Introduction to Notation Primary 3 (Basic 3) Term 2 Week 10 Cultural and Creative Arts

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

SECOND TERM

WEEK 10

PRIMARY 3

THEME: CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS 

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TOPIC – MUSICAL NOTES 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Staff and Solfa Notation

3. Relative Values of the Notes

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most of the students should have attained the following objectives –

1. construct musical notes on lines and spaces of the treble and bass staves.

2. correctly match musical notes with their rest signs drawn.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can clap in twos, threes, etc.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of music manuscripts, flash cards, pianos, decent recorders, modulators.

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. National Curriculum for SSS Classes

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

Music notation is a system of signs used to represent music sounds.

There are two – staff notation and sol-fa notation.

STAFF NOTATION

Staff notation has seven notes. They are often written on the staff.

SOLFA NOTATION 

Sol-fa notation is music notes that are usually replaced seven notes of staff notation.

It written and abbreviated as,

do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do

d,  r,   m,   f,   s,   l,   t,  d

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 leads pupils as groups and individually sing a song about hard work e.g. mura, e mura sise o, ise loogun ise.

4. Teacher guides pupils in pairs, recite the letter name of lines and spaces of both the treble and bass staves, using the new acronyms they created.

5. Teacher leads pupils in small groups draw specific notes on stated lines and spaces, as class work.

6. Teacher guides the groups also draw five semibreves on line B of the treble staff and five Minims in space A of the bass staff, etc.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils follow the teacher’s leads and guidelines as stated in activity 3 – activity 6.

7. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board using appropriate evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the lesson summary 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.

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LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. construct musical notes on lines and spaces of the treble and bass staves.

2. correctly match musical notes with their rest signs drawn.