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Recorder Manual
Recorder Manual
Practical Guide for Technology Integration. For support, consult your book to develop an original lesson plan.
Time Allotted for the Lesson: Express in number of class meetings and/or number of hours.
A portion of one 30-minute class period (first of three) and all of the next two 30-minute class periods.
Short Description of Lesson: Write a brief, yet concise, description of what occurs in this lesson (50 words).
In this lesson, the students will be introduced to the recorder. Materials that students have purchased will
be distributed and those materials they already own will be used in class for the first time. All students will
have a recorder, cleaning rod and cleaning cloth. Some students will have the Recorder Express method
book, recorder neck strap and a thumb rest.
Classroom Layout and Grouping of Students: Where will learning take place? How will the room be organized? How will
students be grouped? (whole group, individuals, pairs, small groups, etc).
The lesson will be a combination of whole group instruction and guided practice. Students will be in
assigned seats (four rows facing front/Promethean Board).
State Curriculum Standards met in this lesson: Go to the state curriculum standards at
http://www.isbe.net/ils/Default.htm (use state standards where you are in preparation) and select the grade content/level appropriate standards
that are being met in this lesson. Copy and paste below:
State Goal for Learning 26: Through creating and performing, understand how works of art are produced.
Learning Standard B: Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the
arts.
Deerfield General Music Curriculum: Recorder 25B 1 - 11
National Education Technology Standards for Students (NETSS) met in this lesson: Go to the
http://cnets.iste.org/index.html and select NETSS 2007 grade level profile (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) the appropriate indicator(s) and standard) that
are being met in this lesson. Copy and paste below.
NETSS
5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical
behavior. Students:
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
Instructional Objective(s): Each instructional objective [learning outcome] for this lesson should identify the A, B, C and D
Audience, Behavior, Condition, and Degree. (Activities are NOT learning outcomes).
1. Provided with aural and visual cues, students will play B on recorder with a clear, soft sound in at
least one of three attempts.
2. Provided with aural and visual students will play A on recorder with a clear, soft sound in at least
one of three attempts.
3. Provided with a visual model, students will play the first three notes (BAG) of Hot Cross Buns with a
clear, soft sound on at least two of the three pitches.
4. Given needed materials and multiple opportunities for guided practice, students will disassemble,
clean, reassemble, and accurately line up the fingering holes with 100% accuracy.
Materials, Resources and Technology:
List all materials (textbook, other books, maps, crayons, research guides) technology resources (computers, printer, scanner, internet
connection, cameras, etc) and web addresses that are needed for this lesson. If you are using copyrighted materials, you must include title,
author, date, city and publisher.
1. http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/ferdons/506/cleanrec/cr_start.htm
Students Present level of Performance and Knowledge: Do the students have the adequate knowledge to complete
the lesson successfully? What pre-requisite skills must the students have to complete the lesson content? Include technology skills.
This is the first formal experience students have had with recorder. Students will likely know what a
recorder is from seeing and hearing them at various school music program performances. Some students
may have seen or played an older siblings recorder. Students are not expected to have any prior
knowledge or experience with recorder. The overwhelming majority of students will have had experience
using the browser on their home computer (100% of students at this grade level 2010-11 school year have a computer at home with Internet access).
Instructional Procedures
Lesson Set:
How will you open the lesson to motivate the students? How will you relate this lesson to previous learning & to real life experiences, to explain
the importance of the learning to the students? (requires student involvement)
Learning to play the recorder gives students a way to apply music literacy skills in a hands-on manner.
Recorder is an instrument students will play in music class through 5th grade and developing good habits
now will make it easier to produce a good sound and help avoid problems later on. Learning to play in a
large ensemble develops teamwork skills and makes learning other instruments easier (band and orchestra
offered beginning in 4th grade, guitar in music class in 5th grade).
Techniques and Activities:
List the step-by-step activities in sequential order as they occur in the lesson. They clearly identify what is to take place in the lesson. Within the
procedures a variety of classroom teaching strategies (methods) are identified. Student centered activities are included as well as guided
practice of the learning is included.
Day 1
1. Echo/sing each measure of Hot Cross Buns using solfege, lyrics, letter names and Curwin hand
signs.
2. Play Hot Cross Buns using unpitched percussion instruments: B = wood, A = metal, G = drum.
Rotate, so all students play each pitch/instrument.
3. Transfer melody to xylophones (remove big F and little C), using alternating mallets each measure
begins with right hand/mallet. Rotate, so all students play the melody.
