Musical Notes and their Values | Clap the Musical Notes According to the Beats Primary 3 (Basic 3) Term 2 Week 4 Cultural and Creative Arts
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS
SECOND TERM
WEEK 4
PRIMARY 3
THEME: CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS
TOPIC – MUSICAL NOTES
LEARNING AREA
1. Introduction
2. Musical Notes and their Values
3. Clap the Musical Noted According to the Beats
4. Relative Values of the Notes
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, most of the students should have attained the following objectives –
1. identify the different musical notes with their shapes.
2. watch each note with its own values and rest signs.
3. clap each of their beats or counts correctly,
4. plot a table containing cache note with their different names, values, beat number and rest signs with the assistance of the teacher
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
LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION
MUSICAL NOTES AND THEIR RELATIVE VALUE
Music notes are symbols that indicating the length of music notations. The duration of the sound depends on the note’s length (or values), which is specified by its shape, stem, or flag(s); and to every music note, there is an equivalent rest sign.
NAMES OF MUSIC NOTES
Whole Note (Semibreve)
Half Note (Minim)
Quarter Note (Crotchet)
Eighth Note (Quaver)
Sixteenth note (Semiquaver)
Thirty Second Note (Demisemiquaver)
LESSON 2 – DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE NOTE VALUES
The duration of the sound depends on the note’s length (or values), which is specified by its shape, stem, or flag(s) and to every music note, there is an equivalent rest sign.
CLAP THE RHYTHMS OF THE MUSIC NOTES
IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it,
And you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
LESSON 3 – REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT
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 displays chart showing musical notes and their values.
4. Teacher asks the pupils as groups to draw the musical notes and indicate their appropriate values.
Pupil’s Activities – Draw and master musical notes and their values.
5. Teacher uses the pupil’s drawing to introduce the lesson and claps the rhythm for the pupils to imitate.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand content of lesson.
6. Teacher uses the claps activities to explain the musical notes and their values.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils uses clap to demonstrate and explain musical notes and their values.
7. Teacher uses song and claps to demonstrate the length of musical notes.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils sing and clap the rhythmic pattern of the music notes.
8. 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. explain music notes.
2. name 4 musical notes and their values.
3. clap the rhythms of a crotchet – 2 minions and 2 semibreve
WORKBOOK
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)
Instruction – Answer all the questions.
1. ________ are symbols that indicating the length of music notations.
2. The duration of the sound depends on the note’s length (or values), which is specified by its shape, stem, or flag(s); and to every music note, there is an equivalent rest sign.
A. True
B. False
C. No
Match each of the value to its note.
3. Whole Note Quaver
4. Half Note Demisemiquaver
5. Quarter Note Semibreve
6. Eighth Note Crotchet
7. Sixteenth note Semiquaver
8. Thirty Second Note Minim
Name each of the following musical note.
9. ______________
10. ______________
11. ______________
12. ______________
13. ______________
14. ______________
15. ______________