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Do extensive readings on Integrated Music Theory. Describe how and where

music can be integrated in the teaching of English, Science, Social Studies, and
Math. Give at least 3 instances for each of the subjects on how and where music
can be integrated in the lessons.

Music can be integrated into Math, English, Science and Social Studies. From
observation, kids retain what they’re learning so much better if it’s reinforced with music.

ENGLISH
a. Rhyming Books
Try reading rhyming books like a rap, then discuss how the lines have the same
number of beats, just like a poem does. Have the learners track the story with
their finger and point out the rhyming words.
Then, after they’ve found the rhyming words, tell them they’re going to pat their
legs every time they hear a word that rhymes. After that, your students can walk
around the room to the steady beat while saying the rhyming words with you.

b. Musical Scores
If the child is learning to play an instrument, they will begin reading the notes on
the staff, otherwise known as a musical score. Children will form a connection
between reading and music when they read the notes on a score.
In beginning piano music, not only are they reading the notes, they are also
reading the words to the song. Just like when they read a book, they are learning
to read the music from top to bottom and from left to right. So many things are
going on in their brains at once and music is also helping them to learn to read
better.

c. Phonics
For young learners, phonics is one of the most important lessons they will have.
It will help them in reading words correctly. Music can be incorporated with music
through a chant.
Let students sing or chant words and phonics sound.

Example: A is for apple

A A Apple
A A Apple
A Apple

An additional activity would be to let them give the words to be put in the chant to
make it more special for them.
MATH
a. Fractions
In the beginning of a musical piece, there is a time signature that looks like ¾.
The top number tells musicians that there will be 3 beats in a measure and the
bottom number means the quarter note will get the beat. When kids learn
fractions in a math lesson, they will recognize how each number has a different
purpose.

b. Addition and Subtraction

Along with working on memorizing math facts, music will help kids with addition
and subtraction. Each note in music gets a different number of beats and can be
used in simple math problems.
For example, a quarter note (1 beat/clap) + a half note (2 beats/claps) = a dotted
half note (3 beats/claps). This will help children not only with math facts, but also
remembering how many beats the notes in music get. So, not only is music
helping in math, math and the other subjects can help in learning music, as well.

c. Patterns
In math, students learn about patterns. They may learn about shape patterns like
“triangle>triangle>square>circle”, etc. To practice math patterns in music,
children can learn a pattern like “rest>quarter note>quarter note>rest>rest>”, etc.
Students will begin to see how patterns not only happen in math and music, but
with any subject or in the world around them.

d. Number Order
Children practice arranging numbers from lowest to highest and highest to lowest.
To practice number order in music, students can arrange the notes from lowest
sounding to highest sounding and highest sounding to lowest sounding.
Another way to arrange things from lowest to highest or highest to lowest is by
arranging instruments from big to small and small to big. When students do this,
without even knowing it, they are arranging the lowest sounding instruments to
the highest sounding instruments since the bigger the instrument the lower the
sound.
SCIENCE
a. Science and Sound
One activity for learning about sound is the cup activity. Fill up 8-10 cups with
different amounts of water, like ¼, 1/3, and ½, and experiment with how each cup
sounds while hitting it with a spoon.
Students will quickly realize that the cups with less water will sound lower than
the cups with more water in them. This can turn into a music lesson but
comparing how instruments sound lower or higher depending on how much air is
in them and their size.

b. Sing About Science

Students love to write and perform their own songs. While studying a unit in
science, like astronomy for example, kids can write a song about the planets,
stars, or the galaxy. When singing about concepts that are learned, the facts are
retained easier and help students remember what was taught. Remind kids that
when they sing about science, they are not only learning about science lessons,
but their voices are using sound waves too.
c. Make a Thunderstorm
Kids love to play instruments, and what better way to experiment with sound,
silences and frequency than by creating a thunderstorm, you could talk about
how thunderstorms start with little sprinkles, turn into rain, then thunder and
lightning, wind, etc.
After talking about how a thunderstorm starts and ends, pick out instruments that
would work for each sound. Shakers, drums, rhythm sticks, a rain stick or
anything also you and your students can come up with.
SOCIAL STUDIES
 Philippines music is very colourful. It is filled with history, traditions, emotions,
religion and patriotism from every part of the country. Each ethnicity has their
own unique musical style or dance for specific occasions.

a. ETHNICITY
An activity fit for this topic is letting students perform different folk songs in the
country. Each group (preferably 3 groups) will be choosing one folk song from a
region and sing it in front of the class. Groups will be given different folk songs
which they have to sing and analyse. For example, a PASYON song (Dalit kay
Birhen Maria) in Visayas which is about religion; or a HARANA song (Manang
Biday) from Luzon which is about courtship.

b. DANCE
Dance is another way of different ethnicity in the Philippines to express
themselves. Let students perform some of these traditional dance from different
parts of the country. Examples are TAYAW from Cordillera and SAYAW SA
BANGKO of Pangasinan.

c. TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Filipinos have always been music lovers. They incorporate music in everything
they do such as birth, death, courtship, death, planting, fishing, harvest, etc. This
fondness of music also created different traditional musical instruments which our
ancestors used to create music. Our ancestors used readily available resources
such as bamboo to make an instrument.
In relation to the topic, let students explore to create a musical instrument with
any available material they have. For example, tie some rubber bands around a
box with a hole. Then create sounds by plucking the strings like a guitar.

PREPARED BY:

Liezette Anne Palangdan

References:
https://ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca-3/subcommissions/subcommission-on-the-arts-
sca/music/philippine-music-formscomposition/
https://www.teachervision.com/blog/morning-announcements/how-to-integrate-music-
into-the-core-elementary-subjects