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Music – Reading Basic Music Notes

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Arts Discipline: Music

Grade level: First Grade

Standards:

1.1. Read, write and perform simple patterns of rhythm and pitch, using beat, rest, and divided beat (two sounds on one beat).

Approximate time: 1 week

Topic: Reading basic music notes

Rationale--Why is reading music notes important to learn? What important reasons, connections support this lesson?

Objectives:

Students will demonstrate ability to sight read rhythms containing half, quarter and eighth notes and quarter rests; by clapping and chanting rhythms.
Students will demonstrate ability to auditorialy discriminate these rhythm patterns by listening to them performed by the teacher (clap and chant) and then repeating them in an echo fashion.
Students will demonstrate ability to auditorialy discriminate and sight-read rhythm patterns by listening to the teacher perform the patterns and then match it to a rhythm on their charts.

Artistic Perception:

Students will demonstrate ability to sight-read rhythms containing half, quarter and eighth notes and quarter rests by clapping and chanting rhythms.
Students will demonstrate ability to auditory discriminate these rhythm patterns by listening to them performed by the teacher (clap and chant) and then repeating them in an echo fashion.
Students will demonstrate ability to auditory discriminate and sight-read rhythm patterns by listening to the teacher perform the patterns and then match it to a rhythm on a designated flipchart.

Interdisciplinary Connections:

Social Studies Standard 1.3 Students know and understand the symbols, icons, and traditions of the United States that provide continuity and a sense of community across time (1.3.1 sing songs that express American ideals.)

Vocabulary:

Music Measure: A piece of music that has 4 beats.
Half note: A note having the value of two beats. (ta-a)
Quarter note: A note having the value of one beat. (ta)
Eight note: A note having the value of half a beat. (ti)
Quarter rest: A rest lasting for the same duration as a quarter note. (Silence)

Introduction:

Have students listen to the song “Yankee Doodle” while teacher claps along with the song (follow the melody.) Listen to the song again but this time have students clap the song along with you. Explain that just like words are made up of letters, music is made up of notes. Each note represents a beat in music. Notes tell how much time a beat should take.

Procedures:

Direct Instruction

Have students sit in front of the Promethean Board.
Develop vocabulary. Teach each note: half note, quarter note, eighth note, and quarter rest (a flipchart page for each note). Stress to students that an eighth note come in pairs. (Flip chart pages: 4-7)
Review notation of half, quarter, eighth notes and quarter rest by connecting names to music notes. Flipchart page: 8
Review clapping/chanting of quarter, eighth and half notes (ta, ti and taa) students will practice along with teacher capping or chanting the different patterns of notes. (Flipchart page: 9)
Use the 4 square patterns to teach a variety of four beat rhythm patterns in an echo fashion, chant and clap rhythms (following the music notes.) (Flip chart page: 9)

Guided Discovery:

Students and teacher play the game “Which one do you hear?” Teacher shows three rhythm patterns on the board. Teacher will chooses a pattern to clap and chant. Have students locate and then vote on the pattern using their active votes. The students will then perform the pattern with you.

Flip chart page 12

a. ta ta ta -1/4rest
b. ta ti-ti ta ti-ti
c. ti-ti ti-ti ti-ti ti-ti

Flip chart page 13

a. ta ta ta ta
b. ti-ti - 1/4rest- ti-ti 1/4rest-
c. ti-ti ti-ti ta-a

Flip Chart page 14

a. ta- a ta-a
b. ta ta ti-ti ti-ti
c. ta-a ti-ti ta

Flip Chart page 15

a. ta ti-ti ti-ti ta
b. ta-a ti-ti ti-ti
c. 1/4rest ti-ti ti-ti ti-ti

Closure:

1. Teacher will show a flipchart with a blank rhythm pattern. Students will come to the board and make their own music pattern. The rest of the class clap and chant the student’s pattern. (Flip Chart page: 15)

Or

2. Students will be applying their knowledge by creating their own 4 beat pattern using, half notes, quarter notes, eight notes and rests (use the music worksheets) and perform it for a partner or a small group.

Clean-up: Students will make sure they put their music sheet in a designated place and throw away any trash found on the floor while singing along to “Yankee Doodle.”

Assessment

1) Show flip chart page 17, where there are three rhythm patterns on the slide. Teacher chooses a specified pattern to clap. Have students vote and locate the pattern using ActiVotes. Teacher is assessing which student can or cannot identify different note patterns.

Flip Chart Page: 17

a. ta ta ta ti-ti
b. rest ta rest ta
c. ti-ti ta rest rest

Flip Chart page: 18

a. ta-a rest rest
b. rest rest ta
c. ta ta ta-a

Flip Chart page: 19

a. ta rest rest ta
b. ta rest ta –a
c. ti-ti rest ti -ti rest

Flip chart page: 20

a. ti-ti ta ta ta
b. ti-ti ta ta
c. ta-a ti-ti ti-ti

Or

2. Using student’s music work sheet, Students will perform by clapping their own created 4 beat pattern. When students will clap/chant according to their chosen notes.

Resources/Materials

Promethean board slide titled: Music Social Studies, Unit 3, Fractions
Yankee Doodle song
ActiVote pods

Optional 2: Copy class set of the Music Worksheet.
Students: When doing Optional worksheet 2: Students will need scissors and glue

Connection with Math: Promethean slide titled: Music Math Unit 13: Notes and Fractions

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May 17, 2012