Learning objective
- To recognise and perform quavers from staff notation.
Success criteria
- I can recognise a quaver in staff notation.
- I
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Play
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Cross-curricular links
British values
- Individual liberty.
- Mutual respect.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Anagrams and explain the activity to the children. Hand out whiteboards and pens if the children are struggling.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should play the Resource: What’s the story?: Tuned percussion two, which has an easier technical difficulty level (due to more stepwise movement).
Pupils working at greater depth
Should play the Resource: What’s the story?: Bass line, which has a harder technical difficulty level (due to the ‘leaps’ between the notes and the fact that there are two notes in each bar); should be challenged to sing and play at the same time.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising pairs of quavers
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Vocabulary definitions
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quaver
A musical note that lasts for half a beat and looks like a filled-in note with a stem and one flag or is joined to another quaver with a beam.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 2nd June, 2025
