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Second Grade Lesson
Second Grade Lesson
Second Grade Lesson
Objective: Students will identify parts of the brass instrument (mouthpiece, valves, bell, slide
(trombone only))
Using a visual presentation and live examples, the teacher will help student identify
the key parts of a brass instrument and what they do, asking students prompting questions
throughout (what do you think this does, would a bigger instrument have a smaller mouthpiece
or a bigger one, how buttons are there etc)
Assessment: Can students identify parts of instrument? teacher will point to parts on live
example and have students identify them (what part is this think about it 321 answer)
Students will stand in a circle while “Ridin’ the Rails” plays. The teacher will perform various
beat keeping movements (patting legs, tapping head, tapping feet, etc) and students will copy.
This will help students practice keeping beat and get familiar with the song before learning the
choreography.