Paideia Academy 6th Grade Music Quarter 1 Week 3

1. Music 6
Welcome to
Music class!
Task Time
1. Circle Up 3 min
2. Most Important Question
& Attendance
2 min
3. Technique Review 10 min
4. Question and Answer 15 min
5. Ensemble Practice 15 min
6. Quiz Review 5 min

2. What Are We Learning Today?
 By the end of today’s class, you will…
 …confidently create question and answer echoes using
open and bass tones
 …choose an instrument to play for our ensemble
 …feel great about our quiz next class!

3. Technique Review
 What are the two tones we know?
 How are they played?
 Let’s practice them one at a time on a question/answer
game
 What question should we ask?

4. Stepping Pattern
 When you are on the frame drum, you will stand and
step to the music
 Our pattern goes like this:
 RIGHT – TOGETHER – LEFT - TOGETHER

5. Question and Answer
 A common theme in African traditional music is question
and answer
 We have done this a lot with “What’s your name?”
 We are going to combine open and closed tones with
this question and answer
 I’ll play BASS-OPEN-OPEN in two beats
 One student will play a two-beat answer combining BASS
and OPEN tones
 Let’s practice a few times, then go through our circle
 If you’re playing a tubano, you are sitting
 Remember: if you’re playing a frame drum, you are
standing and stepping!

6. Selecting Instruments
 Your choices (and
maximum amount
on it) are:
 Cowbell (1)
 Frame Drum (5)
 Tubano (6)
 Maracas (3)

9. Music 6
Welcome to
Music class!
Task Time
1. Quiz Study 3 min
2. Most Important Question
& Attendance
2 min
3. African Instrument &
Technique Quiz
10 min
4. Ensemble Rehearsal 25 min
5. Mini-Ensembles 10 min
6. Bravo! 0 min

10. What Are We Learning Today?
 By the end of today’s class, you will…
 …demonstrate your knowledge of African percussion
instruments and techniques
 …feel much better about your ensemble piece
 …show how well you can perform the ensemble piece

11. African Instrument &
Technique Quiz
 While you are working on your quiz you are to be SILENT
 When you are finished, you may doodle on the back of
your quiz sheet
 Your topic: What ANIMALS do your teachers remind you of?
 After ten minutes I will collect them
 If you are talking, I will take your quiz and you will
receive a zero

13. Mini-Ensembles
 Form a group of between 4 and 6 students
 Find a spot in the room on the floor
 Practice your parts together
 We will share them with the class
 It’s okay if not every part is represented in every group!

15. Homework
 No homework on odd weeks!

16. Exit Ticket
 No exit tickets on quiz days!