Music
For a music lesson plan drawing flowers into the classroom, sound mapping could be used. To recall, sound mapping includes listening to a soundscape in nature and lines, colours, shapes are used to illustrate what is being heard (Scandrett, 2021, Class 5). This lesson plan could relate to CP1.6 which is to “demonstrate understanding of patterns and the elements of music” within indicator (d) which is to “imitate, create, and respond to simple rhythmic and melodic patterns” (Ministry of Education, 2011, p. 21). Since flowers do not necessarily make noises very much, the students will participate in sound mapping. The students will go for a walk outside with the teacher in an area with lots of flowers, perhaps the Floral Conservatory located in Regina. After walking around for a while and observing the surroundings, the students will find a place to sit with their paper and markers/pencil crayons. Then, the student will examine their surroundings and draw on a paper using lines, shapes, and colours about what they might be hearing in the conservatory. They could possibly hear birds chirping or flowers being watered; the possibilities are endless. While the students are drawing on their papers, the teacher will walk around and see how each student is doing. If some students are struggling to draw something, the teacher might give ideas such as “do you hear the watering” to scaffold the student. If the student still does not hear anything, the teacher could ask them to draw on a piece of paper what the silence feels like. If students are struggling to decide which colour to use, the teacher may ask what their favourite colour is or how the sound makes them feel. Then, after receiving a response about how the sound makes them feel, the teacher might ask what colour that feeling reminds them of. During this lesson, I feel that it is crucial to involve parents. Since this will be a field trip, parents are welcome to volunteer to come as well and assist the students in what might be heard. As well, scaffolding will also be used in this lesson if some students need the extra assistance.