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Lesson One – Train Sounds
This music teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify, describe and perform some of the different sounds that might be heard when travelling somewhere on a train journey.
The class can practise performing some of the different sounds that can be used to represent a train journey with long and short durations such as the train’s engine and whistle.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and perform some of the different sounds that might be heard when travelling somewhere on a train journey
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe sounds that might be heard when travelling somewhere by train and a set of cards to create different sounds with long and short durations to match things that might be heard when travelling on a train journey.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore some of the different sounds that might be heard when travelling somewhere by train.
This lesson is part of a music scheme of work to get the children to practise composing and playing different sounds and rhythm patterns to represent the movement of a train using long and short durations. 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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