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- Year 2
Bringing it together
I can play singing games with awareness of beat, rhythm, and pitch.
- Year 2
Bringing it together
I can play singing games with awareness of beat, rhythm, and pitch.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Moving and singing together when we play singing games helps us to feel the beat.
- As we repeat songs, we become more familiar with the rhythm of the words, and the way the pitch moves.
- The beat of a song stays steady, like a ticking clock, while the rhythm follows the pattern of the words.
- When we know a song very well, it is easier to clap or play the rhythm.
Keywords
Beat - the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
Rhythm - the pattern of sounds that we play and sing
Call and response - a question and answer musical structure
Pitch - how high or low a note is
Common misconception
Beat and rhythm are the same thing.
The beat is the playing or showing of the steady pulse, while the the rhythm is a pattern of sounds we play or sing.
To help you plan your year 2 music lesson on: Bringing it together, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 music lesson on: Bringing it together, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Explore more key stage 1 music lessons from the Start with singing: learning through singing games unit, dive into the full primary music curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Puppets or props as needed, such as: bumble bee finger puppet, a doggy bone and a dog hand puppet, and a magic wand prop. You will also need three types of unpitched percussion isntruments.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.We call the words of the song, the ...
Q2.When we sing songs with high notes and low notes, we are singing a ...
Q3.Call and response is a and answer musical structure.
Q4.What is a syllable?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Can you clap and chant this rhythm?
Q2.Doggie, Doggie is an example of a __________ musical structure.
Q3.The __________ is the pattern of sounds and silences that we sing and play.
Q4.How would you clap and chant this rhythm?
