, the rhythms in the first four measures

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clap the rhythms in the first four measures play on instruments the first four measures have individual students play for their classmates this gives the overachievers a chance to aurally teach their fellow classmates play on instruments the first four measures a couple more times to reinforce mastery of what has been rehearsed draw attention to the next four measures play sheet music that the students mastered for the concert a week ago for a sense of accomplishment pack up instruments Checking for Understanding: the teacher will be formatively assessing the the students to check for understanding throughout the lesson at each of the steps Closure: Good job today on lines 69 and 76. Please look ahead tonight to line 80. Also, we will move forward in Music for the Royal Fireworks so look at the next four measures for tomorrow. Teacher will ask questions relating to todays lesson while students pack up instruments

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Lesson Plan 3 6th Grade Band L.E. White Middle School Standards: Play on instruments alone and with others a varied repertoire of music Listening to, analyzing and describing music Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts Objective: I CAN... Identify 3/4 time signature by sight Identify 3/4 time signature by sound Play on an instrument, a short melody in 3/4 time signature Compose a rhythmic melody Anticipatory Set: Warm up: students will enter the room and set up their instruments while a video of people dancing to a piece of music in 3/4 time signature plays Materials: classroom, students, sound system, textbooks, instruments, white board, dry erase marker, overhead projector, computer Objective/Purpose: Today we will further our understanding of 3/4 time signature. We will play some new melodies in 3/4 time. We will rehearse further into Music for the Royal Fireworks Task Analysis: play lines 69 and 76 from textbook students are given a chance to demonstrate mastery of 3/4 time signature by playing line 69 or 76 individually for their classmates play line 69 and 76 as a class rehearse line 80 from textbook rhythm quiz number one students will be given a written rhythm quiz to assess status of knowledge of these concepts

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at the end of the period, students will use the quiz to compose their own rhythmic melody play a recording of a Music for the Royal Fireworks for the students while they follow along in their music play the first four measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks students are given a chance to demonstrate mastery of 3/4 time signature by playing the first four lines of Music for the Royal Fireworks individually for their classmates rehearse measures five through eight of Music for the Royal Fireworks count out loud, as a class, the rhythms in the first four measures clap the rhythms in the first four measures play on instruments the first four measures have individual students play for their classmates this gives the overachievers a chance to aurally teach their fellow classmates play on instruments the first four measures a couple more times to reinforce mastery of what has been rehearsed draw attention to the next four measures students will pack up instruments students will return to their seats and compose a four measure rhythm as an exit pass for the day

Checking for Understanding: the teacher will be formatively assessing the the students to check for understanding throughout the lesson at each of the steps Closure: Music for the Royal Fireworks is coming along nicely. Please look at the next four measures for tomorrow. teacher will ask questions relating to todays lesson while students pack up instruments

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Lesson Plan 4 6th Grade Band L.E. White Middle School Standards: Play on instruments alone and with others a varied repertoire of music Listening to, analyzing and describing music Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts Objective: I CAN... Identify 3/4 time signature by sight Identify 3/4 time signature by sound play on an instrument, a short melody in 3/4 time signature Anticipatory Set: Warm up: students will enter the room and set up their instruments while a video of people dancing to a piece of music in 3/4 time signature plays Materials: classroom, students, sound system, textbooks, instruments, white board, dry erase marker, overhead projector, computer Objective/Purpose: Today we will further our understanding of 3/4 time signature. We will play some new melodies in 3/4 time. We will play a game based in 3/4 time. We will rehearse further into Music for the Royal Fireworks Task Analysis: play lines 69, 76, and 80 from textbook students are given a chance to demonstrate mastery of 3/4 time signature by playing line 76 or 80 individually for their classmates play line 69, 76, and 80 as a class rehearse line 82 from textbook ball bounce game students will learn bounces that coincide with rhythms found in 3/4 time signature dotted half note bounce

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rest 1/4 1/4 hand off phrase ending 1/8 note bounce students will be split into three groups the three groups will do the bounces in time with a recording of a waltz play the first eight measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks students are given a chance to demonstrate mastery of 3/4 time signature by playing the first four lines of Music for the Royal Fireworks individually for their classmates rehearse measures nine through twelve of Music for the Royal Fireworks count out loud, as a class, the rhythms in the first four measures clap the rhythms in the first four measures play on instruments the first four measures give individual students to play for their classmates this gives the overachievers a chance to aurally teach their fellow classmates play on instruments the first four measures a couple more times to reinforce mastery of what has been rehearsed draw attention to the next four measures play sheet music that the students mastered for the last concert will be used at the spring concert students will pack up instruments Checking for Understanding: the teacher will be formatively assessing the the students to check for understanding throughout the lesson at each of the steps Closure: Music for the Royal Fireworks is coming along nicely. Please look at the next four measures for tomorrow. teacher will ask questions relating to todays lesson while students pack up instruments

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Lesson Plan 5 6th Grade Band L.E. White Middle School Standards: Play on instruments alone and with others a varied repertoire of music Listening to, analyzing and describing music Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts Objective: I CAN... Identify 3/4 time signature by sight Identify 3/4 time signature by sound play on an instrument, a short melody in 3/4 time signature Anticipatory Set: Warm up: students will enter the room and set up their instruments while a video of people dancing to a piece of music in 3/4 time signature plays Materials: classroom, students, sound system, textbooks, instruments, white board, dry erase marker, overhead projector, computer Objective/Purpose: Today we will further our understanding of 3/4 time signature. We will play some new melodies in 3/4 time. Mr. Busscher arranged an old favorite, line 88 but now it is in 3/4 time! We will rehearse further into Music for the Royal Fireworks Task Analysis: play lines from textbook line 69 line 76 line 80 line: 82 rehearse line 85 from textbook hand out Line 88 in Three

