Lesson Plans

Students will demonstrate their ability to add software instrument tracks by creating a project with at least three tracks.

Students will compose a piece of music in relation to an inspiration by effectively producing sounds together in a digital audio workstation.

Students will demonstrate basic proficiency with Soundtrap by using loops to compose and export a short audio file.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of how to perform and record basic rhythms by composing a simple 8-measure drum beat.

Students will create a composition using rhythmic, harmonic and melodic loops.

Students will explore Soundtrap as a resource to make rich recordings. They will explore the basics of recording techniques to create a polished version of the original soundtrack they have created based on their original story creations. They will have a final polished product in the form of an mp3 to be dropped in the visual representation of their story they create. At the end of the year, there will be a culminating celebration of the compositions and creations using various digital media platforms.

Students will write a 4-measure rap within the specified structure and create a rhythmic backing to accompany themselves.

Students will be able to increase their emotion vocabulary and to interpret emotions. They will create a musical composition to match the mood/feeling of a selected emotion.

Students will learn basic musical form structures - binary, ternary, rondo - and use Soundtrap to compose their own pieces with those forms.

Students will create and publish a podcast designed to share an idea with a specific audience.

Students will define narrative poems, explain the composition of narrative poems, and write, record, edit  & publish a narrative poem.

Students will understand how to conduct an interview and intentionally listen to the responses; produce and publish an audio interview to share about a peer; and create a visual display (graphic) based on their interview to represent the person they interviewed.

Students will increase their fluency and comprehension through repeated readings and practice of Readers Theatre scripts and experience a variety of literature, including fiction and nonfiction, in the form of Readers Theatre scripts.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of rhythm in poetry by creating hip-hop versions of Shakespeare’s sonnets.

Students will build a field guide to on-campus birds, include song samples and spoken recordings of appearance, diet, and habitat.

Students will gain an appreciation for different species of spiders, learn how to conduct an interview. They will also practice listening, taking notes and speaking.

Students will research National Parks in partners or triads and create podcasts to entice visitors to the Park.

Students will describe the atomic structure of an element, identify common physical properties and uses of elements within a family and demonstrate their understanding of a chemical element and its properties, discovery, and everyday use by creating a song.

Students will use the scientific method - observe, research, hypothesize, experiment, analyze, and report conclusions - to learn about and articulate the different effects they can apply to their music

Students will learn the importance of loops in reference to computer programming by manipulating loops within Soundtrap to compose their own piece of music. 

Students will be able to talk through and process current events, practice deep listening and consider alternative view, and develop an awareness of media and media literacy.

Students will use block coding on Scratch to create a radio to showcase their Soundtrap music.  

Students will use and app smash digital tools, Soundtrap, Makey Makey, and Scratch, for a storytelling project; audio record and produce a Soundtrap project; an use block coding on Scratch to enhance the audio story and connect Makey Makey to bring the project off the screen.

Students will learn to analyze edtech products and analyze Soundtrap as an edtech product for their classrooms.

Students will demonstrate their ability to add software instrument tracks by creating a project with at least three tracks.

Students will be able to list some connections between mathematics and music and describe the Fibonacci number pattern sequence, commonly called the Fibonacci Sequence, as well as explain some ways that it appears in music.

Students will evaluate and compare equivalent fractions. The learners will use a visual representation to demonstrate the tangible meaning of fractions.

Students will identify equivalent fractions and be able to compare fractions to musical notes.

Students will identify the correct formula for a given situation and demonstrate their understanding & application by creating a song.

Students will understand key characteristics of mental illness and use their research towards creating an educational podcast advocating for a special course of action that has the potential to help those who are affected by the illness.

Students will create their own podcasts using Soundtrap , write a script for their podcasts and describe themselves and their talents.

Students will recognize that each person has individual characteristics and talents, and that this variety of attributes contributes to building friendships as well as community in the classroom, school, and beyond through a created audio recording.

Students will learn about & practice mindfulness through taking deep breaths, learn to identify when they are feeling stressed, and practice strategies for managing stress. They will also learn to recognize how deep breathing can be used to calm and focus the body and mind.

Students will learn everyone’s name and increase social comfort. They will help build community by sharing a name that has particular significance for them. Students will also learn about the variety of cultures, identities, and histories that students bring with them to the classroom.

Students will creatively demonstrate what they learned about Ancient Greece by applying research to write and produce a newscast from a particular time period.

Students will visit and explore local historical artifacts, monuments, and phenomena, learn key facts about the local history of the community, and archive and document local history by taking pictures and voice notes.

Students will analyze examples of art from the 1920s, build an understanding of the times and create an audio recording to represent a time in their life.

Students will be able to talk through and process current events, practice deep listening and consider alternative view, and develop an awareness of media and media literacy.

Students will learn about the power of allies in civil and human rights movements, watch clips from Viva La Causa and identify allies within this movement, read Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers for International Boycott Day and highlight phrases that stand out, as well as write, record, edit  & publish an audio recording from the proclamation of why it’s important to be an ally.

Students will be able to use Spanish to greet, present and perform in situations where he has to provide his personal data.

Students will progress in their foreign language writing skills, spelling and identification of sound-letter (or letter combination) correspondence by doing dictations. 

Students will create their own world language podcasts to reinforce current learning.

Students will enhance their listening comprehension in a language they are learning and create their own podcast using both their first language and another language they are learning.

Students will choose a location, cuisine, and restaurant name. They will then create a promotional flyer, menu and commercial for marketing purposes.

Students will identify the sounds that create a sense of place in the classroom and where they live, write descriptions of the sounds or record the sounds for others to hear, and identify the sounds as natural sounds, human-made sounds, or sounds of humans and the environment interacting.

Students will explore the language around Indigenous peoples and First Nations, primary source documents, and Land Acknowledgement.

Students will demonstrate their interpretation of connections between music and imagery through a multimedia presentation.

Students will interpret different mediums of art through audio creation using Soundtrap, create and record oral explanations for pieces of artwork using Soundtrap and reflect on how others interpret art and what influences their thought process.  

Students will create a digital loop-based composition by using existing Soundtrap loops and importing new loops, and create a two-minute composition using Soundtrap.

Students will conduct empathy interviews, listen intently to empathy partner, and write, record, edit  & publish a creation (musical or audio)  to bring joy to their empathy partner.

Students will explore the language around Indigenous peoples and First Nations, primary source documents, and Land Acknowledgement.

Students will learn about the power of allies in civil and human rights movements, watch clips from Viva La Causa and identify allies within this movement, read Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers for International Boycott Day and highlight phrases that stand out, as well as write, record, edit  & publish an audio recording from the proclamation of why it’s important to be an ally.

Students will interpret different mediums of art through audio creation using Soundtrap, create and record oral explanations for pieces of artwork using Soundtrap and reflect on how others interpret art and what influences their thought process.  

Students will record a scary story and create a soundtrack based on that story - in honor of Halloween!

Students will take a holiday tune (Joy to the World, Jingle Bells, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Carol of the Bells, etc.) and re-envision it. They will use the skills that they have learned (working with MIDI, recording, adding drums/loops, Form) to create something new.