Learning objective
- To learn the musical vocabulary: pulse and tempo.
Success criteria
- I can explain
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Experiment
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Cross-curricular links
Physical education
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could follow an adult or child partner, completing the movement and sounds they make as a guide.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could use the performance opportunities to demonstrate to the class their own ideas for movements and sounds; could describe the tempo of the various story characters; could consider how pulse and tempo are linked.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: moving and creating sounds
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Vocabulary definitions
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dynamics
The volume of the music (loud or quiet).
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pulse
The regular beat of the music, like a heartbeat.
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