Lesson Plans from Edumate

Grade 1

Lesson 5 – Recognizing Loud and Quiet Sounds

WEEK 11 

  Bilingual/International Period

(W) The Wheels on the Bus (5 minutes)

The class will first watch and do the actions in the song "The Wheels on the Bus." 

Then the teacher will give a short review of the different charateristics of sounds they have taken up already: 

High and Low

Long and Short

Fast and Slow

And for this week: Loud and Quiet. 

The teacher will then ask the students to classify whether the sounds in the sound "The Wheels on the Bus" is
either Lour or Quiet. 

(W) Identifying Sources of Loud and Quiet Sounds (10 minutes)

Then the teacher will call the attention of the class and ask them to look at the pictures on the screen and
identify whether the flashed picture is producing loud or quiet sound, but instead of saying LOUD and QUIET, for
things that create loud sound they will say the word FORTE, and for the things that create QUIET sounds, they
will say PIANO.

The students will also watch a short video clip on Loud and Quiet sounds applied to different brass instruments. 

(I) Seatwork on Lour and Quiet Sounds (15 minutes) 

The students will then be given a worksheet with pictures where they have to encircle O those things that
produce QUIET sound and put X on the things that produce LOUD sound. 

The teacher will then move around as the students do their seatwork to check if the students are following the
instructions. 

After everybody is done with the seatwork, the class will watch another video clip talking about when
they should use LOUD and QUIET sounds. 

International Period 
(W) Review of the Loud and Quiet Sounds (10 minutes)

The teacher will show the class different materials, and will ask them if it will create a loud or quiet  sound when
hit with a stick. 

The students will then be given percussion instruments and will be asked to create either a loud or quiet sound
with their instrument. 

(W) Introducing the p (piano) and f (forte) symbols  (10 minutes)

Then the students will ask to look at the board and say what they see.

The students will be asked to identify how many p and how many f there are on the board. 

And then the teacher will tell the students that in music, p is the symbol for quiet sounds, and f is the symbol for
loud sounds. 

The teacher will then raise a flash card, either p or f, and the students are to give thier corresponding English
while applying the proper dynamics. If  the card is f, they should say LOUD loudly. And if the card if p, they
should say QUIET softly, and also play their percussion instruments accordingly. 

(I) Applying p (Piano) and f (Forte) to a song (10-minutes) 

The students will then be asked to sing individually any song that they know, and while theiy are singing, the
teacher will raise the p and f cards on the different parts of their song.

The students should sing accordingly based on the given dynamics. 

END OF THE UNIT: MELODY