Throughout the development of the Arts Excel curriculum, field testing insured that all lesson plans included age appropriate, teacher friendly materials and content. Following is a lesson from the Community Unit of the curriculum. Chris Williams, principal percussionist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, works with a third grade student at Lansdowne Elementary School. Students brainstorm a list of jobs in their community and the duties of each job. Working in pairs, each student selects a job they would like to have when they grow up.
Students write a sentence with their partner telling about one of their job duties.
My name is Margie and my job is to write. Students write a second rhyming sentence that gives and example of why they are needed in the community. Students perform for the class.