a) Two students will work together to create a 16-beat melody on the xylophone. b) One student will create an ostinato (a 4-beat melody pattern that repeats until the 16th beat.c) Another student will create a bordun (a 4-beat pattern using only “do” and “so” of the pentatonic scale) on the bass xylophone.d) Still another student will create an 8-beat pattern on the Glockenspiel

All the students will write down their parts (first, they write down the rhythm patterns, then they notate the solfege under them) on the work sheet and show to the teacher.

5 students will play together all their parts, keeping a steady pulse and work on blending their parts into a fine-tuned performance. The teacher will finally listen to the performance and assess if the students have met the standard.

Standard-based assessment

With All students will individually create an 8-beat melody. The teacher will assess their work individually after that.

Those who can play fluently will continue with another 8 beats to complete the assignment, and then write down their composed work on the worksheet. For those who need more practice, the teacher will demonstrate briefly and ask the students to try again and then play to their peers while the teacher works with other groups.

Step 3

The teacher will sit in front of these students, practice with them the “I play, you play” approach on the xylophones. She plays four beats, the students will first echo four beats, and then make up their own.

Upon completion of step 1, formative assessment will be conducted