The brochure was made by 5 schools from Latvia, Lithuania, Turkey, Poland and Portugal in the framework of Erasmus+ project "Arts for Life: developing life skills through the art.", No. 2018-1-LV01-KA229-046988_1.
2. Content
Latvia
1. Promotion of mutual social interaction. Training of
attention…........................................................................................................page 4
2. Learning the piano using a colour notation method technique…...page 14
Poland
3. Introduction to life and music of Frideric Chopin …………….....………page 18
4. Coding DJ………………………………………………………………......................…page 26
Turkey
5. The culture and the folk song with the reed instrument ….........…..page 32
6. Introduction to daily routines with the integration of the music ...page 38
Portugal
7. Valse dance…………………………………......................………………….…...….page 46
8. Traditional dance………………………………………………..................……...…page 50
9. Portugese song………………………………………………................. .…...….....page 54
10. Wall paintings……………………………………………… ……..............................page 58
Lithuania
11. Rhythm patterns.....................................................................................page 62
12. Songs bring people together.................................................................page 68
3. Lesson plan: Promotion of mutual
social interaction. Training of attention.
Teacher name: Iveta Vēra
Grade: 9
Subject: Music
Topic
Support of students’ desire to
improvise and try new behavioural
models
Content/Title
1) My name has a tune
2) A musical portrait.
3) Learn to hear
silence.
4) Sending letters.
Goals
Encourage and support each
member of the group to try
something new, accept
themselves and listen to the
members of the group.
4. Objectives
1) increase self-esteem,
memory development
2) to encourage self-interest
and interest about others
3) develop the attention and
skills of group members to
manage their bodies
4) Promote mutual social
interaction. Attention training.
Materials
Main musical instruments – hand-
held perils, drums, plates, tones,
calls, wind calls, kimbala, etc.
clambers or grabable tools.
5. Introduction:
The initial responsibility of the
teacher is to form a group as a
therapeutic social system, so one
of his tasks is to create certain
behavioural norms. The teacher
shall act as an equal participant
in the process by encouraging
and stimulating the students.
Development
Each lesson typically has a three-
part structure:
The introductory part – ( greeting)
during which the teacher greets
each member of the group
musically.
The action — during which a
variety of therapeutic tasks are
performed, both one by one, by a
pair and the whole group
together.
Closing part – saying farewell,
negotiating and reflexing (if
applicable).
6. Practice
My name has a tune.
The music teacher asks to sing
each student his. The others are
asked to repeat it at the same
height and intonation.
A musical portrait
The music teacher offers each
student to choose a sound tool or
a musical instrument.
Task: To play together and one by
one, the teacher sings the song
“In Game ….”
Learn to hear silence.
The music teacher plays the piano,
everyone on the scene must step in
the rhythms of music. When the
music stops, everyone has to sit
down.
Sending letters.
Each student chooses a musical
instrument. The music teacher
explains the task: Everyone
chooses someone to send a
message through playing
an instrument. The selected person
listens and sends the musical
message to the next one.
7. Checking for
understanding
Depending on the
situation, you can discuss
what the students liked
and
what they didn't like
during the lesson.
Closure
In the closure, you
could repeat the group
members' favourite
tasks,
improvise them
jointly, figure out other
options.
8. Lesson Plan : Introduction to
colour notation music system
Teacher Name: Sanita
Lugovska
Grade: 5
Subject: Music
Topic:
Learning the piano using
a colour notation
method technique
Content:
Introducing colour to
notes of the piano
Learning numbers for
each finger
Goals:
Introduction to the instrument itself.
The student will be able to name the
colour for each note .The student will
be able to name each note of the C
major scale
Objectives:
Begin with small rhyme to remember
for the white notes of the piano
Introduce colours for each of the notes,
also using an easy to remember rhyme
9. Materials:
2 pianos/keyboards, Removable
coloured stickers to put on keys,
Computer with internet access,
Colouring-in worksheets e.g
template of a C octave on piano,
Magnetic notes.
