Y1. Lesson 24. Present form AB

Y1. Lesson 24. Binary form AB

Students discover that songs consist of two different parts, 'A' and 'B', that can be repeated.

By the end of this lesson, students will have:

Prior learning: Form

Duration: 30 minutes

Materials:

Keywords: Beat, rhythm, singing, chanting, partners, rhymes, circle games.

Difficulty:

Prepare

Present

Form AB

Practise

Stick to staff notation

Students discover that parts of a song may be repeated and can be named A and B.

Lead the class in singing Muffin Man. It may be helpful to project the score on the board.
Ask how often the words 'Do you know the Muffin Man' happen in this song. [3]
Ask how often this song uses the words 'who lives in Drury Lane'. [1]
Discuss that there are two parts to the song - the first part, which has three lines the same, and the last part, which is different.
Teach that when there are two different parts to a song, the first part is called A, and the second part is called B.
Teach that Muffin Man has two different parts, and so the song has the form AB.

Students choose where so & mi should sit on a five-line staff.

Questions

Students are seated and attentive.
Draw the stick notation for Goodnight on the board.
Write the 's' and 'm' for so and mi under the corresponding syllables.
Draw a five-line staff and sing the song.
Ask students to choose where the first note should sit.
Place the first note on the staff at the position chosen by the students.
Ask students where the next note should sit. Remind them that so and mi are copycats.
Place the second note on the staff.
Continue questioning students on where each subsequent note should be placed.
When finished, ask the class to sing the song as you point to each note in turn.

Students act out a scene related to the item they chose from a basket in this circle game.

Students sit in a circle and pass a basket while singing the song.
A basket is a prop containing items a child could use to act out in imaginative play.
Items in the basket could include ribbons, keys, pencils, etc.
When the song ends, the child holding the basket must pick an item from it and act out a scene related to that item.
Monitor the accuracy of students singing and offer gentle guidance when required.

Students listen to the melody of a famous song and discover a new version!

Students are seated and attentive.
Play the audio track of Twinkle Twinkle and ask students to listen attentively.
Ask students if they recognise the track.
Ask what instrument is being used.
Ask students if they can hear a steady beat.
Teach that Mozart was a famous composer from long ago who lived in a country far away called Austria. He took the original music and made it more beautiful!

Students investigate whether note stems are shown up or down.

Students are seated and attentive.
Begin by refreshing the student's knowledge of note stems and reminding them that the rhythm or stick notation of ta and ti-ti joins the solfa notes of so and mi on the staff.
Remind students that notes can have a stem, just like a flower has a stem.
Project the graphic on the board and ask students to tell you whether the stems of the notes should go up or down.
Point to each note and gather answers from individual students.
Remind students that the middle line is magic and the note stem can go up or down!

Questions

Students play glockenspiels and marimbas in this simple arrangement of a well-know classroom song.

Distribute glockenspiels and marimbas in your usual fashion. Substitutions for these instruments are perfectly acceptable.
Begin by leading the class in singing the song.
Teach the melody on the glockenspiel in two-bar phrases. Both phrases 1 & 2 are identical, with 3 & 4 differing by only one note.
When secure, teach the ostinato on the marimba. Each two-bar phrase is identical.
When secure, ask both sets of players to commence playing on your command.
Conduct the song in duple metre.
Assess each group for timing and accuracy of playing.
Offer gentle guidance as required.
Note: this song is a good example of AB form!

Students keep the beat and bounce a ball in this circle game.

Students form a circle.
One student is in the middle with a beach ball.
Lead the circle in singing the song as students walk clockwise in time to the beat.
The student in the middle walks anticlockwise and, on the word 'ground', will gently bounce the ball to a student in the circle who now steps in the middle, and the game continues.