Republic of the Philippines

PHINMA UNION COLLEGE

Santa Cruz, Laguna

A Detailed
Lesson Plan in
MUSIC IV
(Musical Symbols and Concepts)

Kristel C. Llarena
Student Teacher
Ranier John M. Hermosa, MAEd
Instructor II
 Detailed Lesson Plan in Music 4

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students are able to:
1. Identify different kinds of musical symbols and notes;
2. demonstrate understanding of concepts pertaining to rhythm and musical symbols;
3. participate actively during the discussion.

II. Subject Matter

a. Topic: Musical Symbols and Concepts

b. References: K to 12 Curriculum Compliant MAPEH WORKS 4

(Learning Material) pp. 2-12

c. Materials: Pictures of musical symbols, visual aids, TV, laptop, PowerPoint

presentation

d. Values Focus: Cooperation and Participation

III. Teaching Procedure

TEACHERS ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
A. Preparatory Activities

1. Daily Routine

Classroom Management

Okay class, please kindly arrange your chair (They will pick up the pieces of paper
and pick up the pieces of paper under your under their chair)
chairs.

Prayer

Please all stand up.

(They will stand up and one will lead
Ms. _____ will you please lead the prayer. Let the prayer)
us pray…..
Are you ready to pray classmates?
Let us pray…..

In the name of father and of the son

and of the holy spirit, Amen.

Our father, who art in heaven,

hollowed be thy name…Amen.
 Greetings

Good morning class! Good morning Ma’am Kristel. We’re

glad to see you!
You may now be sited.
Thank you.

Attendance

Before we start Ms.______ kindly check the

attendance (The secretary will the attendance)

Is there any absent for today? None Ma’am. No one is absent.

I’m glad that there is no absent for today, and it

seems that all of you are excited for our new
lesson. Am I right? Yes Ma’am!

Review of the past lesson

Let us have a short recap about our topic last

meeting.
(They will raise their hand)
What is our topic class?
Ma’am it is all about the counting of
music notes.
Very good!

It is all about the counting of music notes.

How many basic musical notes that we

(They will raise their hand)
discussed?
There are five basic musical notes.

Yes, very good, there are five basic musical

notes.

I have here the picture of five basic musical

notes and I want you to give the equivalent
beat/beats of each notes and then demonstrate
it. Is that clear? Yes Ma’am.

(They will raise their hand to give

the equivalent beat/beats of the
given musical notes and then
demonstrate it.)
(All of the basic musical notes are already
shown.)

We already have the basic musical notes.

Again, what are the five basic musical notes?
The five basic musical notes are
whole note, quarter note, half note,
eighth note and sixteenth note.
Very good!

Kindly repeat it with its equivalent beat/beats.

Yes ____. Whole note 4 beats, quarter note 1
beat, half note 2 beats, eighth note
½ beat, sixteenth note ¼ beat.

Thank you for your answer.

Do you have any questions or clarification about

the basic musical notes?
None, ma’am.

So, it seems that all of you really understand

what I taught last meeting.

Motivation

Before we proceed to our new lesson, we will

have a game. This is called a LUCKY or
UNLUCKY: Guess the Jumbled Word.

Before we start the game, I don’t want to hear

any noise or unnecessary noise. Okay?

Yes ma’am.

This game is good for five minutes and all you

have to do is to pick a one piece of paper to the
container that I will provide. If you get a paper
that has the word UNLUCKY on it you don’t
have to answer a question but, if you get a paper
with the word LUCKY on it, you will choose a
number and then give the answer to the Yes ma’am.
question. Is it clear?
(the students are now picking a
piece of paper)

Questions that the students need to guess if

they get the LUCKY paper.
 STAFF

Very good!

RESTS

Good Job!

G- CLEF

Very good!

NOTES

Very good!

BAR LINE

That is correct!

Thank you, class for all of your participation.

Did you enjoy the game?
Yes ma’am!
I’m glad to hear it, but before we proceed, let
me ask you a question. When you heard the
word symbols, what comes in your mind? And
are the symbols important?

Yes, very good. It is important because we can

easily identify a particular image even if we (the students will answer)
don’t know the name of it but if we look at its
symbol, we can give its characteristics and
usage.

B. Learning Procedure

1. Activity

Okay now, I will divide you into two groups. I

will give you the same set of symbols and you
have to name each of them. This activity is
good for 3 minutes. If your group are done (the students are listening carefully
paste it on the board and we will find out if your and attentively)
answers are correct after our lesson.

2. Analysis

Good job, for completing the task. Now

ley us all know if your answers are
correct. Let us star with

Who wants to read the meaning of staff? (the students will raise their hands)

mr/ms_____.
Thank you, (now the teacher will explain what
is the staff).

Do you understand class?

Yes ma’am

Very good, the next one is

Ms/mr._____ can you read the meaning of bar (the student will read the paragraph)
line.

Thank you (now the teacher will explain deeply

what is the bar line).

Does everybody understand what is bar line? Yes ma’am.

Let us move to the third one which is

Who wants to read the definition of time

signature?
(the students will raise their hands)

You mr/ms._____
(the student will read the definition)

Thank you, okay so the time signature is…

(now the teacher will explain deeply what is the
time signature)

Next is

Mr/ms.____ can you read the meaning of notes

and rests. (the student will read the
paragraphs)

Thank you, so it says here that …. (now the

teacher will explain deeply what is the notes
and rests)

Do you understand class?

Yes, we do.

The last one is…

Ms/mr.____ can you read the definition of g- (the student will read the paragraph)
clef.
Thank you mr/ms. ____. okay so the g-clef is…
(now the teacher will explain deeply what is g-
clef).

Does everybody understand? Yes ma’am.

Is there any clarifications or questions? None ma’am

3. Abstraction

Okay so I guess all of you already knew the

musical symbols and concept. Now I will ask you
some questions if you really already knew the
musical symbols and concepts.

1. It is the treble clef at the beginning of the (The students will raise their hand.)
staff.
G - Clef
Very good!

2. What is the staff? (The students will raise their hand.)

Excellent! The staff has five horizontal lines.

3. What does the numbers in time signature

signifies? (The students will raise their hand.)

The number above tells you how

many beats in a bar, then the
number below tells you what type of
beats they are.
That is very good!

4. What type of note does have 2 beats? (The students will raise their hand.)

Half note

Very good!

(The students will raise their hand.)

5. This symbol is a vertical line on the staff.
Bar line
Good job!

1. Application

All right class, let us review the musical symbols

and concepts. I will call 2 of you and identify the
musical symbols that we have discussed and its (Let the students identify them)
concepts.

IV. Evaluation

Please get ¼ sheet of paper and we will have a

quiz. (The students will get ¼ sheet of
paper)
Are you ready?
Yes Ma’am.
Okay, Identify these pictures of musical notes.
You may start now. (The students will take their quiz)

Okay, are you finished?

Okay pass your papers Yes ma’am.

V. Assignment
Rubrics:

Group 1
Activities 5 points 3 points 1 point

1. can identify
musical symbols

2. can participate
actively in group
activity

3. have a neat
presentation

4. work in silence

Group 2

Activities 5 points 3 points 1 point

1. can identify
musical symbols

2. can participate
actively in group
activity

3. have a neat
presentation

4. work in silence