TEP Core Lesson Plan Template

Lesson Preparation
Topic/Day Piano Chord Progressions/ August 21, 2018
NMMEA Standards
Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Standard(s)
Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.
TSW identify chord progressions created by their classmates by using an online
Objective(s) application to check for understanding of different chords by allowing
(Bloom’s/DOK) students to modify a chord and discover how the progressions are related.
(Comprehension and Application)
Pencils
Paper
Keyboards
Materials/
Resources/Safety White board
Makers
iPads/tablets
Chord Detector Application
iPads and tablets
Technology
Interactive Smart Board
Chord progression
Vocabulary/ I Chord
Academic IV Chord
Language
V Chord
Inversions
Student Grouping Groupings of 2-3 or individual
Differentiated Students who cannot participate in piano training can physically write notes on
Instruction/ Access
for All Students sheet music and color the note placement on the keyboard.
Modifications/ Students who need extra assistance can work privately with the instructor.
Accommodations
Learning-Teaching Process Time
Students will enter the classroom to find newly written chord names 5
Activate and figure positions on the white board. Students may or may not know min
Student what the names mean and will hopefully peak interest into learning the
Interest
new material.
Anticipatory Set

The teacher will ask students how many have played piano or taken 5
lessons in the past. The teacher will discuss previously taught finger min
Activate Prior
Knowledge positions for playing piano and instruct students to group together to
use electric keyboards.
 I can play a I chord and changed to a V chord with ease and stability. 1
“I can”
min
Lesson Core Formative Assessment Time
Students will begin the lesson by The teacher will ask students 10
reviewing which finger plays which which notes will be in a chord min
note in a chord progression. Students when in a specific key and will
will discuss the differences between have students write down their
Content
Exploration chord progressions and associate answers for a later discussion.
notes written on the page to notes on
the keyboards. Students can work in
groups to figure out which notes are
to be played with specific fingers.
The teacher will show students how Students will be asked to play a 10
to shape their hands when playing a chord in different keys to min
Modeling
chord and will introduce the compare the resolution of each
reasonings for using chord chord.
progressions.
Students will use the application Students will use the 10
Guided Practice Chord Detector, on tablet or iPad, to application to identify self- min
identify the correct chord being made chords with other
played by the teacher. students’ chords.
Independent Students are encouraged to practice their newly learned chords and
Practice/Assignment/ return prepared to continue expanding their chord progression
Homework
knowledge.
The teacher will explain how chord progressions are used in music of all 5
eras and will encourage students to listen to the radio to try and identify min
Closure
chord progressions.

Summative Assessment (End of Unit)