Warm-Up
🕐 10 min
- Click ‘Play’ and sing the song together.
- Explain what is a scale and draw a C major scale on the whiteboard.
- Label each note name and practice singing through the scale with your class (or sing various intervals, motifs from the song; use solfege syllables (Do, Re, Mi), numbers or note names).
Practice
🕐 25 min
- Have each student write out the C major scale with notes on the staff paper.
- Make sure they have labeled all the note names.
- Pick one part of the song, for example, ‘Verse 1’, press ‘Play’ and ask students to mark in every note they see from C scale in the staff paper.
- Discuss how many notes from the C major scale were used in this melody part.
- Play the part of your choice again and spell the names of the notes loudly, without singing them (you can clap the rhythm of the melody when spelling)
- Play the same part and sing the melody with note labels and practice singing in pitch. You can ‘Slow down’ the record up to four times and adapt tempo for your class level.
- Continue with picking the next part of the song, for example ‘Chorus 1’ and sing it with the note names.
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
- ‘Mute’ the vocal track (use the ‘Sound Controls’ feature) and sing the chosen parts with note names together with the class.
- Give positive feedback to each other and pointers to improve.
Beyond the Lesson
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Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Practicing singing any vocal melody of the ‘Suggested songs’ list by the note names.
- Writing the note names and practicing spelling them for different melody parts in the song.
- Practicing to sing the song with the lyrics and intonating vocal melody in pitch.
- Giving the class ‘Reading & Singing the Notes’ as homework to students.
Inspiration
🕐 5 min - Explain the song
- Choose a song from Song suggestions list;
- Tell your students about the song - you can pick some facts from the song description;
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Select students to answer the following questions:
- What instruments do they hear in the song?
- What is the meaning of the lyrics and how they are connected to moral values in our lives today?
- Do you know anything about the artist?, etc.
Warm-Up
🕐 10 min - Teach note names
- Explain what is a scale and draw a C major scale on the whiteboard.
- Label each note name and practice singing through the scale with your class (or sing various intervals, motifs from the song; use solfege syllables (Do, Re, Mi), numbers or note names).
Practice
- Lead students to the Classes section in Solfeg.io;
- Show them where the “Reading & Singing the Notes” class is located;
- Tell them to take the class to learn more about note names and singing them (30 min)!
Reflection
Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1
- Show multiple phrases from a Solfeg.io suggested song to the students;
- Select students to answer if they can call all the note names of this phrase in the order;
- Select students to answer if they can sing the phrase.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Practicing singing any vocal melody of the ‘Suggested songs’ list by the note names.
- Writing the note names and practicing spelling them for different melody parts in the song.
- Practicing to sing the song with the lyrics and intonating vocal melody in pitch.
Warm-Up
🕐 10 min
- Click ‘Play’ and sing the song together.
- Explain what is a scale and draw a C major scale on the whiteboard.
- Label each note name and practice singing through the scale with your class (or sing various intervals, motifs from the song; use solfege syllables (Do, Re, Mi), numbers or note names).
Practice
🕐 25 min
- Have each student write out the C major scale with notes on the staff paper.
- Make sure they have labeled all the note names.
- Pick one part of the song, for example, ‘Verse 1’, press ‘Play’ and ask students to mark in every note they see from C scale in the staff paper.
- Discuss how many notes from the C major scale were used in this melody part.
- Play the part of your choice again and spell the names of the notes loudly, without singing them (you can clap the rhythm of the melody when spelling)
- Play the same part and sing the melody with note labels and practice singing in pitch. You can ‘Slow down’ the record up to four times and adapt tempo for your class level.
- Continue with picking the next part of the song, for example ‘Chorus 1’ and sing it with the note names.
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
- ‘Mute’ the vocal track (use the ‘Sound Controls’ feature) and sing the chosen parts with note names together with the class.
- Give positive feedback to each other and pointers to improve.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Practicing singing any vocal melody of the ‘Suggested songs’ list by the note names.
- Writing the note names and practicing spelling them for different melody parts in the song.
- Practicing to sing the song with the lyrics and intonating vocal melody in pitch.
- Giving the class ‘Reading & Singing the Notes’ as homework to students.
