Instrument
Music Lesson Plan
Title: Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Grade Level: 2nd
Source: Dr. Michelle McConkey
Materials needed:
Instruments - glockenspiels, triangles, vibra clasps, finger symbols, drums, jingle
bells, tone blocks and cow bell
Book - Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Procedure:
Anticipatory Set Instructional Input (Modeling Check for Understanding Practice) Closure
A.S: What does it mean to add?
1. Adding means that you combine things or put more to it
2. Introduce book that has addition - This is called an add on story
3. Begin to read book
“There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she’ll die”
4. Ask students - Have you ever heard that song?
5. Have students sing in unison ‘Perhaps she’ll die’
6. Continue to read book
“There was an old lady who ate a spider.
It wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she’ll die”
7. Have students sing again in unison last part ‘Perhaps she’ll die’
8. Continue to sing/read book
“There was an old lady who swallowed a bird
How absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed that fly”
9. Have students again sing the last part in unison ‘Perhaps she’ll die’
10. Continue to sing/read book
“There was an old lady who swallowed a cat
Imagine that to swallow a cat
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed that fly”
Have students again sing the last part in unison ‘Perhaps she’ll die’
11. Now we are going to stop and add instruments in for each animal.
12. Our first instrument is called a glockenspiel ( have everyone say
glockenspiel).
13. Play ‘perhaps she’ll die’ on glockenspiel and ask students if it sounds
familiar.
14. Pass out glockenspiels to students.
15.Practice having students play their glockenspiels by singing the first part of
the song.
16. What was the very first animal we had? There was an old lady who
swallowed a ‘fly’.
17. Hand out finger symbols and vibra clasps to students.
18. How many instruments do we have now? Adding 4+4=8
19.Demonstrate the use of the vibra clasp by slapping the ball then have the
student demonstrate.
20. Demonstrate use of finger symbols then have the student demonstrate.
21. Have students with glockenspiels play, then have students with finger
symbols play for the word fly, lastly have students with a vibra clasp play
for the word spider.
22. Hand out triangles for other students to play on the word bird. Hand out
drums for students to play on the word dog.
23. We have four glockenspiels and four finger symbols, how many is that? 8
We have two vibra clasps. How many is that? 10 We have four triangles.
How many is that? 14 We have two more drums, how many is that? 16
24. Hand out jingle bells for students to play on the word cat. Hand out cow
bells for students to play on the word cow. Hand out tone block for students
to play on the word horse.
25. After finishing handing out the instruments, go back and sing/read the story
all together having students play on their cue.
Closure: How many instruments do we have for the horse? (2) How many did we
have for the cow? (2) How much does that make? (4) How many do we have for
the dog? (2) 4+2 is? (6) Then we had two for the cat. How many is that? (8) Then
we had four triangles. How many is that? (12) Then we had two for the spider.
How many does that make? (14) Then we have four flies. How many is that? (18)
Then we have four glockenspiel. How many does that make? (22) How many
instruments do we have all together? (22)
Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned . . . how to
play instruments in a consecutive pattern and adding to create a larger sum.
Social/ Cognitive Physical Musical Non-Musical
Subjects
Emotional
Working Knowing Playing National Standards “Core” Music Content
Standards Standards
together in a the cue for instruments
group singing 1. Singing Creating 2.2.OA.2
Imagine
setting along/ Using Fluently add
playing to hand/ arm 2. Play
Plan and Make
and subtract
Singing certain parts movements Instruments Evaluate & Refine
within 20
together in a of the book Present
large group using mental
3. Improvising
Performing strategies. By
Select
4. Composing end of Grade
Analyze
2, know from
Interpret
5. Reading & memory all
Notating Rehearse,
Evaluate, & sums of two
Refine
one-digit
6. Listening
Present numbers.
Responding
Select
7. Evaluating
Analyze
Interpret
8. Integration Evaluate
(outside arts)
Connecting
Connect #10
9. History/Culture
Connect #11
