CoA EP 6 Musical Instruments.mov

Direct Instruction:

This is a reading lesson with students instructionally reading at Turquoise (Levels 17/18). In this lesson, students will be reading a procedural recount in a small group reading session. Students will then follow the instructions in the story to create their own musical instrument and try to play a song of their choice.

Extended Plan Here

Reflection: This was a fun lesson to do with this group. The girls are very outgoing and enjoy singing and dancing so I knew that they would not shy away from singing along to the songs they created. It was also a great use of measurement, which has been our maths strand focus this term as well.

Things to note: The students in this group all participate in our school's Quick 60 reading program at various times during the week. This is why you will notice that we loose a student part way through our reading session when watching the video.

Class Site Content

WALT: apply what we have read to a real life situation.

LEARN:

Let's read "My Musical Instrument" together to learn about how one student created her own instrument at home to share with her class. Then, complete the Google Drawing before starting the "Create Task"

CREATE:

Let's use what we have learnt from the text to create our own water jar musical instrument.

Use your water jar instrument to make a movie of yourself playing a song to share on your blog.