Las Mananitas Kelly Perez

Lesson Plan

Context: 5th grade Elementary school music class.

Goals/Standards: Introduce the students to culture through music while helping them gain a better
understanding of rhythm and pitch. This can be done through voice and ukulele.

Enduring Understanding 1 MU.5.C.1 : Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create
with artistic intent.
MU.5.C.1.3
Identify, aurally, selected instruments of the band and orchestra.

Enduring Understanding 3 MU.5.S.3 : Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine
simple, then complex, skills and techniques.
MU.5.S.3.1
Sing part songs in an appropriate range, using proper vocal technique and maintaining pitch.
MU.5.S.3.4
Play melodies and accompaniments, by ear, using classroom instruments.

Enduring Understanding 1 MU.5.H.1 : Through study in the arts, we learn about and honor others and the worlds
in which they live(d).
MU.5.H.1.1
Identify the purposes for which music is used within various cultures.
MU.5.H.1.3
Compare stylistic and musical features in works originating from different cultures. 

Objectives:

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to play simple chords (C, G, and F major) to the song on Ukulele.

The students will be able to sing on accurate pitches using solfege syllables

Students will be able to correctly pronounce words in the spanish language in order to sing the lyrics.

They will also be able to explain the significance of this song in relation to the Mexican culture. Therefore,
understanding the meaning of cultural enrichement. This will alow the students to start seeing and appreciating
the values in other cultures, starting with their music.

Differentiated Instruction (DI):

The students would be learning using multiple methods.
 Visual: the children will be reading the tabs for the notes for each chord of the ukulele; the children will
be reading rhythms on the board.
 Auditory: the children be listening to the song multiple times to be able to repeat by rote and sing the
melody of the song.
 Kinesthetic: I’ll be having the children step to the beat of the song to get a sense of tempo and time
signature. They will also be clapping rhythms.
 Tactile: The children will be using a ukulele to play chords and create an accompaniment
Materials/Resources/Technology:
 A smart board, or device where an image from my laptop can be projected (in situations where this
is not available, print-outs will suffice)
 Enough ukuleles for the children
 A speaker to play music on
 Markers and erasers

Est. Procedures: Assessment:

Time:
To begin, the children would be introduced to the song “Las Mananitas” a Throughout the first
1 class mexican folksong by listening to it. We would follow up with a discussion class, I’ll be assessing
on what they think about it and if there’s anything that stands out to them. them orally by asking
(Is this in a different language? Does this sound like something you usually them different questions
hear? Is this a happy or sad song? What kinds of different instruments do and making sure they are
you hear? Etc.) This portion of class would assess the student’s ability to engaged in the lesson. I
hear a song and be able to analyze it. We would then delve into what is the will asking them what
cultural background of this song. This is a wonderful opportunity to talk they hear.
about music around the world and what the purpose of music is. (Why is
this song important?)
For the following portion
1 class We would then sit in a circle and try to sing it together. This would occur of this lesson, I’ll call on
through rote (call and response). I would sing the first line of the song on a various students to sing
“la” and have the students repeat on a “la” to get an understanding of the the melody as they hear
melody and the pitch. Here, we can talk about the shape the melody is it. I will visually see if
making and have them draw the highs and the lows of the melody with their they are understanding
fingers. We will repeat this process until they can sing the song on a la and high and low pitches in
then we will introduce the spanish lyrics to it. the song by showing the
shape

1 class After the melody is learned we will take out the ukuleles and learn (if they I will go one by one and
have not done so yet in previous classes) how to play the C, G, and F listen/check to make sure
chords. They’ll be able to learn how to strum downward and in time with each student is able to
the song. This be a great opportunity to talk about ¾ time signatures and play the 3 chords and can
what that feels like. We can step to the beat to feel it in our bodies an then strum downward.
be able to strum on the beats easier.

1 class Finally, after a few classes of dissecting this song, the children will be able Assessment will occur by
to put it all together and sing and play at the same time. We will spend an having me listen to each
entire class piecing it together little by little. We may alternatre having half student play and sing the
the class sing the song, while the other class plays and accompanies the song at the same time.
singers. And then we will switch.

Extension:

If the school holds a concert, this would definitely be something the kids could perform. We could expand on this
lesson even further by opening it up to other songs of other cultures and countries. Maybe the kids would be
broken up into smaller groups and they’ll have songs of different countries assigned to them. These small groups
could sing, play the ukulele, and use percussive instruments to perform these short songs. It could be connected
to their history classby having the teacher talk about different countries around the world and how music
differentiates from one another.