Lesson Plan: A Ram Sam Sam Rachel

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Topic: Beat, singing, internal singingYear: 1Date: Monday 31st of March- 30 minsCurriculum: Arts- Music Band: Foundation-2Strand: MakingContent Description:

Develop aural skills by exploring and Imitating sounds, pitch and rhythm patterns using voice, movement and body percussion.

Elaborations: Imitating pitch and rhythm patterns to develop aural recognition

skills. Using voices and body percussion to experiment with the elements of

music to identify same and Different.

Develop the idea of internal singing.

Learning Objectives: On completing this lesson students will be able to… Maintain the beat whilst singing a song. Internalise music by using body percussion. Use unturned percussion and technology to determine and

understand the fundamentals of form and the different sections of a song.

Prior Knowledge: Students have previously explored keeping the beat and participated in a variety of simple songs involving movement.

Preparation/ Materials: Three different types of unturned percussion, claves, hand bells and maracas. (enough so there is one instrument for each student)

A clear space so the students can all be in a circle. Interactive whiteboard

Procedure: 1. Greet the class and ask them to sit in a circle on the floor, begin to tap the beat on legs and encourage the students to follow.

2. Ask the students to listen but continue keeping the beat and sing the song through once. On the second time ask the students to join in. Sing the song through a few times until all students have learnt it whilst still keeping the beat.

3. Then begin to use some actions whilst singing the song.- Hit legs on Ram Sam Sam- Roll hands on Guli- Wave hands in the air on ArafieDo this several times until the whole class has joined in.

Lesson Plan: A Ram Sam Sam Rachel

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4. Get students to stand up and walk around in a circle (keeping the beat in their feet) and sing the song through whilst still doing the hand actions.

5. The ask the ask the students to only do the hand actions for A Ram Sam Sam and not sing, do this a few times but change the part not sung.

6. Get student to sit back down and discuss the sections of the song. Should come to the conclusion that there are two sections that are both repeated, i.e. AABB form. However, also discuss that even though there are only two sections there are three ideas used in the song, ram sam sam, guli, arafie.

7. Bring up the letters AABB on the interactive white board and play (from 25 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBttxAMxaXE point to where we are up to on the whiteboard so the students can see the form of the song. Can also get some students up to try it also.

8. Arrange the students on the floor in three small groups all facing each other. Hand each child an instrument and explain that they are to only play their instrument on their part, i.e. clap clave on A ram sam sam, shake hand bells on guli and shake maracas on arafie and when they are not playing their instrument they are to be singing. As an extension see if they can all not sing and just play their instrument on their part of the song.

9. Swap groups around so each group can play each instrument1`.

Evaluation/Assessment: Can assess on… Ability to internalise the song by observing how well they play

their instrument at the right time and how well they perform the hand actions at the correct time.

How well they can keep the beat and not rush ahead by observing when they walk around in a circle and perform the song.

Understanding of form from the students that demonstrate on the interactive whiteboard where we are up to in the song.