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Lesson Two – Rhythm Words

This music teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and perform a range of vocabulary word phrases to develop rhythm patterns that can be used to represent how the rain is falling.
The class can identify the syllables that feature in a range of words which can then be used to build their matching rhythm patterns to show different types of rain.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and perform a range of vocabulary word phrases to develop rhythm patterns that can be used to represent how the rain is falling
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and perform different rhythm patterns that can represent the rain and a worksheet to select and perform a range of word phrases to play as rhythm patterns to illustrate how the rain is falling.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use word phrases to develop rhythm patterns that can be used to represent rain.
This lesson is part of a music scheme of work to get the children to practise composing and performing four beat rhythm patterns to reflect ideas and expressions illustrating the weather. 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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