4. Tell students that if they have their own recorder already, they should bring it next time.
Day 2
Day 3
11. Review/Opener Students share what they know about recorder-related classroom routines and
how to clean the recorder.
12. Practice cleaning recorders Follow instructions on the screen or complete steps from memory.
Class completes each step at the same time to allow teacher sufficient time to scan and make sure
students are completing each step correctly.
13. Review/practice playing B, A and G with just right sound.
14. Learn first three notes of Hot Cross Buns on recorder. Students and teacher play entire song:
students play measures 1, 2 and 4 (BAG) only, teacher plays measure 3 only.
15. Create and play/sing an arrangement of HCB that includes voices, recorder and xylophone. Half the
class plays recorder, half plays xylophones, and all sing. Students choose the ordering of sections
and manipulate visuals on Promethean Flipchart to create arrangement: introduction (student
volunteer - solo), coda (to be determined), sing with solfege, sing with letter names, sing with song
words, recorder melody, xylophone melody, unpitched percussion. Teacher plays eight-beat
rhythmic phrase played between each section of the arrangement. Switch instruments
(recorder/xylo), make new arrangement and play again.
16. Clean recorders - Follow print instructions or complete steps from memory.
Students will continue to practice these new recorder skills in subsequent music classes.
Lesson Closure:
How will the lesson come to a close? The content should be summarized and related to future lessons, and actively involve the students.
Exit question: Tell me one thing you know about recorder (students may not repeat anothers answer).
Adaptations for Special Learners: How will you adapt the learning/equipment for students with special needs?
Small stickers on recorder to indicate correct hand placement. Red dot on will be visible if the incorrect
hand (RH) is on the top holes, the green dot will be visible if the correct hand (LH) is on the top holes.
Supplemental Activities - Extension and Remediation: Extensions are additional activities to expand learning
on the lesson content. Remediation activities include methods to re-teach the learning for students who need more
instruction/practice.
Extension: Students play challenge measure (measure 3) of Hot Cross Buns and/or play complete
melody with teacher as classmates play BAG measures only (1, 2, and 4). Students play harmonic
accompaniment for Hot Cross Buns on xylophone, instead of the melody G chord in measures 1, 2, and
4. D7 chord in measure 3.
Remediation: Put electrical tape over top fingering hole and thumb hole so that playing B will
automatically produce a clear sound. Play only on hot (B) in the song. When that task is mastered, add in
all the As (cross). Next, play BAG measures only.
Assessment/Evaluation: How will you measure the students success? Formally or informally? Formal evaluation of student work
requires that a grade is taken while informal might be monitoring of work, or class discussion. This section should contain a description of the
assessment process, the criteria for achievement, and performance levels. The criteria should directly align to objectives and instruction.
Describe your plan for providing feedback to your students.
Informal Assessment:
During the second day of this lesson, students who are not yet producing a clear, soft sound will be noted.
Students experiencing greater-than-normal difficulty will be targeted for 1:1 assistance in the lesson that
follows.
Formal Assessment:
Recorder Cleaning: Students will be observed cleaning their recorders. Students who are able to
successfully complete all steps will be noted. At the end of the second week of recorder instruction (two
class periods after this lesson ends) any students not yet experiencing success will attend extra-help
sessions at lunchtime.
BAG: At the end of the fifth class period in which students play recorder (these three plus the next two),
recorder playing will be assessed. For each pitch (B, A and G) students may earn up to four points. One
point each for correct hand placement (LH on top, RH helping), correct fingering, holes covered completely,
just right sound (air speed neither too fast or too slow).
Hot Cross Buns: At the end of the seventh class period in which students play recorder (one week after
BAG test), playing of Hot Cross Buns will be assessed. Students will play alone and will be graded using
the following rubric:
Hand Position is correct
YES
NO
4 = 6 points
Just right sound is used
YES
NO
3 = 4 or 5 points
Beat is steady
YES
NO
2 = 3 points
Fingerings are correct
YES
NO
1 = 0-2 points
Holes are covered completely YES
NO
Most rhythms are accurate
YES
NO
Student Products: What artifact(s) or products will result from the lesson? (such as a report, newsletter, diagram, slideshow, drawing,
etc.)
Students will play part of Hot Cross Buns (product is live audio). Student arrangement and performance
(Day 3) may be recorded and posted on the blog.
Adapted from PDF: Preparing to Use Technology: A Practical Guide to Curriculum Integration (2007)