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My first year teaching (during my pre-Kodaly training days) I planned for each day and and no real long term vision for my classes or from year to year. During my Level 2 training, Lisa Simmelink really helped me understand concept and long range or yearly planning. One of our assignments was to map out concepts for the whole year for one grade level. Every music teacher wants to get their year started off on the right track, reviewing where they left off with each grade level and getting new students caught up to speed. From there we hope to stay on track progressing through the musical concepts we have planned for that grade level. In addition to that, we are thinking about our music programs and performances and how that all fits in to our yearly calendar and planning. Having a plan in place helps to guide my planning for the whole year. So let's get started with yearly plans. When I do long term planning, I like to start with yearly plans and break it down by month, just looking at concepts. What do I want my students to be practicing by that month? Will I be preparing any new concepts? Will I be presenting a concept? Make sure that you are always working both melodically and rhythmically in every lesson. Go month by month for each grade level deciding about how long you will spend preparing/practicing each concept. Remember to be flexible! Here is a sample of what my long range planning looks like. This is for kindergarten from August through December. I make different colors for different concepts (pink for Kindergarten concepts, yellow for rhythmic concepts, blue for melodic concepts, and the older grades also include scale and meter). I separate by month across the top and the light shades of each color represent concepts that are in the Practice stage (known concepts), while the darker shades represent the concepts that are being prepared and presented. Want to see more? These templates are samples from my planning sets on TPT which includes both yearly plans and song lists by concept for each grade level. Getting from Yearly Plans to Lesson Plans Once you have the concepts you want to teach for each month and each grade level, make song lists for each grade level. Make a list of all the concepts you included on your Monthly/Yearly plans for that grade level (I’ve started one for you for each grade level, but you may need to adjust it to fit your needs). Under each concept heading make a list of all the songs you plan to use while working on that concept. That way when I are look ahead to my third grade planning in September I can see I want to be practicing re and tiri-tiri and preparing ti-tiri, then I would go to my third grade song list and find a song list for ti-tiri to find songs under that concept to weave my lesson plan together. Here's a sample of what my first page of my 3rd grade song list looks: For the little kids I like to have a ton of songs/games/activities in each lesson (probably 7-10) in a 30 minute lesson. For the older kids, I choose less song materials per lesson, but go deeper with the songs. Plus by then, their songs are a bit longer. Want a closer look at my "Ready, Set, Plan" yearly planning set? Check out this video: Do you have different strategies for long term planning? I'd love to hear them in the comments below!
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What kind of lesson plan sheets do you use to plan out your lessons? I use this lesson plan sheet below to help me plan out lessons and units. I copy this sheet on colored paper and use it to organize subjects. I then paper clip this lesson plan sheet to any worksheet or material that goes along with it. It helps me stay organized and each year after that, it's easier to plan. I hope this lesson plan template helps you organize your lessons. Click on the picture to download this FREEBIE! Planning out your lessons will keep your day on track. Keeping everything that goes into your lesson in one spot or on one sheet will keep you organized. This will make your lesson smooth sailing. Hopefully this lesson plan sheet helps. Here are some items that I found on Amazon that I thought might be helpful when planning: Teacher Plan Book Keep Calm T-Shirt Thanks for stopping by today! See you soon,
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