Instrument Lesson Plan

Title: Here are some wood sounds Grade Level: 1st Grade
Source: https://youtu.be/OFq3HWCFxck

Materials needed:

-Wood Instruments
- Skin Instruments or Drums
-Shakers
-Scraper instruments
-Metal instruments

Procedure:

A.S “What kinds of instruments can you name?”

1. Introduce the different categories of instruments (wood, metal, scraper,

shaker, skins)
a. Explain that all these are percussion instruments
2. Provide each student with their own instrument for each category
3. Ask students who has what instrument in order to assure their understanding
about the different instruments.
4. Explain to students that they will sing a song and use their instruments
a. The song will call out the type of instrument sounds, and when the
student hears their instrument, they must play on the steady beat
b. Students should sing the song when they are playing and when they
are not playing
5. At the end, when it calls for percussion sounds, everyone should play but on
the steady beat
6. Allow students to put their instrument back a few groups at a time

Closure: “What are the different types of percussion instruments we used today?”

Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned . . .
What a few different types of percussion instruments there are, how to play on the steady beat
 Social/ Cognitive Physical Musical Non-Musical
Subjects
Emotional
Singing and Recognizing Playing National Standards “Core” Music Content
Standards Standards
playing as a the different the
class instruments instrument 1. Singing Creating ● AS 4:
Imagine
Analyze,
Playing on Plan and Make interpret
beat 2. Play and select
Evaluate & Refine
Instruments artistic
Present work for
Singing and presentati
Performing
playing Select on
3. Improvising
● AS 3:
Analyze
Refine
Interpret and
4. Composing complete
Rehearse,
Evaluate, & artistic
Refine work
5. Reading & Present
Notating
Responding
Select

6. Listening Analyze

Interpret

Evaluate
7. Evaluating
Connecting
Connect #10

8. Integration Connect #11

(outside arts)

9. History/Culture