Elem Methods - Turkey Feathers

Lesson Plan
Turkey Feathers
I.
Corrine Frederick: November 21, 2013: 12:20 P.M.: Grade Level 1
II.
Musical Concepts: Form/Structure A musical whole is a combination of

smaller segments.
III.
Learning Outcome: Students will be able to sing a new echo song
IV.
Students Prior Knowledge:

Entry Ability: Students are able to sing a major scale with reasonable
accuracy.
Exit Ability: Students will be able to sing Turkey Feathers with reasonable
accuracy.
V.
National/State Standards to be Addressed:

National Standard #1 Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of
music
VI.
Materials:
Teacher copy of Turkey Feathers
Turkey without feathers poster
Different colored feathers
Stick Tack
VII.
Teaching Procedures:
Opening Steps:
T. says Good Afternoon! Who knows what holiday is next Thursday?
- Ss. respond
T. says Well, I have a turkey with me today who looks a little funny!
T. shows poster of turkey
T. says Does anyone know what my turkey is missing?
-T. is looking for the response feathers
T. says We cant let him outside in the cold without any feathers, hell
freeze! Our job today is to give him some feathers so that doesnt
happen.
T. Sings Song
Teaching Steps:
T. says Today you will all get a turn to help the turkey but first we need to
learn the song. Listen carefully.
T. sings song (use the color green)
T. asks Ss. what color feathers the turkey is getting
-Ss. respond green
Frederick, Turkey Feathers 2
T. says Listen to the song again, but be careful, I might try to trick you!
T. sings song (use the color purple)
T. asks Ss. What color feathers is the turkey going to get now?
-Ss. respond purple
T. gives feedback
T. says Now its your turn to learn the song. This is called an echo song.
Does anyone know what an echo is?
-Ss. respond T. will give answer if it is not known
T. says One song is made up of a bunch of lines. The first time a line is sung
is my solo; the next line is yours to sing and you will sing the same exact
thing that I did. Lets try it! Ill point to myself when its my turn and
point to you when its your turn.
T. sings Turkey feathers Ss. sing back Turkey feathers
T. sings brightly colored Ss. sing back brightly colored
T. gives feedback
T. says Now this next part is a little tricky but I think you can do it. Every
time we sing the song a new color is going to be said. So I will sing,
Who has a blue one or purple, or yellow or some other color and then
you will sing back I have a blue one or whatever colors turn it is.
Lets try these two lines.
T. sings Who has a blue one? Ss. sing back I have a blue one
*If Ss. do not sing the correct line, or there is confusion, T. will teach line
again
T. gives feedback and says Lets try that line one more time, but dont get
tricked!
T. sings Who has a yellow one? Ss. sing back I have a yellow one.
T. gives feedback
T. sings Add it now. Ss. sing back Add it now.
T. gives feedback
T. says Lets try the whole song straight through.
T. and Ss. sing song
T. gives feedback
T. says Now its time to give our turkey some feathers. Everyone will
pick a feather out of the bag, but no peaking! Every time we sing the song
the color of the feather is going to change. Only the people with that color
feather will sing I have the green one. After the song is over the people
with that feather will come up and put their feather on the turkey then sit
and sing with me on the floor until our turkey has all of his feathers!
T. passes out feathers
T. and Ss. sing song and go through all the colors of the feathers
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When Ss. color is called, Ss. will come to front of room, receive ball of
stick tack from T. and place their feather on edge of the turkey. Ss. will
then stay on the floor with T. and sing song until all feathers are on turkey
CLOSURE: T. will show class the finished turkey and give feedback on how
Ss. sang and behaved.
(T. will set the correct pitch and tempo every time before Ss sing)
VIII.
Assessment of Students: Teacher will informally observe students singing and

note students unable to sing the song accurately. Were there problems with
the pitch? The words? Other problems?
Post lesson reflection:

First class: Mrs. Serio had already mentioned next week was Thanksgiving; opening
question was what animal do you think of when you hear Thanksgiving? Ss.
responded turkey and laughed at the sight of the turkey without feathers. Ss. quickly
learned song but lacked some energy. Gave them motivation by telling them to use
their best singing or else the turkey was going to freeze because he didnt have any
feathers. Learned the tricky line without problems. When singing solo, a few Ss. had
trouble with the line, so I sung with them while showing motion of the notes with
hand and their singing improved
Ss. really enjoyed putting feathers on the turkey even asked to do it again!
Tell Ss. where to place feathers (feathers were on the middle of the turkey and over
his eyes)
Second class: Had trouble learning the tricky line, but after going over it 4 times Ss.
understood. Some Ss. spoke the line I have a ____ one but then asked to sing the
line (if Ss. was shy I sang with them) before putting their feather on the turkey. Many
Ss. had strong singing voices and sang the line spot on. Ss. did better putting the
feathers on the turkey when they were told where to place them (on the outside edges,
I also pointed to a spot when Ss. came to put feather on).
Overall: To make process go faster and to avoid confusion, put stick tack around the
turkey where I wish the feathers to be placed. Ss. will then come up front and pick a
spot where stick tack is to place their feather.
In both classes, Ss. understood exactly where they were supposed to sing because of
explanation given.

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Lesson Plan

Corrine Frederick: November 21, 2013: 12:20 P.M.: Grade Level 1

Musical Concepts: Form/Structure A musical whole is a combination of

Learning Outcome: Students will be able to sing a new echo song

Students Prior Knowledge:

National/State Standards to be Addressed:

Frederick, Turkey Feathers 2

Frederick, Turkey Feathers 3

Assessment of Students: Teacher will informally observe students singing and

Post lesson reflection:

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