Learning objective
- To explore listening and analysing a piece of music in relation to a story.
Success criteria
- I can recognise changes in the tempo of
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Listen
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading – comprehension
Pupils
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, you might want to check the children can recall how to: Engage with and respond to longer pieces of music. Begin to explain why the music has a certain effect on them. Talk about the tempo of music using the vocabulary fast and slow. Talk about the dynamics (volume) of music…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Resource: Knowledge organiser: Music – Musical storytelling to help to recall the key vocabulary, fast and slow and loud and soft, could have verbal support to interpret the music where the dynamics change. (e.g, “Is the music fast or slow here”?)
Pupils working at greater depth
Could compare and contrast different sections of the music, discussing how the changes in tempo and dynamics influence the storytelling.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to identify sections of
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Vocabulary definitions
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dynamics
The volume of the music (loud or quiet).
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encore
When the audience claps and asks musicians to play more music.
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In this unit
Assessment - Music Y2: Instruments
Lesson 1: Listening for dynamics and tempo
Lesson 2: Sound effects and dynamics
Lesson 3: Creating a soundscape
Lesson 4: Using sound to represent events
Lesson 5: Musical story performance