lesson plan

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VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
LESSON PLAN
CURRICULUM AREA: Visual and Performing Arts
SUBJECT: Music
TOPIC: Rhythm LESSON: concept of rhythm
CLASS: Std. 3 AGE RANGE: 9 – 10 yrs.
DURATION OF LESSON: 40 - 40 min NO. OF PUPILS: -------
DATE: --------
OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to:
Affective: (i) exhibit signs of enjoyment and pleasure
Psychomotor: (ii) play the rhythm of songs on non-melodic percussion instruments
Cognitive: (iii) identify rhythms of musical pieces by matching song titles to rhythms
heard
(iv) state the meaning of rhythm
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: - Pupils have listened to and clapped rhythms. They have
also played rhythm games.
- Pupils can identify long and short.
RESOURCES: body percussion, non-melodic percussion instruments (traditional and
pupil-made).
SET INDUCTION: The teacher engages the class in a ‘Rhythm Round’ game based on
the theme football.
BODY OF LESSON:
SECTION TEACHER ACTIVITY PUPIL ACTIVITY
1. Defining the concept of
duration in music
- Reviews words from
previous activity and
describe as long or short.
- say words and describe
length
- invites pupils to voice
long and short sounds
- create and voice sounds
- sings short phrase of
‘Oklahoma’
- listen and identify short
and long syllables
-explains concept of
duration in music
- listen and respond

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2. Establishing the concept
of rhythm
- Performs short rhythmic
phrases and invites pupils to
create their own
- individuals create and
others imitate
- guides group activity - in groups play game of
‘add-on rhythm’ (memory
game)
- teaches song ‘Bump Dity
Bump’
- observe and respond
- guides pupils to identify
and perform rhythmic
patterns in the song
- participate in identifying
rhythmic patterns
CLOSURE: Students sing ‘Bump Dity Bump’ and play its rhythm using
body percussion and non-melodic percussion instruments.
EVALUATION: i Match song titles to rhythms heard
ii.Orally explain the meaning of rhythm
FOLLOW-UP LESSON: Rhythm - the concept of BEAT.

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NOTES FOR A LESSON
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
CLASS: Std. 1
TOPIC: Rhythm LESSON: Exploration of Rhythm
SET INDUCTION:
Activity of stomping to rhythms. First eight count and movement in a circle. Then saying
the days of the week and months of the year.
LESSON ACTIVITIES:
Creating and performing rhythms:
- each pupil performs the rhythm of his/her name.
- sing ‘I’ve Got the Rhythm’
- repeat substituting animal sounds and actions.
CLOSURE:
Sitting in circle, perform rhythm of song using body parts.
EVALUATION:
Play rhythm of familiar nursery rhymes and songs.