Introduction:
Introduce student to the piano.
Inform student of what they will be
learning for the lesson.
Development:
Introduce rhyme for the order of
the notes. Introduce song for the
order of the colours.
Demonstrate C major scale for
the student to observe. Name
each note and colour of C major
scale.
Practice:
Get student to place coloured
stickers on their corresponding
notes.
Get student to sing/speak colour
song and play each note with
one finger as they sing it.
Get student to say each note in
order of the C major scale.
10. Lesson plan: Introduction
to life and music of Frideric
Chopin
Grade: 5 - 7
Subject: Music
Duration: 2 lesson units
Techniques: finger painting
Materials: projector/ digital
board, sheets of paper,
paints, presentation on F.
Chopin (there are lots of
them on
www.slideshare.net),
selection of music files by F.
Chopin, movies.
Aims: students get accquainted
with the work of F. Chopin.
Getting to know new concepts:
opus, fine arts, painting.
Education of visual and musical
imagination. Training of
sensitivity to the beauty of
nature, work of art and sound
color. Active listening to
Chopin's music. Developing the
skills of mutual cooperation.
Implementing students to
respect their own artistic
creations.
11. The lesson:
- ask students questions about F.
Chopin, check their knowledge;
- listen to first piece of music,
students watch video on youtube
https://youtu.be/b0c69FxXsog
- ask students about their feelings,
what mood has the music created,
talk about the pace, rhythm;
- listen to another piece of music
https://youtu.be/-dvbiz7iXe4
students share their feelings,
compare the music with the first
one;
- listen to another piece of music
https://youtu.be/oPCH_2F_qjE share
feelings (you can use any other
pieces of music by F. Chopin)
-ask students to match emotions
and feelings they felt with the
particular pieces of music. They can
use stickers with emoticons, draw
their mood, use colourful pencils,
mime their feelings, talk about it;
- show the students a presentation
on F. Chopin, you can focus on his
childhood in Zelazowa Wola and
Warsaw then talk about emigration
years. Go back to the music you
played and tell the story behind
them. When did he compose them,
how does the music change
throughout his life cycle…Tell them
about his role in supporting the
Polish nation in all those years
when Poland was not independent
country.
12. - play the music again in the
background. Students take
a piece of paper and paint
their feelings, mood while
listening to F. Chopin’s
music. Presentation of
works, display. Students can
share thoughts, feelings.
-extra task for older
students: encourage them
to watch a movie about
Chopin. There are quite a
few available. They do not
teach too much about
Chopin, though. Anyway, it’s
another opportunity to
learn more about the artist,
understand his genius.
Films to choose from:
https://youtu.be/K6upEXpPRKY
‘Impromptou’ by James Lapin
https://youtu.be/68MWEKc3Eo4 ‘La
Note Bleue’ by Andrzej Zulawski
- extra homework: tell the students
about places closely connected with
F. Chopin, e.g. music route in Warsaw
– you can hear Chopin’s music in
many places related to his life.
http://en.chopin.warsawtour.pl/places/
13. - tell students about
International Chopin
Piano Competition
held in Poland every
5 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_
Chopin_Piano_Competition
14. Lesson plan: Coding DJ
Grade: 5 - 7
Subject: Music
Time: 2 lesson units
(provided they know
Scratch)
Materials: computers, makey-makey
set, any objects that can conduct
electricity: plastic cups with water,
fruit, metal spoons, candies,
cardboard etc.
Movie: https://vimeo.com/42879207
Virtual piano:
www.makeymakey.com/piano
Sample Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/117412493
Gra ‘Music dobble’ -
http://dobble.gorfo.com/generator/en
Aims of the lesson:
The student:
• learns the types of music controllers
and ways of extracting sounds,
• learns the rules of the MakeyMakey
controller,
• combines the MakeyMakey controller
with a simple interactive piano player,
• programs scratch scripts using
samples,
• builds their own music controller,
• awakens their creativity when
creating your own musical controller,
• develops social competences through
the ability to work in a group
15. Conducting the lesson
1. Students play Music
Dobble – as a warm up
(optional);
2. The teacher explains the
use of Makey-Makey set,
showing short movies online.
