Animals: Call and response

Developing rhythm and pulse through chanting call-and-response sound patterns and performing with untuned percussion instruments.

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Please note

In this unit, the children use instruments to represent animals, copying rhythms and creating call and response rhythms. This unit replaces the Year 2 unit West African call and response song (Theme: Animals), which is permanently available in our archive but is no longer updated in line with curriculum or website developments.

For the most up-to-date information about our music scheme, please refer to the document Music: Long-term plan.

Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Use dynamics when creating sound.
  • Play in time with a group.
  • Experiment with different sounds on the same instrument.
  • Clap the animal sound patterns mostly accurately.
  • Clap the sound patterns in time with the pulse of the backing track.
  • Demonstrate both a call and response.
  • Copy a sound pattern using an instrument.
  • Playing either a call and/or response role in time with another pupil.
  • Perform a composition.

Suggested prior learning

Under the sea: Musical symbols

 

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Animal sounds

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Lesson 2: Sound pattern safari

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Lesson 3: Call and response

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Lesson 4: Instrumental response

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Lesson 5: Dynamics performance

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Key skills

Listening and evaluating

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Key knowledge

To know that:

  • Dynamics can
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Key vocabulary

call and response

dynamics

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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  • Untuned percussion instruments
  • Video recording devices
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Knowledge organiser – Music Y2: Call and response

Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Call and response.

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Vocabulary display: Call and response – Y2

A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Call and response.

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Cross-curricular opportunities

English: Spoken language

Physical education

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Musical storytelling: Instruments

 

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