Listening
Music Lesson Plan
Title: Rodeo: Hoe Down                Grade Level: K
Source: McConkey
Materials needed:
Visual aids
Audio
Procedure:
A.S: Has anyone been to the rodeo before? Does anyone know what a rodeo
looks like?
1. Explain what a rodeo consists of and the events that happen
2. Listen to the audio and ask them to listen for specific instruments they
might recognize (Points out trumpets)
3. Ask students to listen for horses. When you hear the horses, tap your
knees
4. Ask students to listen for the instrument that’s making the noise of the
horses
5. Ask what instrument is making the noise? A piano!
6. Ask students for students to listen for the noise of a cowboy
7. Explain what a lasso is and show the movement
8. Identify the sound/instrument for bulls
9. Play song listening for horses, cowboys, and bulls incorporating the
movements demonstrated
10. Ask students to listen for the trumpets once more as they go through the
song
11. Ask students to listen for the violin sound
12.Ask students if they know what instrument is making the oboe sound, and
show them a picture for those who don’t know
13. Ask students to listen for those trumpets again
14. Show students how to play the obo and demonstrate the movement
15. Play the whole song and do the movements demonstrated with the
students.
16. Demonstrate the “hoedown” movement (Linking arms as moving in a
circle)
17. Play the whole song, do the movements with the students, including the
“hoedown”
Closure: What instruments did we hear today? (Called on quiet hands)
Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned what a
rodeo is and some things that happen at a rodeo. Learn more about instruments and what
they sound like.
Music Standards Utilized:
                                          Anchor Standard:
                     Essential Question   K.MU:Re7.2
                     How do individuals   With guidance, demonstrate how a specific music
CREATING             choose music to      concept (such as beat or melodic direction) is used in
                     experience?          music.
                                          Anchor Standard:
                     Essential Question
PERFORMING
                                          Anchor Standard:
                     Essential Question
RESPONDING
                                          Anchor Standard:
                     Essential Question
CONNECTION
Social Emotional Learning                    Laughing
(SEL standards)                              Smiling
Cognitive Learning                           Listening for instruments and the different
                                             sounds they make.
Physical Learning                            Do the movement s with the song
                                             Do the “hoedown ” movement with a
                                             partner near them.
Non-Musical Subjects                         (Subject):
                                             N//A
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)          checkpoint 7.2
Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity