Spotlight Music Teacher’s Guide Grade 5 (Approved)

by P.Kimathi and J.Omare

Spotlight Music Teacher’s Guide Grade 5 has been uniquely designed to greatly benefit the teacher in handling the Grade 5 Music Curriculum. It guides the teacher to comprehensively cover the Grade 5 Music Curriculum Design as per the CompetencyBased Curriculum. It is presented in a clear, simple, and precise language that makes teaching and learning both stimulating and interesting.

Key features of the guide:
• Covers all the strands, sub strands, and learning outcomes of the Music Grade 5 Competency-Based Curriculum Design.
• Relevant learning experiences are stated for all learning activities that are within the level of the learners.
• Suggested teaching and learning steps are included for all Music concepts and competences as per curriculum demands.
• Encourages authentic and realistic understanding of Music concepts by suggested use of practical and group work activities with examples.
• Suggests instructional materials that are related to learner’s environment.
• Guides the teacher on ways of using ICT devices to make learning enjoyable.
• Suggests relevant assessment modes for all activities and feasible guidance on practical activities. Suggested teaching and learning methods use learner-centred approaches, discovery-based, and inquiry-based to enhance development of concepts, core competences, values, and PCls.
• Provides approaches per sub-strand to cater for different learning abilities including slow and fast learners, as well as learners with special education needs following regular schooling.
• All answers have been provided for all assessment tools in the Learner’s Book.