Lesson One – What Sounds
This music teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify, describe and develop a range of different sounds that are related to a rainforest habitat and the animals that live in this location.
The class can select and define special vocabulary words that can be used to describe the quality and tone of different sounds such as pitch and amplitude.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and develop a range of different sounds that are related to a rainforest habitat and the animals that live in this location
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe sounds that can be used to represent different animals that live in a rainforest and a set of cards to create and perform sounds using percussion instruments to match different vocabulary words.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore different sounds that are related to a rainforest habitat and the animals that live in this location.
This lesson is part of a music scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compose a selection of rhythm patterns to use in musical compositions reflecting and illustrating life in a rainforest location. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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