Before the lesson
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Learning objectives
- To play a pentatonic melody
National curriculum
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical
instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression - use and understand staff and other musical notations
- appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn
from different traditions and from great composers and musicians’
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Group these pupils together and support them until they can play the scale confidently.
Pupils working at greater depth: Ask these pupils to focus on playing with fluency, control and expression. If they are confident enough, they could also add a harmony part using the notes of the pentatonic scale.