Learning objective

  • To play simple rhythms on an instrument.

Success criteria

  • I can play the rhythm of my own

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National curriculum

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Use

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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

Can the children can stamp their feet in time to the music to help them feel the pulse under the guidance of an adult .

(If pupils struggle with the singing activity, you can sing most of their part for them, asking them just to sing or say their friend’s name in the gap.)

Pupils working at greater depth

Could offer peer support to other children and/or act as the leader in place of the teacher.

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Assessing progress and understanding

  • Could they clap the rhythm of their name, and do this in

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Vocabulary definitions

  • pulse

    The heartbeat of the music. Sometimes called the 'beat'.

  • rhythm

    A pattern of long and short sounds.

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