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Singing tonic solfa of twinkle twinkle little star

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 2

Class: Primary 3

Age: 8 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Cultural and Creative Arts

Topic:- Singing tonic solfa of twinkle twinkle little star

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Repeat the musical sound pronounced by the teacher accurately
  2. Sing the tonic solfa of the given songs correctly

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source, experimentation

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: musical instruments like piano, keyboards, drums etc, music textbooks on singing, Mp3 player to play children songs and rhymes

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 and 2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revisits the previous lesson about singing and introduces the new topic by explaining what tonic solfa means-

Tonic solfa is a system of musical notation based on relationships between tones in a key.

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher then further explains that the usual staff notation is replaced with solmization syllables (e.g. do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do) or their abbreviations (d,r,m,f,s,l,t,d).

 

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She then do a brief voice warm up doing the ascending and descending scales of the tonic solfas

 

D d s s l l s

F f m m r r d

S s f f m m r

S s f f m m r

D d s s l l s

F f m m r r d

 

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE-TAKING

The teacher writes a short note on the board

The pupils copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

Tonic solfa is a system of musical notation based on relationships between tones in a key.

The usual staff notation is replaced with solmization syllables (e.g. do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do) or their abbreviations (d,r,m,f,s,l,t,d

 

Tonic solfa of Twinkle twinkle little star

D d s s l l s

F f m m r r d

S s f f m m r

S s f f m m r

D d s s l l s

F f m m r r d

EVALUATION:    1. What is a tonic solfa?

  1. What is the ascending and descending order of the musical scale?

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils are asked to sing in small groups the tonic solfa of twinkle twinkle little star

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively



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