Grade 4 week 9 and 10

Lesson Plan in Music


Grade 4

Week 9 and 10





I. Objectives:

At the end of the lesson the pupils should be able:

A. To define the time signature and explain the function of the lower and upper number.

B. To identify the correct time signature of a particular piece of music.

C. To supply the correct note or rest according to the given time signature.



II. Learning talk:

A. Topic: Time Signature

B. Materials:

B.1 Notation and lyrics of “Red River Valley” by unknown

B.2 Lyrics of Bahay Kubo

B.3 Keyboards

B.4 Visual aids of rhythmic patterns



C. Reference: Apilado Victonette, Paras Ma. Cecilia, Agno Francis (2009)

Philippines: Shine with MAPE4

Jo-Es Publishing House, Inc.

pp. 24 - 30



III. Teaching Strategies:



A. Introduction

A.1Daily Routines

-Greetings

-Attendance

A.2 Review the previous lesson which is meter. Tell the pupils that in their previous lesson, they have learned that the beats flow in 2s, 3s, and 4s .

A.3 Teach the song “Red River Valley” by rote method.



B. Interaction:

B.1 Ask: Looking at the musical notation of Red river valley, what musical symbol comes after the clef?

B.2 Let the pupils give example of different time signatures.

B.3 Explain to them the function of the upper and lower number on a time signature.

C. Integration

C.1 Complete the measures by adding the correct note and rest according to the given time signature.

C.2 Sing the song “Bahay Kubo” a folksong, using different time signature.



D. Evaluation

Divide the music into measures of equal number of beats, according to the given time signature.

























E. Wrapping Up

E.1 Ask the pupils:

-What is time signature?

-How important is it to music?

F. Assignment

What are pitch names and syllable names in music?