They can use
www.makeymakey.com ;
Note that you need to have
MakeyMakey sets, one costs
around 50€.
3. Students use own
materials to program music
using makey-makey sets and
www.makeymakey.com/piano ;
Second stage: students can
program their own instrument in
Scratch. They can use sample
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/117412493
and remix it;
This stage works well if the
students have already learnt
coding in Scratch and have their
accounts on
https://scratch.mit.edu/ ;
16. The students work in pairs,
they can present their work
at the end, as a kind of
concert, it is highly motivating
and introduces element of
competition;
Evaluation: ask how they
found the possibility to code
music. You can video their
results, upload and share
their original makey-makey
and Scratch games online;
17. Lesson Plan: The culture
and the folk song with
the reed instrument
Teacher Name : Kader Çınar
Grade : 6th grade
Subject: Turkish language
Topic:
Learning the culture
and folk
songs with the reed
instrument
Content:
Focusing on the features
of folk songs ,
talking about why it is
written, and
what is the relationship
between the culture
and folk songs and also
poems.
Goals:
· Introduction of the folk songs
, folk poet and the reed
instrument.
· To teach students by
experiencing.
· To make preperation for
dramatization the story.
· To realize working not only
yourself but also the new
generations.
18. Objectives:
- to read fluently by asking
questions, guessing, realizing
the main idea.
- to practise speaking and
listening in front of the class.
- to compare the folk songs and
modern music.
- to make a drama about the
story of the folk song.
Materials:
- Videos about some folk songs
- Magazine articles about folk
songs,
the story of the song and
the life of the poet.
- The reed instrument
Introduction:
Pay students' attention to
what the folk song is, on which
topics it is written. lntroduce
students the cultural folk
songs and ask which folk song
and the story of it they know.
Development:
Read a poem about folk song and
listen some folk songs.
Ask students what is the poem, the
images and the title about , how
they feel while they are reading ,
what is the instrument they hear.
19. Practice:
Ask students favorite folk songs
and sing it
among his/her friends; if he /she
is volunteer,
encourage him/her.
Practice to use the reed while
singing the song.
Ask the students what is the
main idea of
the song they listened.
Talk about which singer is the
best according to the
performance in the class
Checking for
understanding:
Ask students if they have
any questions or
dont understand what is
required,
Encourage them with
positive feedback.
Closure:
Give students the story of
the folk song to
preparation for a short
drama in the class.
Ask the children to listen
some folk songs and write
or draw their emotions on
a paper about the music
and the story of the song.
20. Lesson Plan: Introduction
to daily routines with
the integration of the music
Teacher :Seval GEGEZ
Grade : 5th grade
Subject: English
Topic:
Learning the daily routines
using rap music.
Content:
Focusing on vocabulary to
talk about daily routines,
and using the present
simple in the first person in
a rytmic way, reviewing
telling the time in English, as
well as the days of the week.
21. Goals:
-to revise telling the time.
-to teach the vocabulary of daily
routines.
-to teach vocabulary, grammar,
and spoken discourse through
the use of rap music on audio
and video.
Objectives:
-to encourage the students
speak English in rap music.
-to practice speaking and
listening in front of the class
with the help of the music.
-to create their own song.
Materials:
Simple flashcards representing the
routines.
Flash cards with the time in digital format.
A Smartphone or a head phone.
Rap music on audio and video.
Introduction:
The students will review telling the time in
English, as well as the days of the week.
Language to describe routine activities will
then be introduced with flashcars, videos
or songs, and students will answer
questions about their own daily routines.
Finally students will be encourage to
create their own song , there are some
suggestions and application integrated
with the rap music as a review and follow
up activities.
22. Development:
Ask for a volunteer to come to
the board , say and write simple
sentences about a typical day : 'I
get up at quarter past seven.' 'I
have a shower at half past
seven.' 'I have breakfast at 8
o'clock.' or some of the actions
for the others to see and
encourage choral repetition with
other students. The teacher will
open a rap music video first
to how to be a rap song
and introduce an application for
making rap music called
Autorap.
