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UNIT PLAN CLASS/ENSEMBLE SELECTED: 6th Grade Percussion GOALS For This Unit: Internalize a steady beat and

d play rhythms accurately and in time. Subdivide in 16th notes and be able to identify the beats/counts in a bar. Get a handle on alternate sticking and correct LH/RH patterns. SWBAT Objectives/Behaviors Resulting From These GOALS: 1. Students will understand 16th note subdivision. 2. Students will internalize a steady beat and play rhythms in tempo. 3. Students will identify and write correct counts into their music. 4. Students will recognize and define basic music vocabulary. 5. Students will echo rhythmic patterns with accurate dynamics, articulation, and sticking. Techniques/Strategies Used to Help Students Accomplish GOALS: 1. Djembe Drums/Rhythm Sticks Activity (listening to people playing different parts) 2. Rhythm Flashcards Game (Explained further in lesson plan) 3. Model and have students echo 4. Vocab Wall and Rhythm Subdivision Posters 5. Repertoire and lesson book selections that reinforce concepts. Assessment Tools/Methods: 1. Aural/Visual: Actively assessing students and giving them feedback. 2. Video Recording 3. Written activities: Worksheet/theory test, writing counts into music, etc. 4. Metronome 5. Student Self-Assessment: ask students questions and give prompts telling them to pay attention to their playing.

REFLECTION I chose to do my Unit Plan with 6th Grade percussion because I had the most opportunities to teach them, and because I often assisted them in full band rehearsals before I started conducting. So I was well acquainted with the individual students skills and abilities. As I worked with the percussionists more and more, especially with the djembe and snare drums, I found that one of the most effective ways to help them learn rhythms at a steady tempo was to have them play exercises with their sticks or hands only. By leaving out sticking patterns, students were able to isolate rhythms and play them more accurately as they sight read their exercises. So all in all, the two best things I can do to help percussion students learn new concepts and exercises is to break the learning process down early on, and to have them do as many repetitions as possible. I also discovered that sometimes with percussion and especially mallets, it helps to give the students a few minutes to practice on their own every so often, while I go around and help each student individually. The purpose of the rhythm game I created was to get the students to play along with a steady beat, and I wanted them to play along with music because I thought playing with a metronome wouldnt be nearly as exciting for them. Even though only two percussion students showed up at the beginning of their lesson that day, the game was fairly successful. The only thing I would have done differently was to review difficult rhythms with all the students, not just move one student when one gets it right. If I had done that, the whole self-assessment/peer assessment aspect of the lesson would have been much more effective. In the last lesson with the introduction to mallets, I was surprised at how fast some of the students were able to find notes even though many of them did not play piano. I do wish I had incorporated a little more playing and mallet technique into the lesson, since it was very focused on finding notes. Overall, though, Im happy with how the students received my Unit Plan and I would definitely use it again in the future after making some adjustments.

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