Lesson One – Sea Life

This music teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify, describe and model some of the different sounds that could be heard when visiting a seashore location and habitat.

The class can select and record lists of words to describe some of the different materials and animals that can be found on the beach at the seaside or in the sea.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and model some of the different sounds that could be heard when visiting a seashore location and habitat

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different sounds that could be heard in a specific location and a vocabulary word bank to list and describe sounds some of the different sounds that could be heard in a seaside location.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe some of the different sounds that could be heard when visiting the seashore.

This lesson is part of a music scheme of work to get the children to compose and perform a range of musical compositions to reflect movements of sea waves and animals that live on a beach and in the sea. 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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