With the help of the Autorap
application in the teachers' smart
phone downloaded before, the
student will choose a music , say
him or her daily routines on the
board and the teacher will record
it. Finally everybody will listen to
the daily activities rap music by
the student's own voice. Teh
teacher will continue to record at
the end of the lesson.
23. Practice:
This activity can be repeated
several times so that as many
children as possible can
participate. The children can also
take over the oral production
involved.
Checking for understanding:
Ask students if they have any
questions or dont understand
what is required,
encourage them with positive
feedback.
Closure:
Give students activity sheets
to revise. Ask the children
to download the rap music
application to their phones
and send their afterschool
daily routines rap songs via
whatsapp as a follow-up
activity to the teacher. The
students will listen their own
rap music at the next lesson
and have fun.
24. Lesson Plan
Valse dance
Teacher Name
César Louro
Grade 10
Subject
Physical Education
Topic
European dances
Content
Valse
Goals
Presentation to the comunity of a valse
dance.
Objective
Knowning european dances; acquire
knowledge of musical times; autonomy;
face an audience; knowledge of
classical music composers.
Materials
sound equipment; clothes made to
waltz.
Introduction
classical music composers.
Development
waltz of the flowers of Tchaikovsky.
25. Practice
training of the various steps of
dance and framing as a whole
Checking for Understanding
dance set training several times
Closure
Activity balance with students
26. Lesson Plan
Traditional dance
Teacher Name
António Diogo
Grade 4
Subject
Physical Education
Topic
Tradicional portugese dances
Content
Corridinho e o malhão
Goals
Presentation to the class
Objective
Knowning tradicional dances;
acquire knowledge of musical
times; autonomy; face an
audience;
Materials
sound equipment
27. Introduction
Preparing the
working groups (10
students each).
Development
Choosing the dance
by group and the
way of working it.
Practice
Training of the
various steps of
dance and framing
as a whole.
Checking for
Understanding
dance set training
several times.
Closure
Activity balance with
students.
28. Lesson Plan
Portuguese song
Teacher Name
António Diogo
Grade 4
Subject
Music
Topic
Tradicional Portuguese
music.
Content
Choosen by the students.
Goals
Presentation to the class.
Objective
Knowing traditional songs;
acquire knowledge of
musical times; autonomy;
face an audience.
Materials
Sound equipment.
29. Introduction
Preparing the working
groups (10 studenas
each).
Development
Choosing the song by
group and the way of
working it.
Practice
Training the song
choosen.
Checking for
Understanding
Sing set training several
times.
Closure
Activity balance with
students.
30. Lesson Plan
Wall paintings
Teacher Name
António Diogo
Grade 4
Subject
Paintings
Topic
Portuguese murals and
traditional games.
Content
Choosen by the students.
Goals
Paintings; knowledge of
traditional Portugese
games.
Objective
Knowledge of traditional
Portugese games;
knowledge of exterior
painting techniques.
31. Materials
painting supplies.
Introduction
Preparing the working
groups (10 students each)
Development
Choosing the painting by
group and the way of
working it.
Practice
Choose the painting and
perform it.
Checking for
Understanding
doubts.
Closure
Activity balance with
students.
32. Rhythm patterns
Teacher: Dalia
Krisciuniene
Grade: 5
Topic
Making musical pattern by
using rhythm
Content
The pupils extend their
knowledge about the musical
patterns by using rhythm.
They listen to the examples,
repeat them and create their
own pattern. The pupils listen
to the song “If you‘re happy
and you know it“ and sing it.
Goal
Creation of music with a body.
Objectives
To improve pupils‘ knowledge of the
rhythm patterns.
To create a personal rhythm pattern.
To learn the song “If you‘re happy and you
know it“
Materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=9j74Lps8bwI
lyrics of the song “If you‘re happy and you
know it“
33. Introduction
Discuss the ways the pupils can
create sounds and music with
their bodies.