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students will play the Bb major scale they already learned in 4/4 time in a newly arranged 3/4 time variation this explores some of the same rhythmic figures from Music for the Royal Fireworks in a new context play the first twelve measures of Music for the Royal Fireworks rehearse measures thirteen through sixteen of Music for the Royal Fireworks count out loud, as a class, the rhythms in the first four measures clap the rhythms in the first four measures play on instruments the first four measures give individual students to play for their classmates this gives the overachievers a chance to aurally teach their fellow classmates play on instruments the first four measures a couple more times to reinforce mastery of what has been rehearsed draw attention to the next four measures play sheet music that the students mastered for the last concert will be used at the spring concert students will pack up instruments Checking for Understanding: the teacher will be formatively assessing the the students to check for understanding throughout the lesson at each of the steps Closure: Music for the Royal Fireworks is coming along nicely. Please look at the next four measures for tomorrow. teacher will ask questions relating to todays lesson while students pack up instruments

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Lesson Plan 6 6th Grade Band L.E. White Middle School Standards: Play on instruments alone and with others a varied repertoire of music Listening to, analyzing and describing music Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts Objective: I CAN... Identify 3/4 time signature by sight Identify 3/4 time signature by sound play on an instrument, a short melody in 3/4 time signature Anticipatory Set: Warm up: students will enter the room and set up their instruments while a video of people dancing to a piece of music in 3/4 time signature plays Materials: classroom, students, sound system, textbooks, instruments, white board, dry erase marker, overhead projector, computer Objective/Purpose: Today we will further our understanding of 3/4 time signature. We will play some new melodies in 3/4 time. Mr. Busscher arranged an old favorite, line 88 but now it is in 3/4 time! We will rehearse further into Music for the Royal Fireworks Task Analysis: play lines from textbook. By now I am expecting little need for rehearsal time of textbook lines. Our 3/4 time warm up is now complete. line 69 pg 17 line 76 pg 18 line 80 pg 19 line 82 pg 19

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line 85 pg 22 line 94 pg 23 play Line 88 in Three students will play the Bb major scale they already learned in 4/4 time in a newly arranged 3/4 time variation this explores some of the same rhythmic figures from Music for the Royal Fireworks in a new context Connecting to other musical concepts by adding dynamics ball bounce game revisited 2 groups: class will split into two, group A bounces ball while group B plays lines from the textbook in 3/4 time signature the concept of playing in 3/4 time should be well on the way to mastery by now, we will rehearse larger chunks of Music for the Royal Fireworks rehearse B to C of Music for the Royal Fireworks count out loud, as a class, the rhythms in the first four measures clap the rhythms in the first four measures play on instruments the first four measures give individual students to play for their classmates this gives the overachievers a chance to aurally teach their fellow classmates play on instruments the first four measures a couple more times to reinforce mastery of what has been rehearsed draw attention to the next four measures draw attention to C to D is the same as the beginning. The students almost have the entire piece learned play sheet music that the students mastered for the last concert will be used at the spring concert students will pack up instruments Checking for Understanding: the teacher will be formatively assessing the the students to check for understanding throughout the lesson at each of the steps Closure: Music for the Royal Fireworks is coming along nicely. Try to play it all the way through from beginning to end on your own tonight. teacher will ask questions relating to todays lesson while students pack up instruments

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Lesson Plan 7 6th Grade Band L.E. White Middle School Standards: Play on instruments alone and with others a varied repertoire of music Listening to, analyzing and describing music Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts Objective: I CAN... Identify 3/4 time signature by sight Identify 3/4 time signature by sound play on an instrument, a short melody in 3/4 time signature Anticipatory Set: Warm up: students will enter the room and set up their instruments while a video of people dancing to a piece of music in 3/4 time signature plays Materials: classroom, students, sound system, textbooks, instruments, white board, dry erase marker, overhead projector, computer Objective/Purpose: Today we will further our understanding of 3/4 time signature. We will play some new melodies in 3/4 time. Mr. Busscher arranged an old favorite, line 88 but now it is in 3/4 time! We will rehearse further into Music for the Royal Fireworks Task Analysis: play lines from textbook with little or no stopping. By now I am expecting little need for rehearsal time of textbook lines. We will treat this more like a warm up. line 69 pg 17 line 76 pg 18 line 80 pg 19

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line 82 pg 19 line 85 pg 22 line 94 pg 23 play Line 88 in Three students will play the Bb major scale they already learned in 4/4 time in a newly arranged 3/4 time variation this explores some of the same rhythmic figures from Music for the Royal Fireworks in a new context Connecting to other musical concepts by adding dynamics and now style the concept of playing in 3/4 time should be well on the way to mastery by now, we will rehearse entirety of Music for the Royal Fireworks play through beginning to A play A to B play C to end play B to C run entire piece students will pack up instruments rhythm quiz number two students will take a second, similar rhythm quiz to demonstrate mastery of the objective hand out new sheet music Choo Choo Cha-Cha-Cha

Checking for Understanding: the teacher will be formatively assessing the the students to check for understanding throughout the lesson at each of the steps Closure: Music for the Royal Fireworks is sounding great, it will be a nice addition to the spring concert. Please look through Choo Choo Cha-Cha-Cha. We will begin looking at that tomorrow. teacher will ask questions relating to todays lesson while students pack up instruments