Warm-Up
🕐 10 min
- Click ‘Play’ and sing the song together.
- Explain what is a scale and draw a C major scale on the whiteboard.
- Label each note name and practice singing through the scale with your class (or sing various intervals, motifs from the song; use solfege syllables (Do, Re, Mi), numbers or note names).
Practice
🕐 25 min
- Have each student write out the C major scale with notes on the staff paper.
- Make sure they have labeled all the note names.
- Pick one part of the song, for example, ‘Verse 1’, press ‘Play’ and ask students to mark in every note they see from C scale in the staff paper.
- Discuss how many notes from the C major scale were used in this melody part.
- Play the part of your choice again and spell the names of the notes loudly, without singing them (you can clap the rhythm of the melody when spelling)
- Play the same part and sing the melody with note labels and practice singing in pitch. You can ‘Slow down’ the record up to four times and adapt tempo for your class level.
- Continue with picking the next part of the song, for example ‘Chorus 1’ and sing it with the note names.
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
- ‘Mute’ the vocal track (use the ‘Sound Controls’ feature) and sing the chosen parts with note names together with the class.
- Give positive feedback to each other and pointers to improve.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Practicing singing any vocal melody of the ‘Suggested songs’ list by the note names.
- Writing the note names and practicing spelling them for different melody parts in the song.
- Practicing to sing the song with the lyrics and intonating vocal melody in pitch.
- Giving the class ‘Reading & Singing the Notes’ as homework to students.
Inspiration
🕐 5 min - Explain the song
- Choose a song from Song suggestions list;
- Tell your students about the song - you can pick some facts from the song description;
-
Select students to answer the following questions:
- What instruments do they hear in the song?
- What is the meaning of the lyrics and how they are connected to moral values in our lives today?
- Do you know anything about the artist?, etc.
Warm-Up
🕐 10 min - Teach note names
- Explain what is a scale and draw a C major scale on the whiteboard.
- Label each note name and practice singing through the scale with your class (or sing various intervals, motifs from the song; use solfege syllables (Do, Re, Mi), numbers or note names).
Practice
- Lead students to the Classes section in Solfeg.io;
- Show them where the “Reading & Singing the Notes” class is located;
- Tell them to take the class to learn more about note names and singing them (30 min)!
Reflection
Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1
- Show multiple phrases from a Solfeg.io suggested song to the students;
- Select students to answer if they can call all the note names of this phrase in the order;
- Select students to answer if they can sing the phrase.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Practicing singing any vocal melody of the ‘Suggested songs’ list by the note names.
- Writing the note names and practicing spelling them for different melody parts in the song.
- Practicing to sing the song with the lyrics and intonating vocal melody in pitch.
Warm-Up
🕐 10 min
- Click ‘Play’ and sing the song together.
- Explain what is a scale and draw a C major scale on the whiteboard.
- Label each note name and practice singing through the scale with your class (or sing various intervals, motifs from the song; use solfege syllables (Do, Re, Mi), numbers or note names).
Practice
🕐 25 min
- Have each student write out the C major scale with notes on the staff paper.
- Make sure they have labeled all the note names.
- Pick one part of the song, for example, ‘Verse 1’, press ‘Play’ and ask students to mark in every note they see from C scale in the staff paper.
- Discuss how many notes from the C major scale were used in this melody part.
- Play the part of your choice again and spell the names of the notes loudly, without singing them (you can clap the rhythm of the melody when spelling)
- Play the same part and sing the melody with note labels and practice singing in pitch. You can ‘Slow down’ the record up to four times and adapt tempo for your class level.
- Continue with picking the next part of the song, for example ‘Chorus 1’ and sing it with the note names.
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
- ‘Mute’ the vocal track (use the ‘Sound Controls’ feature) and sing the chosen parts with note names together with the class.
- Give positive feedback to each other and pointers to improve.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Practicing singing any vocal melody of the ‘Suggested songs’ list by the note names.
- Writing the note names and practicing spelling them for different melody parts in the song.
- Practicing to sing the song with the lyrics and intonating vocal melody in pitch.
- Giving the class ‘Reading & Singing the Notes’ as homework to students.