Introduce the concept: a rhythm
pattern
Development
The examples of the rhythm
patterns A (clap hands) B (stomp
feet); AAB, AABB, ABB are
demonstrated and the pupils are
asked to repeat them.
Practice
The pupils listen to the song “If you‘re
happy and you know it“ and sing it.
After that they are divided into the
groups of 3 - 4 persons or into the
pairs (depends on the number of the
pupils in the class). Each group create
their rhythm pattern of 1 – 2 minutes
duration.
Checking for understanding
The pupils present their rhythm
patterns.
Closure
The performance of the created
patterns “Repeat after me“.
34. “IF YOU‘RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW
IT“
.
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.
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp
your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp
your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it,
and you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp
your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it, shout
hooray.
If you’re happy and you know it, shout
hooray.
If you’re happy and you know it,
and you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, shout
hooray!
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three!
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three!
If you’re happy and you know it,
and you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three
35. Lesson plan (a block
of 3 lessons):
Sing together
Teacher: Dalia
Krisciuniene
Grade: 5 - 7
Topic
Songs bring people together
Content
Singing familiar songs all
together. Introducing the
song “We all sing with the
same voice“. Illustration of the
song. Composing a song by
the pupils.
Goal
Development of the musical,
linguistic and social skills of
the pupils by analyzing and
discussing the components of
the songs.
36. The first lesson
Objectives
To boost pupils‘ skills sing and work
together.
To introduce and analyze the song
“We all sing with the same voice“.
Materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ezAwndQ5FRs
lyrics of the song “We all sing with the
same voice“ by J. Phillip Miller.
Introduction
Explanation that the
songs can tell stories, express
emotions, help to celebrate,
etc.
Discussion about the favourite
songs of the pupils. What are
they about? What emotions do
they express?
37. Development
Pupils are divided into the groups
of 3 - 4 persons or into the pairs
(depends on the number of the
pupils in the class).
Each group chooses their
favourite song and presents it to
the other groups.
Pupils listen to the song “We all
sing with the same voice“.
Practice
The pupils learn to sing the
song “We all sing with the
same voice“.
After that they discuss the
purpose and story of that
song.
Checking for understanding
Ask the pupils how music can
bring people together.
Closure
Choose one song to sing all
together.
38. The second lesson
Objectives
To learn to analyze a
song.
To develop creativity.
Materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ezAwndQ5FRs
lyrics of the song “We all
sing with the same voice“
by J. Phillip Miller.
Sheets of paper.
Crayons, pencils, etc.
Introduction
Remind the song “We all sing with
the same voice“.
Ask what kind of emotions does
this song express.
Development
Tell the pupils that they will listen
to the song “We all sing with the
same voice“ and illustrate it by
choosing one verse or line of the
song.
39. Practice
Working individually the pupils
illustrate the song “We all sing with
the same voice“.
Checking for understanding
According the lyrics of the song
“We all sing with the same voice“
the pupils one after one presents
their drawings.
Closure
All together sing the song “We all
sing with the same voice“.
40. The third lesson
Objectives
To compose a song/ to create
a lyrics of a song based on a
favourite tune
To develop creativity.
To improve cooperation and
collaboration skills.
Materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ezAwndQ5FRs
lyrics of the song “We all sing with the
same voice“ by J. Phillip Miller.
Sheets of paper.
Sound tracks of the favourite songs.
Introduction
Remind the song “We all sing with the
same voice“.Tell the pupils they will
write songs that bring people
together.
41. Development
Model/give an example how to write
a short song. Explain that songs
have verses, choruses and bridges.
For a short version chorus or verse
of a song is enough.
Pupils are divided into the groups of
3 - 4 persons or into the pairs
(depends on the number of the
pupils in the class).
Practice
Working in groups the pupils design
their own short song.
Checking for understanding
The pupils review and perform
their songs.
Closure
All together sing the song “We
all sing with the same voice“.