Phillipines - Lesson Plan 3

Name of Teacher: Winnie Ng Subject: Music

Level: Primary 3 Duration: 1 hour

Topic: Rhythmic Ostinato

Specific instructional Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to

1) Have a better understanding on the Filipino culture and its music.
2) Sing the song “Planting Rice”
3) To create a rhythmic accompaniment for the song.

Time (mins): Tasks/ Activities: Resources: Rationale:

10 min Tuning-in:

1) Students to listen to sing Powerpoint Listening

“Planting Rice”. Slides
2) Teacher to introduce the song as Embedded
one of the many folk songs of Video
Philippines.
3) Teacher to explain what the song
means in English.
4) Teacher to tell students about
the rice planting process.

20 min Development:

1) Teacher to sing the whole song To demonstrate a

once. model for the
2) Teacher then teaches the song students to follow.
line by line.
3) Students to learn the whole song
by rote. To check students
4) Students to clap the pulse of the have the steady
song while singing. Teacher to beat before
ensure that students have a moving on to
steady beat. create rhythmic
accompaniment.
20 min Development ( II ) :

1) Teacher to divide the class up

into groups of four.
2) Give each group a set of non- Non- Understanding of
pitched percussion instruments pitched timbre of
of contrasting sounds for each percussion instruments
group. instruments
3) Teachers to tell students to with
compose a 2 – bar rhythm to contrasting
accompany the song. sounds for
4) For each group, ask one pupil to each group.
keep a steady pulse while the rest
play either one-beat ( ta ), two-
beat notes ( Ta –a ) or ti-ti on
their instrument. A possible
rhythm is ta ta | ti-ti ta
5) Give students time to practise.
6) Guide each group to perform
their piece to the class.
7) Some members can sing while
some can play the rhythmic
accompaniment.

10 min Conclusion:

Teacher to emphasise the other aspects Powerpoint To give students a

of Philippines as a fast, economic- Slides holistic view of
growing country. the country.