Name:  Melissa E. Hair

School District:  Hollidaysburg Area School District

Lesson Title: Music Notation 

Grade Level:  Elementary 

Piloted with students in grade: 5

PA STANDARD AREA: ARTS AND HUMANITIES

 

X	7.1 Producing, Performing and Exhibiting
	7.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts
	7.3 Critical Response
	7.4 Communicate Aesthetic Response

Specific Standard: (write out from grade 4 or 7 or 10 or advanced column in standards document): (10) Interpret Ideas that Generate works in the arts.  

7.1.7.B (GRADE 5):  Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.  Music reading and music notation recognition.      

Lesson Topic/theme - Learning to read music notation.

Overview:  Students will be acquainted with the note names for the lines and the spaces in the treble clef.

Keywords:  Treble Clef, Staff, Lines, Spaces

Learning Objective(s): (What will all students do to demonstrate they have reached the standard?): (type in 17 lines or less .)  Students will complete a tutorial on notation.  The treble clef lines and spaces will be presented to the students using mnemonic devices.  Students will then be asked to perform drill and practice using a multiple choice assignment on a specified web site.  Once students have successfully mastered the treble clef, they will be asked to progress through the notation of the bass clef.

Materials: (type in 8 lines or less)  Computer with Internet access, Computer-Assisted Instructional Software (used for enrichment exercises)

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Warm-Up: (type in four lines or less)  Students will review the difference between line notes and space notes.  A practice drill is recommended.  The teacher may choose to display the line and space notes on the chalkboard and having students compare and contrast.  Drill and practice in cooperative learning groups is also recommended.  

Procedure: (type in 43 lines or less)  Students should have prior knowledge of differentiating between line and space notes.  Teacher demonstrates and proceeds with drill and practice session for line and space note reading.  The mnemonic devices are presented to the students.  Treble clef line notes are represented by "Every Good Boy Does Fine".  Treble clef space notes are represented by "FACE".  As a memory aid, discuss rhyming words (FACE - space).  In small cooperative learning groups, have students drill at the chalkboard.  Teacher observation will allow for remedial work as needed.  Allow students to continue working independently on notation through specified web site.  Have students who require enrichment or remedial activities use computer-assisted instructional software.  "Music Ace" is one such program.  "Music Ace" incorporates excellent pacing, comprehensive activities, and computer generated record keeping system with colorful and animated graphics.    

Correctives: (enrichment activities for students who have not met the standard at proficient or advanced level): (type in 11 lines or less)   Students who require enrichment activities may complete additional practice using traditional or  computer generated flash cards.

Extensions: (Additional activities for students who have met the standard at a proficient or advanced level): (type in 20 lines or less).     Students who have met this standard may proceed to a tutorial on reading and notating music using the bass clef.  The teacher may also want to give advanced learners examples of notation stories in which the student must identify the notes which spell out a musical story or a biography on a given composer.                           

Assessment-Task Criteria: How will you judge below basic, basic, proficient and advanced? Do you have a model/exemplar of your expectations?: (type in twenty lines or less)

 

Below Basic  The student may display some understanding of treble clef music notation but will generally need the teacher's assistance to read the notation correctly or need some type of prompt to generate the correct answer.

Basic  The student will display some understanding of treble clef music notation but may need occasional prompts.

Proficient  The student will independently display understanding of treble clef notation with little error.

Advanced  The student will complete all examples of treble clef notation correctly and will be able to explain how to differentiate between lines and spaces.  Students will also be able discuss the mnemonic devices used for treble clef line and space notation.