Introduction to Music – Singing Tonic Solfa of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Some Matching Songs Primary 3 (Basic 3) Term 2 Week 2 Cultural and Creative Arts
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS
SECOND TERM
WEEK 2
PRIMARY 3
THEME – PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
PREVIOUS LESSON –
TOPIC – INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
LEARNING AREA
1. Introductory Activities
2. Tonic Solfas of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
3. Sing the Text of a Song
4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –
1. pronounce each word of the song correctly as they repeat after the teacher.
2. Sing the tonic solfas.
3. Sing the text of the song.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR
The pupils can sing twinkle twinkle little star.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of CD player, Phones for playing songs, etc.
METHOD OF TEACHING
Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.
Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
1. Scheme of Work
2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
3. Course Book
4. All Relevant Material
5. Online Information
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Be sure that, the pupils pronounce each word of the song correctly.
SINGING TONIC SOLFAS OF TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR
d: (Do), s: (Sol), l: (La) r: (Re) and m: (Mi)
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do
Sol Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re
Sol Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do
LESSON 2 – SCHOOL MATCHING SONGS
1. The Day is Bright and Fair
The day is bright, is bright and fair
Oh happy day, the day of joy,
The day is bright, is bright and fair
Oh happy day, HAPPY DAY.
2. The Night is Dark and Calm
The night is bright, is dark and calm
Oh happy night, the night of rest,
The night is bright, is dark and calm
Oh happy night, HAPPY NIGHT.
3. Hip – Popo – Tamus
H I P for the HIP for the HIP POPO
PO PO for the HI POPO
And TAMUS, for the HIPPOPOTAMUS
HIPPOPOTAMUS
4. Parents Listen To Your Children
Parents listen to your children
We are the leaders of tomorrow
Try and pay our school fees
And give us sound education
5. Education is my Pride
Education x2
Education is my pride
Gold is good, silver is good
They are not pride
My pride is education
Education is pride, EDUCATION.
PRESENTATION
To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
2. Teacher organizes the pupils into two or more groups depending on the size of the class.
3. Teacher asks the pupils as groups to sing twinkle, twinkle little star. Whole class and group by group.
4. Teacher uses the pupil’s relevant responses to introduce the lesson, leads and guides the pupils to sing the song correctly.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction to sing the song correctly.
5. Teacher leads and guides pupils to sing tonic solfas of Singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils sing tonic solfas of Singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
6. Teacher plays some matching or children’s songs that lead pupils to sing with excitement.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils as groups sing song with a lot of excitements.
7. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board using appropriate lesson evaluation.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the lesson summary by responding correctly to most of the questions and write as instructed.
CONCLUSION
To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.
NEXT LESSON
LESSON EVALUATION
Teacher asks pupils to:
1. pronounce each word of the song correctly as they repeat after the teacher.
2. sing the tonic solfas.
3. sing the text of the song.