B5 English Language · Term 1 Week 1: Songs

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.1.1.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Sing at least one familiar patriotic song with appropriate stress and rhythm, both individually and in groups.
Identify the composer of a given patriotic song when asked.
Answer oral questions that draw out the central message of a song.
Explain the central message of a selected patriotic song in their own words.
State one value or lesson the song teaches them.

This lesson opens the Songs sub-strand for the term. Learners have sung songs informally in lower primary classes, but this is the first time they will be asked to analyse what a song means. The next lesson in the sequence (B5.1.1.1.2) will ask learners to relate the values in songs to their real-life experiences, so this lesson focuses only on understanding and explaining the message, not on applying it to daily life.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Songs (1.1)
Content standard: B5.1.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of songs
Indicator: B5.1.1.1.1 - Explain the central messages in songs
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 1 (Week 1 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 71
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners sing some familiar patriotic songs.
- Have learners listen to you sing a selected song.
- Guide learners to sing lines of the song with appropriate stress and rhythm.
- Let them sing individually and in groups.
- Using questions discuss the central message of the target song: Who composed this song? What is the song telling us?
- Invite individuals to explain the central message(s) of the song.