Are you struggling to come up with engaging instruments of the orchestra lesson plans? Put down your planner. I’ve done all the work for you.
From the movement activity about the strings family to the worksheets on sorting percussion. Need a ready-to-go set of lesson plans for your maternity leave? Whatever your situation, these lesson plans ROCK! Let me give you a little preview of what’s inside:
Each day focuses on a different instrument family of the orchestra. That way you can dive in depth to woodwinds, percussion, brass and strings each on their own day. I even have a day for the keyboard family. You can even “choose your own adventure” with the last couple days, either putting the test on Week 8 or Week 9.
Plus I’ve got all the resources you need to go along with your instruments of the orchestra lesson plans:
Did I mention all printable resources are provided in color and b&w for all your printing needs?
Let me start by showing off one of my favorite features of this resource. Each lesson comes with editable PowerPoint slides. Yes. EDITABLE! You can change what is typed to better fit your individual needs.
There are even blank pages at the end of the presentation so you can add your own content, while still having your slides fit with theme and style of the rest of lesson!
Each day comes with detailed lesson plans that spell out your learning goal, resources you will need and audio suggestions. All on one page for a quick lesson overview!
Plus there are easily printable detailed notes for each step of each activity within your daily lesson plan.
Your objectives and learning goals are already prepped and ready. Keep you administrators happy! There are even printable daily learning goals to display on your board.
Each instrument family lesson includes listening resource suggestions, as well as a movement activity to do with a song that features that instrument group. Large and small review games are sprinkled throughout the unit as well.
And each activity comes with detailed directions for the teacher as well as PowerPoint visuals for the class to make your lesson go as smoothly as possible.
What I like best about the games is that they start simple and add more complexity as you get farther into the unit. This allows students to master each individual instrument family.
Need to grade student progress? I’ve got that covered! With a midpoint quiz/exit slip and an end of unit test, you won’t have to work about the assessment piece.
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High quality visuals of each family and instrument they will learn about.
Worksheets for each instrument family and other activities throughout the unit. How awesome would it be to have a file or folder for each student to put their worksheets in? By the end of the unit they would have an amazing study guide and a folio of all their work.
If you are in to formative assessment, a portfolio like this would be an AWESOME way to gauge student work without taking any extra time out of your lesson.
In addition to the worksheets, there are also other helpful printables, such as instrument sorting cards, to helps students sort orchestra instruments into the correct instrument family.
I’ve got you covered with recommended YouTube videos for all of the audio within the unit. Each lesson also lists the media needed on the front page, so if you prefer to find your audio from a different source, you can easily prepare.
Of course if you would rather create your own plans from scratch, here is a helpful post about some of the ways I have worked on sorting instruments by family in my class.
But if you would rather hit the “easy” button and have all the work done for you, this is the resource for you! My ready to go unit on instrument families of the orchestra is available now, and I can’t WAIT to get it in your hands!
