Y2. Lesson 13. Practice semiquavers [tika tika]

Students develop their knowledge and understanding of semiquavers as four notes on a beat.

By the end of this lesson, students will have:

Students successfully demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of semiquavers.

Prior learning: Semiquavers

Duration: 30 minutes

Materials:

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

Difficulty:

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Semiquavers [tika tika]

Students point to the melodic contour as they sing.

Dr James Cuskelly and students of St Joseph's School, Stanthorpe.

Students are seated and attentive.
Explain to the class that they will use their hands to show the melodic contour of the song I See The Moon.
Lead the class in singing the song and show the melodic contour as you do so.
The class should sing and follow your movements.

Students discover semiquavers [tika tika] and where they are found in a known song.

Project the score on the board as a reference.
Lead the class in singing Old Brass Wagon [using 'Circle to the left' lyrics].
Ask the class for the time name for four sounds on a beat [tika tika].
Ask where tika tika can be found in the song [first three measures]
Ask which words are used for tika tika [Old Brass wagon].
Lead the class in singing the first two measures using time names [tika tika ta, ti-ti ti-ti (x2)]
Repeat for the last two measures.

Students take a partner to perform actions and sing.

Dr James Cuskelly and students of St Joseph's School, Stanthorpe.

Students take a partner and stand facing each other and holding hands.
Lead the class in singing Bluebells.
Students sway to the beat and turn a half circle back-to-back on the word 'over'.
As the song continues, they turn a half circle again on 'over' to face each other again.

Students identify a song through listening to the melody.

Play the first track on the player.
Ask students the name of the song.
After receiving a correct answer, play subsequent tracks and repeat the question.
At the conclusion, ask if any of those songs had a tika tika pattern.

Students write the stick and traditional notation for semiquavers [tika tika]

Project the graphic on the board, which shows the stick and traditional notation for the first two measures of Dinah.
Explain that the tika tika time name is written as four stems joined together by two beams.
Ask students to write this down in their notebooks.
Show the traditional notation of four stems, each with a notehead and joined by two beams.
Ask students to write this down in their notebooks.
Explain that the stick notation shown on the board is for the first two measures of Dinah.
Sing those measures and point to the stick notation.
Repeat with the traditional notation.

Students play Mary Had A Little Lamb using tuned percussion.

Divide the class into two groups, one group will use glockenspiels and the other xylophones or similar instruments.
Teach the melody of Mary Had A Little Lamb to the first group, using a good mallet technique.
When secure, teach the accompaniment to the second group.
When secure, lead both groups to play together and conduct whilst monitoring class progress.
This exercise may take more than one learning period to master.

Students must match a rhyming word to a colour chosen in this song.

Dr James Cuskelly and students of St Joseph's School, Stanthorpe.

Students are seated and attentive.
Sing Ida Red to the class, who will then choose a new colour for Ida's dress and a rhyming word for the colour.
Sing the song using the new colour and the rhyming word.
This is an excellent cross-curricular exercise to develop language.

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