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    This music lesson plan introduces students to the four families of orchestra instruments (strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion) through discussion of examples and short videos, with the goal of students being able to identify and distinguish between the families. The lesson will use excerpts from Camille Saint-Saëns' "Carnival of the Animals" to demonstrate different instruments. A formative assessment at the end will review students' understanding of the four families of orchestra instruments.

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    This music lesson plan introduces students to the four families of orchestra instruments (strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion) through discussion of examples and short videos, with the goal of students being able to identify and distinguish between the families. The lesson will use excerpts from Camille Saint-Saëns' "Carnival of the Animals" to demonstrate different instruments. A formative assessment at the end will review students' understanding of the four families of orchestra instruments.

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    This music lesson plan introduces students to the four families of orchestra instruments (strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion) through discussion of examples and short videos, with the goal of students being able to identify and distinguish between the families. The lesson will use excerpts from Camille Saint-Saëns' "Carnival of the Animals" to demonstrate different instruments. A formative assessment at the end will review students' understanding of the four families of orchestra instruments.

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    Elementary Music: Grade 3 Carnival of the Animals Day 1 Wed.

    March 4th
    Lesson 3x’s: 8:25-9:00, 9:00-9:30, 9:30-10:00
    Music Room

    Stage 1: Desired Results


    GLOs: Students will develop:
     musical skills and knowledge.
    SLOs: Students will be able to:
    LISTENING:
     18. Recognize the instruments of the four families of the orchestra: string,
    woodwind, brass, percussion.
    Learning Students will:
    Objectives  Distinguish (B) the four families of the orchestra (P) through a class discussion (M)
     Identify (B) examples of instruments in the four families of the orchestra (P)
    through a class discussion and videos (M)

    Stage 2: Assessment Evidence


    Formative  Are students engaged Summative N/A
    Assessment in the Assessment
    discussion/videos?
     FA- thumbs sideways,
    and thumbs down: are
    students able to name
    the four families of
    instruments?
     Are students able to
    name a few
    instruments that fall
    into each category?

    Stage 3: Learning Experience


    Prior to  Create Google Resources  Google Slides Presentation
    Lesson: Slides to Bring: with YouTube video: Saint-
    Saëns - The Carnival of the
    Animals - I. Introduction and
    Royal March of the Lion (end
    at 34 seconds
     Carnival of the Animals
    Book
     Youtube: The Best Drum
    Marching Band, Tale as Old
    As Time Wedding String
    Quartet, Flight of the
    Bumblebees
     Trumpet
     Clarinet
    Time: Content/Description Notes/Assessments:
    Introduction:
    Elementary Music: Grade 3 Carnival of the Animals Day 1 Wed. March 4th
    Lesson 3x’s: 8:25-9:00, 9:00-9:30, 9:30-10:00
    Music Room

     Ask students to sit on the carpet facing the smart-


    1 mins board
     Introduce the topic: we will be learning about
    instrument families through a story called The
    Carnival of Animals
    Body: INSTRUMENT FAMILIES
     Walk students through the slides, introducing the four
    orchestral families and examples of instruments that
    fall into those families
     Talk about the different families of instruments:
     Percussion: anything that you can hit, shake or
    scrape: use different examples of instruments in the
    room- show short video
     Strings: anything you strum, bow or pluck- show
    video of string quartet (some or all)
    26  Brass: anything you have to buzz your lips for: show
    mins the students how to buzz into a mouth piece and make
    a sound in a trumpet and show Flight of the
    Bumblebees
     Woodwind: blow air through, usually has a reed:
    bring clarinet and play for them
     Introduce the Carnival of the Animals by Camille
    Saint-Saens
     Show the students what instruments they will be
    hearing in the music of Carnival of the Animals
     Read the opening passage and play the music of the
    introduction

    Closure: FORMATIVE REVIEW


     Using the thumbs up, sideways, down system, ask
    students if they think they know the four orchestral
    3 mins families
     Ask individuals to name the four instruments and
    instruments that fall into the categories
     Ask students to line up at the door

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