Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

Introduction to Recorder playing

Term: 3rd Term

Week: 9

Class: Primary 3

Age: 8 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Cultural and Creative Arts

Topic: Introduction to Recorder playing

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

  1. Classify the recorder correctly
  2. Name the different parts of the recorder
  3. Identify the letter name of the different notes in the recorder
  4. Match the notes with the letters of the lines and spaces of the staff

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Descant recorder, a chart showing a recorder and a piano

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 and 2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revisits the previous lesson about musical notes and their values and introduces the new topic by explaining and classifying a recorder-

 

A recorder is a type of musical instrument like a flute that belongs to the woodwind family

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

Using the live example she names the basic parts of the recorder

1. the head joint

2. the body joint

3. the foot joint

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She then explains the letter name of different notes in the recorder and matches it to the lines and spaces of the staff/stave

 

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

A recorder is a type of musical instrument like a flute that belongs to the woodwind family

basic parts of the recorder

  1. the head joint
  2. the body joint
  3. the foot joint

Letter names of different notes in the recorder

EVALUATION:    1. What is a recorder?

  1. Name the basic parts of the recorder?
  2. What are the letter names for the different notes of the recorder?

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils are asked to sing the national anthem of Nigeria using the recorder

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively



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