DID Model

Lesson: Why is Music Important?

Step 1. Know your Learner
General Characteristics:
Number of students: 20
Age of Students: 5-6
Gender: Male and Female
Cultural or language backgrounds:
Diverse

Current Skills:
What are the students skills and knowledge base about
the topic?
They know some songs and melodies, but on a basic level
As a group how are the learners similar and different?
They are similar because they are on the same skill levels,
and they are the same age.
They are different because they are all different types of
learners, and some of them have more experience than
others.

Learning Styles:
Visual: 8
Auditory: 7
Kinesthetic: 5

Step 2. Articulate Objectives:

The 4 Objective Elements:
The students will be able to recognize musical elements in
their daily lives and why they are important
The students will discover the importance of music used day
to day
2. Target Performance:
K.9.1 Identify situations in daily life where music is
experienced.
Identify melodies they hear often
Explain the importance of music in day to day life
Understand why music is used

3. Measurement conditions
Can they sing or hum songs?

Can they remember melodies?

Do they understand that music is a universal language?

4. Criterion of success
90% recognize and remember songs used in day to day
activities

Objective Statement:
The students will be able to recognize and understand the importance
of music used in daily life, as a form of communication.

Step 5: Identify and Select Support Technologies.

1. What technologies and related materials are needed for
the lesson?
Music Player, Computer, Board for writing answers and
suggestions
2. Which technologies are required for each part of the
lesson?
You Tube or a music player will be used to listen to
fragments of important melodies

Step 6. Evaluate and Revise the Design.

1. How will you know whether the design is effective?

Because the student will recall melodies and understand why
they are used in daily life. They will also be able to sing or
hum them back to the instructor.
2. What assessment instruments are needed to measure
effectiveness?
The instructor will have each child hum a melody and discuss
what it is meant to tell the listener.
3. What is the revision process once you have the results
from your evaluation?
Review, discuss, Repeat

Modifications for CLD Students- Will pair CLD students into

groups with TAG students and general students. Pairing the
students diversely will allow the TAG students to remain
interested, and allow the CLD students to study and learn
from not only the TAG students, but also the general
education students.
Modifications for TAG Students- Will arrange students into
teams with specific leaders, will select the TAG students to
lead the students to victory in Naming that Tune at the end
of the lesson.