Lesson Five – Rhythm Sounds
This music teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and create a range of different sounds to complement eight beat rhythm patterns when developing compositions about rainforest life.
The class can explain and model how to use percussion instruments to best illustrate life in a rainforest habitat such as the sounds produced by the weather and animals.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and create a range of different sounds to complement eight beat rhythm patterns when developing compositions about rainforest life
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe some of the sounds made by different animals living in a rainforest and a template to select record compositions to represent rhythms and sounds that might be heard in a rainforest location.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to create sounds to complement eight beat rhythm patterns when developing compositions about rainforest life.
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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