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  3rd Grade Music  Teacher: Mr. Hiroshi Minagawa
School: Kaminuma Chuo Elementary School
Nakada-cho, Miyagi Prefecture
Use of IT in Class
Place ■Regular classroom □Computer room ■Special classroom □Gymnasium
□Athletic Field □Outdoors □Others〔 〕
Type of Lesson □Class ■Group □Pair/Individual □Follow-up □Others〔 〕
Phase □Introduction ■Development  □Conclusion □Others〔 〕
Main user of IT □Teacher ■Student □Others〔  〕
Objectives □To introduce the topic ■To motivate students □As illustrative material used by the teacher  ■As illustrative material used by the student □To master through repetition □To present a model □To recollect past experiences  □To compare □To examine what has been done/studied □To provide second-hand experience ■Others〔To imagine scenes from a story〕
Equipment □Computer ■Projector ■Screen  □Electronic Whiteboard ■Visual Presenter □Digital Camera  □Video Player □Internet □Digital Contents □CD-ROM □Speakers  □Others〔 〕

Point of Interest
The use of a projector to show book illustrations of scenes from a story, encourages the students to sing and/or play musical instruments with emotion and expression.

Unit
Let’s Enjoy Music with a Story (Kasa-jizo)
Contents: based on MEXT’s curriculum guidelines
3rd and 4th Grade Content A Expression (2)
Appreciate the featuring elements of the melodies or music and discover ways to express the emotions found in the music.


Teaching Objectives
(1) Add recitation and musical interlude into the performance to enrich the emotion expressed in the story.

Lesson Plan
(1) Know and understand the story plot.
(2) Listen to the model singing and create an image of the tune.
(3) Solmizate the melody of the interlude together with the recorders.
(4) Recite the story by scenes.
(5) Draw pictures of the scenes based on the perceived image of the story.
(6) The students, divided into groups, shall share the roles of singing, reciting, or participating in the interlude parts.
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(7) Show the drawings of the scenes on the screen, and act out the emotions of the story while taking into consideration the entire production (Performance).
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Preparation/Consideration
(1) When using the projector to show the book illustrations, the teacher may use a scanner to install the illustrations from the textbook beforehand, or he/she can use a visual presenter to project the illustrations directly from the textbook. If time allows, the students’ expressions of the emotions will further be enriched if they actually draw scenes from the story.

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