Lesson 5: Timbre and rhythmic patterns: Keeping the pulse

Children showcase their work throughout this unit by using untuned instruments in a class performance of 'The Three Little Pigs', with the focus on keeping the pulse of the rhythm.

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To keep the pulse using untuned instruments

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and
    rhymes
  • play tuned and untuned instruments musically
  • experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions
    of music

See National curriculum - Music key stages 1 to 2

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Should focus on phrases with words with one syllable.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should think of more complex phrases with words containing three or more syllables – saying them in their head whilst they play.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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