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Reading and Singing the Notes

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Reading and Singing the Notes
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Classroom Lesson Plan

Summary

Students will learn the names of notes in the treble clef and try singing them. They will try to recognize different notes in a song and learn where each note is located. Students will also try to sing the song with lyrics as well as note names.

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...

  • Sing together with good rhythm and pitch;
  • Write the notes and label the note names;
  • Recognize notes in a song.

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Rhythm Pyramid
  • Basic Knowledge of treble clef

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI

 

Song suggestions:

 

Inspiration

🕐 7 min

  • Choose a song from ‘Song suggestions’ list together with the class. For example, ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’ by Elvis Presley. Tell your students about the song! You can pick some facts from the song description.
  • Click ‘Play’ and listen to the song.
  • Discuss the song and ask students, for example: 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 they know anything about the artist?, ect.

 

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.
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    • 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.

 

Summary

This lesson is about learning the names of notes in the treble clef and try singing them - students will use the online class “Reading & Singing the Notes” with chatbot guidance to practice during the online lesson. The lesson consists of setting up the online class, explaining theory fundamentals, and guiding your students to do practical exercises with the help of a chatbot. Students will try to recognize different notes in a song and learn where each note is located. They will also try to sing the song with lyrics as well as note names.

 

⏰ Time: 45 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...

  • Sing together with good rhythm and pitch;
  • Write the notes and label the note names;
  • Recognize notes in a song.

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Rhythm Pyramid
  • Basic Knowledge of treble clef

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI

!!! If this is the first online setup lesson for your class, we recommend starting with an onboarding lesson using this presentation explaining how solfeg.io works. Download it here. If the class is more than 10 students, this might take some 30 minutes to register and go through the app.

🤳 Video conference call provider:

  • Google Hangouts is recommended, as students only need a Google account and don’t need to install the program in advance. You can share a link however best works for you. Read how to set it up here.

 

Song suggestions:

 

Start of your lesson

🕐 5 min - Announcement for Students

  • Instructions for your next lesson...
    • Open this Google video call link via phone: Insert your unique Google Hangouts invite link here
    • Access your Solfeg.io account via desktop: Insert your unique Solfeg.io invite link here
    • The online class will be 45 minutes. For optimal learning, find a room with little background noise.
    • We will be learning how to recognize different note names and singing them.

🕐 5 min - Setting Up an Online Classroom

  • Send your video conference call link to students. For best results:
    • Encourage them to make this call via mobile device for optimal sound management
    • Make sure everyone can hear and see you.
  • Students log into Solfeg.io on their desktop
  • Students mute their microphone to hear you clearly. They should unmute if they want to ask a question.
  • Teacher preloads one of the suggested songs for this lesson.

 

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;
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  • 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.

 

Summary

Students will learn the names of notes in the treble clef and try singing them. They will try to recognize different notes in a song and learn where each note is located. Students will also try to sing the song with lyrics as well as note names.

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...

  • Sing together with good rhythm and pitch;
  • Write the notes and label the note names;
  • Recognize notes in a song.

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Rhythm Pyramid
  • Basic Knowledge of treble clef

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI

 

Song suggestions:

 

Inspiration

🕐 7 min

  • Choose a song from ‘Song suggestions’ list together with the class. For example, ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’ by Elvis Presley. Tell your students about the song! You can pick some facts from the song description.
  • Click ‘Play’ and listen to the song.
  • Discuss the song and ask students, for example: 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 they know anything about the artist?, ect.

 

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.
    Capture.PNG
    • 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.

 

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