Micro Teaching Topic/Plan and Reflection

Lesson Title: Five Line Staff - Basic Western Music Notation Recognition

Learning Objectives:

Students are able to read basic treble staff as sol-fa after this lesson

Materials Needed:

Printed handout and five line blank paper to compose short music

Lesson Outline:

Introduction (2 4-5 minutes):

Briefly introduce the rules of reading staffs and engage students with guiding couple questions.

(Background knowledge check: Is there any student know how to read staff already?)

"Do you see any patterns in music?"

Group Activity I (1-3 minutes): Recognize provided five line staff notes 

(Scaffolding with exercise, the key point here is to let student familiar with the lines and notes position. With guiding questions follow along with the note reading, introducing to the composing activity.)

Group Activity II (4-6 minutes): write short staff and share with group members to see what are the song trying to express. 

Short on time, only 1 minutes for this group activity. Lacking of time to do scaffolding, time management of course plan was not well designed

The Goal of Group Activities is to get familiar with the five line staff 

End (1 minute):

Wrap up what student learned from this little lesson. 

Introducing music notes somehow relevant with math.

Reflection:

Based on recent classes, handouts provide excellent guidance for students, and it is easier to scaffold their learning with worksheets. The content information should be clear and concise; avoid introducing a large amount of knowledge at once to prevent students from feeling overwhelmed. According to peer reviews, the amount of information is considered acceptable among my groupmates. However, I didn't plan the group activity well, as I can do, but my students usually lack the same level of experience as a teacher. Based on this mini lesson, I have learned that when designing activities, considering them from the students' perspective and determining the appropriate duration of the activity are essential points to be careful about in the future when designing my lesson plans.