Ensembles Rehearsal Plan

Teacher: Duc Anh Tran

Grade(s)/Name/Type: 6th-8th Grade
Date of Lesson: Wednesday, 02/28/2024
Lesson: 3 out of 5
Start & End time 7:55 – 11:40
No. of minutes 54 minutes/group
Block schedule “6x6”

Learning Standards and Processes (Checklist)

National Music National Music Learning Domains Differentiated
Standards (1994) Standards (2014) Bloom's Taxonomy Learning
“Common Core” Gardner’s Theory of
NS1. Singing… LD1. Cognitive Multiple Intelligences
NS2. Performing on CC1. Creating Domain
instruments…  Imagine Knowledge DL1. Auditory
NS3. Improvising…  Plan & Make Analysis DL2. Visual/Spatial
NS4. Composing… Comprehension DL3. Kinesthetic
 Evaluate &
NS5. Reading & Synthesis DL4. Logical/Math
notating... Refine Application DL5.Verbal
NS6. Listening,  Present Evaluation DL6. Musical
analyzing, CC2. Performing DL7. Intrapersonal
describing…  Select, Analyze, LD2. Affective DL8. Interpersonal
NS7. Evaluating… & Interpret Domain DL9. Naturalistic
NS8. … Receiving
 Rehearse,
relationships Phenomena
between music, the Evaluate, & Responding to
other arts, and Refine Phen…
disciplines outside  Present Valuing
the arts. CC3. Responding Organization
NS9. …history &  Select Internalizing values
culture  Analyze
LD3. Psychomotor
 Interpret Domain
 Evaluate Perception
CC4. Connecting Mindset
 Knowledge & Guided Response
Personal Mechanism
Experience Complex Over
Response
 Contextual Adaptation
Understanding Origination
MATERIALS

Baton, iPad, Music, Laptop

PRE-SET
None – Already preset

PROCEDURE
B Day

Advanced Steel Drums

OBJECTIVE(S) :“ Students will be able to play correct notes and rhythms during
rehearsed section in “Yellow Bird”, “Tequila”, “Limbo Rock”, “Iko Iko”, “Spanish
Harlem”, “Guantanamera”, and “Spin Cycle”
PROCEDURE:
1. Warm up with Role Big C, D, and E
2. Listening to chord structure
3. Make sure hands are wrapping
4. Warm up with “Tequila”
5. Running all songs
6. Continue working on “Spin Cycle”
ASSESSMENT : Teacher will visually and aurally assess students

Wind Ensemble
OBJECTIVE(S) :“ Students will be able to play musically with good tone/tonality,
correct notes, and rhythms during rehearsed section in “Down by the Salley
Gardens”, “Danse Antiqua”, and “Espana Cani”
PROCEDURE:
1. Tuning
2. Warm up with B flat concert scale. Focus on tonality, strive for that “blended
sound”
3. E flat, A flat, F, C scales – Legato Style and Staccato Style.
4. Work exclusively on “Danse Antiqua”. Concentrate on playing with correct
notes, rhythms, and articulations.
5. Run “Espana Cani”. Focus on steady beat and tempo.
ASSESSMENT : Teacher will visually and aurally assess students
 Beginning Band
OBJECTIVE(S) :“ Students will be able to play correct notes, steady beat, correct
rhythm, and good tone during rehearsed section in the Green Book (Habits of A
Successful Beginner Band Musician) and The Essential Elements for Band.
PROCEDURE:
1. Students play B flat concert pitch, while teacher get off the podium and
circulate through players
2. Check for posture, embouchure, breath, hand positions, and fingering.
3. Assign students to a specific rhythm and play that rhythm on B flat concert
pitch
4. Working on line 32 and 35 in the Green Book
5. Focus on correct notes, correct rhythms, and steady beat.
ASSESSMENT : Teacher will visually and aurally assess students

Concert Band
OBJECTIVE(S) :“ Students will be able to play correct notes and rhythms, with
good tones and correct embouchure during rehearsed section in “Imperium”,
“Cubano Bueno” and the Green Book (Habits of A Successful Beginner)
PROCEDURE:
1. Tuning
2. Warm up with B flat and A flat scale. Focus on tonality, strive for that
“blended sound”
3. Learning E flat concert scale
4. Working exclusively on “Imperium”. Focus on percussion section
5. Continue working on “Cubano Bueno”
ASSESSMENT : Teacher will visually and aurally assess students

ACCOMODATING SPECIAL LEARNERS

N/A