Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

Musical notes and their values

Term: 3rd Term

Week: 5

Class: Primary 3

Age: 8 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Cultural and Creative Arts

Topic:- Musical notes and their values

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

  1. Identify the different musical notes with their shapes and signs
  2. Clap each of their beats and counts correctly
  3. Plot a table containing each note with their different names, values, beat number, and rest signs

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: musical manuscript, pencils, erasers, rulers, textbooks, pictures of great and grand staff, video clips on the rudiment and theory of music

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 and 2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revisits the previous lesson about the lines and spaces of the treble and bass clefs and introduces the new topic by explaining what musical notes means-

Music notation is a visual record of musical sound or a set of visual instructions for the performance of music.

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher then further explains various musical notes we have and their values

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further explains and demonstrates how to draw each of the musical notes and their values

 

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

Music notation is a visual record of musical sound or a set of visual instructions for the performance of music.

EVALUATION:    1. Define the term ‘Music notation’

  1. What are the musical notes and their values

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in pairs plot a table containing each note with their different names, values, beat number, and rest signs 

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively



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