Content and Achievement Standards

 Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

c. sing music representing diverse genres and cultures, with proper expression and articulation
manifest in the song.

Class Goals and Objectives

 Continue to develop students’ skills through various singing activities.

 Enable students to aurally identify, describe, and perform songs that include syncopated
rhythms.

Materials
 Document camera and a copy of “Water Come a Me Eye” (First verse only)

Procedures

1. Jump right into the class and introduce myself.

2. Sing the scale with them.
3. Have them work through simple and syncopated rhythms that are apparent in the piece.
a. Start with Pah Pah
b. Move to Takadimi
c. Explain what this rhythm is and what syncopation means.
4. Sing the song to the students, while also making sure they keep a steady beat.
5. Have the students stand and then start chunking the song out (into four sections) using echoing
and then making sure they understand the lyrics.
6. After they have learned the song, have them sing the song by themselves and have me walk
around the asses them on their retention.
7. After the are finished singing the song on our own. The students will then be instructed to march
around to keep the beat and then sing the song one more time.
8. Afterwards, return to the Takadimi and have them echo the syncopated rhythm again.
9. Ask them what the concept is that they learned and continue to ask what the concept means.
10. End Lesson

Assessment of Goals and Objectives

Assessment of singing skill will be informal and achieved by monitoring students during singing
activities. The instructor will utilize a checklist to indicate which students are singing with accurate
pitch, rhythm, and articulation. The knowledge of “syncopation” will be presented and assessed at the
end of the lesson to make sure they have learned the concept of syncopation.