Lesson 5: Fairytale performance
Using untuned instruments in a class performance, keeping the pulse and rhythm.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Display the Presentation: Agree or disagree? and ask for volunteers to say the rhythms in the hearts. You may wish to clap or tap your leg to provide a pulse. Once a few students have attempted the rhythms, model them correctly.
Practice this as a class.
Ask the children if they agree or disagree with the statement displayed in the presentation.
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