CHARLES DICKENS PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSIC PLANNING

Learning intention - LI – I can play call and Link to National Mu2/1.1

response rhythms on the Curriculum -
ukulele using basic chords
while sounding out new ‘ta
ti’ rhythm syllables
Year group: Year 4 Topic Resources/ instruments Skills being learnt Learning focus
- Rhythm
Date : Monday 24th April - Instrumental lesson
Starter

Activity 1 Rhythm class moving - Students should be

coffee tea on to ‘ti ta’ able to identify
call and response using different
new music syllables. subdivisions and
Move to symbols on verbalise the
board. rhythm with ‘ta ti’
Different colour rhythms Syllables.
for different notations. - Students should be
Breaking class into groups able to recall
simoltaniously clapping 4/4 rhythms from a
rhythms. Student should call and response
see how they’re exercise while
interconnected with the 4 identifiying
bar pulse. syllables

Activity 2 Get students on ukulele’s - Students should be

go over C, Am, F G. able to play basic
chords in a
ensemble context
With the individual chords
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play rhythms on hand following rhythm

drum and get students to ideas from the
strum the rhythms back. first activity.
Play rhythms on the hand
drums and sound out the
ta ti values.
Get students to play back
rhythms and sound out the
vowels.
Get individual students to
lead the rhythms on the
hand drums for the rest of
the class.
Finish by talking about the
class’s favourite styles and
songs they enjoy.
Implement these in future
lessons.