Title of Lesson: Ram Sam Sam

Teachers Name: Lauren Sander (T)

Date/Length: 11/7/16 (5 mins)

Class/Skill: Group mixed (beginner-intermediate)

Learning Goals
Students will...
Be able to By the end of the lesson, students of the Neighborhood Youth Childrens Choir will
be able to sing Ram Sam Sam in a round with excellent diction with a success rate of 80% or
higher.
Materials
Printed music
Printed emojis
Copies of printed lesson plan
Process
Warm-up: S sings through Ram Sam Sam once as a group.
S refreshes their different faces with the emoji poster. S answers that the correct face is the
surprised face.

T breaks the group in half and asks Maggie to help lead the first group for a two-part round.
If there is difficulty, T asks S to listen to their own group and watch their leader.
Closing: S will then switch parts and the first group will enter the round second.

Title of Lesson: Ram Sam Sam

Teachers Name: Lauren Sander (T)

Date/Length: 10/24/16 (5 mins)

Class/Skill: Group mixed (beginner-intermediate)
Learning Goals

Students will...

Be able to By the end of the lesson, students of the Neighborhood Youth Childrens Choir will
be able to sing Ram Sam Sam in a round with excellent diction with a success rate of 80% or
higher.
Materials
Printed music
Printed emojis
Copies of printed lesson plan
Process
Warm-up: S sings through Ram Sam Sam once as a group.
T brings out two papers with large emojis on them. One looks like The Scream (scared) and one
is a wide open-mouthed (smiley).
T asks S to bring their hands to their face and make a scared emoji and then a smile emoji, each
time saying a ram sam sam.
S makes the corresponding face and vowel change when T holds up the corresponding emoji.
S sings full song one more time together. T holds up scared emoji if S begins to broaden their
vowels.
T breaks the group in half and asks Maggie to help lead the first group for a two-part round.
If there is difficulty, T asks S to listen to their own group and watch their leader.
Closing: S will then switch parts and the first group will enter the round second.

Title of Lesson: Ram Sam Sam

Teachers Name: Lauren Sander (T)

Date/Length: 10/17/16 (5 mins)

Class/Skill: Group mixed (beginner-intermediate)
Learning Goals

Students will...
Be able to By the end of the lesson, students of the Neighborhood Youth Childrens Choir will
be able to sing Ram Sam Sam all together with correct pitches and rhythms with a success rate of
80% or higher.

Materials
Printed music
Copies of printed lesson plan
Process
Warm-up: Pat with me. T begins by asking S to pat legs with T. S listen to T sing Ram Sam
Sam the whole way through for the first time.
Repeat after me. S then repeats after T the first two measures, then the next two measures. S
then repeats the complete first half after T.
Listen & help me out: is this the same or different? S then listens to T singing mm 5-8,
answering if it was the same or different from the first part.
Repeat after me S then repeats T of mm 5-6, then mm 7-8. Then S repeats the complete
second half after T.
Closing: From the beginning, altogether now. S & T then sing all of Ram Sam Sam
together. S & T give a self-pat-on-the-back if everyone did a great job.