Performing

Musical Instruments

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
strand be able to Make a percussion instrument using locally available materials to accompany a song or dance

Learners record music made by percussion instruments, share and discuss the percussion instruments used with peers

Which percussion instruments can play a melody?

Traditional musical instruments, Resource persons, Costumes and props, Audio/visual recordings of folk
songs

Portfolio, Observation checklist, Oral questions, Practical test, aural tests, project work, Assignments

Performing

Musical instruments
Musical instruments

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

strand
Use
digital devices to record
music made by
percussion instruments
for sharing and
documentation

Learners record
music made by
percussion
instruments, share
and discuss the
percussion
instruments used
with peers

Which percussion instruments can play a melody?

Descant
Recorders,
Melodic and
non-melodic
Kenyan
traditional
Percussion
instruments,
Resource
persons, and
recorder stands.
Descant Recorders, Melodic and non-melodic Kenyan traditional Percussion instruments, Resource persons, and

Portfolio, Observation checklist, Oral questions, Practical test, aural tests, project work, Assignments

Performing

Descant Recorder
Descant Recorder

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
strand be able to Play the notes B A G on a descant recorder

Learners explore the recorder by identifying the parts guided by the teacher

How are different pitches produced on a descant recorder?

Descant Recorders, Melodic and non-melodic Kenyan traditional Percussion instruments, Resource persons, and
recorder stands.
Descant
Recorders,
Melodic and
non-melodic
Kenyan
traditional
Percussion
instruments,
Resource
persons, and

Portfolio, Observation checklist, Oral questions, Practical test, aural tests, project work, Assignments

Performing

Descant Recorder
Descant Recorder
Descant Recorder

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

strand

Play simple melodies
using the notes B A G
on the descant recorder

Learners practice
holding and blowing
the recorder with the
appropriate posture
and fingering
Learners learn finger
numbers on hand
and fingerings for B A
G on recorder
Clap rhythmic
patterns before
playing the patterns
with assigned tones
(B A G)

How do you care and maintain the descant recorder?

Descant
Recorders,
Melodic and
non-melodic
Kenyan
traditional
Percussion
instruments,
Resource
persons, and
recorder stands.
musical
Videos of
dances, ICT
devices,
persons, Pictures
of dance
formations

Portfolio, Observation checklist, Oral questions, Practical test, aural tests, project work, Assignments

Performing

Dance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

strand

Practice hygiene
measures in the use of
the descant recorder

Learners play B A G
as demonstrated by
the teacher using
rhythmic patterns
built on taa, ta-te
(crotchets and
quavers)
Individually and in
groups learners play
melodies built on B A
G
Individually learners
practice playing the
notes and melodies
learnt at home.

How do you care and maintain the descant recorder?

Traditional
musical
instruments,
Videos of
dances, ICT
devices,
Resource
persons, Pictures
of dance
formations
Traditional musical instruments,

Practical, observation, field work

Performing

Dance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

apply
basic elements of dance
in a dance performance

Learners perform a dance from the local
community guided
by the teacher
observing the basic
elements of dance
(time, space, energy
and relationships)

Why do people dance? How do we perform a folk dance?

"Traditional musical
instruments,
Videos of
dances, ICT
devices,
Resource
persons, Pictures
"
of dance formations
Traditional
musical
of dance
formations

Practical, observation, field work

Performing

Dance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

strand,

create dance
formations for aesthetic
value

Individually and in
groups learners
perform a folk dance
with coordinated
body movements

Which dances are performed in the community?

Traditional
musical
instruments,
Videos of
dances, ICT
devices,
Resource
persons, Pictures
of dance
formations

Practical, observation, field work

Performing
Creating/ Composing Music

Dance
Melody Interpreting hand signs

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

strand,

record Kenyan folk
dances for sharing and
documentation

Learners record
dances performed in
school and the
community and
share their
experiences in class

Which dances are performed in the community?

Traditional
musical
instruments,
Videos of
dances, ICT
devices,
Resource
persons, Pictures
of dance
formations
Sheet music, melodic
instrument,
flash cards- of
rhythmic
patterns,
melodies, sol-
fa names
Foundation
Music Grade 4
Pg. 49-57

Practical, observation, field work

Creating/ Composing Music
LISTENING, RESPONDING AND APPRECIATION
LISTENING, RESPONDING AND APPRECIATION
LISTENING, RESPONDING AND APPRECIATION
LISTENING, RESPONDING AND APPRECIATION
LISTENING, RESPONDING AND APPRECIATION

Melody Creating short melodies
Elements of music critical listening to music
Elements of music identifying changes in elements of music
Elements of music critical listening to music
Elements of music identifying changes in elements of music
Elements of music relating music to experiences

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

able to
Record own melody based on d,r,m

Learners create short melodies using the pitches d,r,m using the French rhythms names (taa, ta-te) Individually and in groups learners create short melodies using B A G and the rhythms learnt (ta, ta-te) on the descant recorder Learners record own melodies using recording devices

What is pitch? Which pitches do you know? How is a melody created?

Sheet music,
melodic
instrument,
flash cards- of
rhythmic
patterns, melodies, sol- fa names
Foundation Music Grade 4
Pg. 49-57
Audio visual recording of
simples songs
drawn from different cultures,
resource
person
Foundation
Music Grade 4
Pg. 58-60
"Audio visual recording of
simples songs drawn from different
cultures,
"
Audio visual
recording of

Oral tests, Aural tests, Written tests