Week 3- Animals

I was particularly excited for this lesson because of all the physical movement and listening.  I believe that embodying the music with the whole body is key in educating the whole child.  We went over several different animals and included a song and movement/dance that went along with each.  The video included below is the activity for the jackrabbit.  Students had to listen for the jumping motif from Carnival of the Animals and jump along.  I am proud of how successful they were.

Integrated Lesson Plan

Subject
Content Covered: Animals of Utah
Standard: Identify common plants and animals that inhabit Utah's forests, wetlands, and deserts.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to recognize animals, and what environments they come from.
Art Concepts
Content Covered: musical motifs
Standard: Use body movement to internalize sounds.  (Show changes in form through directions, energies, levels, locomotor movements, etc)
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to respond to differing musical motifs through music.


Lesson Plan
Objective: Students will be able to recognize various animals of Utah by responding to their respective musical motifs.
Assessment: How well can the students embody the music, both in style, rhythmic accuracy, and taking the lead in creative movements.
Sequence
    •    Silent game.  Find like animals by acting them out.  In groups, read the paragraph about the animal.
    •    Grasshopper. (Kangaroo)
Finger dance at your desks.
    •    Presentation
    •    Cougar (lion)
Music map. (see roars?)
    •    Presentation
    •    Robin (Aviary)
Move around the room with streamers and high gestures.
    •    Presentation.
    •    Tortoise (elephant)
Move slow like jello.  Feet can’t leave the floor.
    •    Presentation
    •    Bumble bee (flight of the bumble bee)
Bee’s pollinate flowers.  Freeze like a flower.  When I, or another bee touches you, you turn into a bee, and help me touch other flowers.
    •    Presentation
    •    Jackrabbit (long ears)
Only jump when you hear hopping sound.  Otherwise, stand still.
    •    Presentation
    •    Trout (Aquarium)
I need water and fish.  Move around room. When you come upon another fish friend ding cymbals 1 time.
    •    Presentation.
    •    Finale (finale)
All animals have a party. Raise your hand why your animal’s sound appears. 
Follow along map.
    •    Read the giving Tree
    •    Fossils. Rattle bones at bone rattle. (for a Halloween treat.)
Materials
    •    Animal cards
    •    Animals paragraphs
    •    Animal pictures
    •    C.d with music.
    •    Music map (cougar)
    •    Music map (finale)
    •    C.d. player
    •    Cymbals
    •    Streamers