Lesson One: Note Duration

Unit: Note and Rest Duration

Materials
Student Materials: Chairs
Teacher Materials: Quaver, White board

Standards & Objectives

Standard Objectives
3.3RE 1.Understand elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary
3.1PE 2.Apply known rhythms in quadruple meter

Assessments
Assessment Related Objective Type Procedures/Feedback
A. Pre-test Objective #1 Summative Once each student has completed the assessment, I will collect
Multiple Choice and look over each test to see what does or does not need more
attention in the lessons to come.
B. Rhythm Replay Objective #1 Formative Students will answer what durations are seen in the randomized 4
Objective #2 Informal beat rhythm and what those durations are called. Throughout the
processes students will get feedback and guidance as needed.

Prerequisite Knowledge & Skills

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed: Real world knowledge of how much is in a minute, hour, and a day, as well as what a beat is.
Prerequisite Skills Needed: Counting, to tell how many beats are in a measure of music or within a division of a larger note.

Lesson Procedures
Before Class Steps:
Intro/Transition
Activities:
• Set-up the Quaver and pre-tests for the class period.
• Hand out and take the pre-test, that will be read aloud to the entire class, and students can get a
pencil from the front of the classroom.
• Write duration on the board and talk about how duration is like a length of time, and that notes
have durations of time as well.
• Opening Question: How many seconds make up a duration of a minute, minutes in an hour, and
hours in a day? Are there any examples of duration you can come up with?

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Objectives/ Learning Accommodations
Assessments
Learning Task One: Note Duration Objective #1 Visual content is Varied instruction
• Students will watch the “Whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes” used mainly that is repeated
video that briefly describes the durations with musical examples throughout. several times for
attached those individuals
• Then I will write the rhythm tree on the board, with the brief who need the
knowledge they learned from the video, and elaborate on these new repeated
concepts in different ways. instruction.
• The whole class will learn the hand signs of the note durations after
breaking down the rhythm tree to help with kinesthetically
remembering and learning the notes.

Closure Statement/Activity:
• Rhythm Replay will be used to help test what the students have gleamed from the lesson and help
use their knowledge to cement new ideas.
• As a class, students will do a couple (2-3) examples together to help them further
understand the activity, by saying: what note durations are included in the example; the
duration they are; and clapping out the rhythm.
• Then students will be called up 2 at a time to repeat the process, but by themselves
 Lesson Two: Rest Duration
Unit: Note and Rest Duration
Materials
Student Materials: Chairs
Teacher Materials: Flashcards, Quaver, White board, YouTube video: Musical Notation

Standards & Objectives

Standard Objectives
3.3RE 1.Understand elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary
3.1PE 2.Apply known rhythms in quadruple meter

Assessments
Assessment Related Objective Type Procedures/Feedback
A. Flashcards Objective #1 Formative Students will be asked questions on the note duration names and
Informal lengths of time. Feedback will be given verbally when needed and
Visual prompts will be given when needed.
B. Notes and Rests Quiz Objective #1 Formative Students will get into two teams and will answer questions about
Objective #2 Informal notes and rests in a Jeopardy fashion game. Feedback will be given
verbally when needed.

Prerequisite Knowledge & Skills

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed: Duration of notes
Prerequisite Skills Needed: Counting beats

Lesson Procedures
Before Class Steps: • Set-up Quaver and pull up the YouTube video needed for the class.
Intro/Transition • Flashcard review of the previous lesson over duration of notes and their names.
Activities: • Opening Question: Can anyone remind me what a duration is? Who can give me an example of
duration? Does anyone know what a rest is called or what we do when we see a rest?

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Objectives/ Learning Accommodations
Assessments
Learning Task One: Rest Duration Objective #1 Visual content is Varied instruction
• Students will watch the Musical Notation video that talks about used mainly that is repeated
note durations and their rest counterparts. This will link previous throughout. several times for
knowledge with new knowledge. They will also be asked to “air those individuals
who need the
guitar” the durations along with the video.
repeated
• As a class, the rhythm tree will be drawn again on the board as instruction.
the students say what notes fall where.
• I will then correlate the rests to the note tree and iterate that the
rest and note names are the same as well as their durations.

Closure Statement/Activity: • Notes and Rests quiz: students will split up into two teams that are chosen by two classmates.
• Both teams will go head to head answering questions about note and rest durations.
 Lesson Three: Note and Rest application in music
Unit: Note and Rest Duration
Materials
Student Materials: Chairs, recorders
Teacher Materials: Flashcards, Recorder karate, Smart-tv

Standards & Objectives

Standard Objectives
3.3RE 1.Understand elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary
3.1PE 2.Apply known rhythms in quadruple meter
3.4PE 3.Play a recorder, alone or with others, while demonstrating consistently proper technique

Assessments
Assessment Related Objective Type Procedures/Feedback
A. Flashcards Objective #1 Formative Students will be asked questions on the note and rest duration
Informal names and lengths of time. Feedback will be given verbally when
Visual needed and prompts will be given when needed.
B. Recorder Karate Objective #1 Formative Students will play on their recorders using the notes BAG with the
Objective #2 Informal proper hand-usage and playing with the correct air. Corrective
Objective #3 Performance feedback will be given verbally throughout the lesson.
C. Post-test Objective #1 Summative Students will be given a paper and pencil test that will cover notes
Multiple choice and rests. All the questions and answers will be read aloud for the
various accommodations in the class and students will get written
feedback the next day on their answers.

Prerequisite Knowledge & Skills

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed: Notes and Rests
 Prerequisite Skills Needed: Recorder notes and how to play them

Lesson Procedures
Before Class Steps:
Intro/Transition
Activities:
• Set-up Recorder Karate on the Smart-tv
• Flashcard review of the previous lesson over duration of notes and rests.
• Opening Question: How many quarter notes make up one half note? How many eighth notes are
in one quarter note? Etc.

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Objectives/ Learning Accommodations
Assessments
Learning Task One: Recorder connection Objective #1 Dexterity of their Students will be
• Students will get their recorders out and will look at the white Objective #2 fingers and the size encouraged to use
and/or the yellow belt song. Objective #3 of their fingers. the pads of their
• As a class the students will remind each other how we make a B, fingers rather than
Recorder the tips.
A, and G. Also, what lines or spaces these notes live on and what
Karate To help with
note durations exist in the song. dexterity the song
• As a class, they will play through the song several times with and will be done without
without a backing track to help with their skills on the recorder music a few times
regarding fingerings. so that those who
cannot go the speed
of the backing tracks
have a chance to go
at a slower speed.

Closure Statement/Activity: • Post-test will be given as a read-aloud test and they will be able to get pencils from the front of the
classroom.

Extended activities: Students will be able to work on and practice their recorder songs at home to get ahead or to catch up with the class.