Year 3

Rhythm Grids

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4: To create a 4 or 8-beat rhythm grid using note symbols

Year 3 – Rhythm Grids

Key Vocabulary – Rhythm notation, note symbols – crotchet, quaver, minim

Lesson 4: To create a 4 or 8-beat rhythm grid using note symbols

Outcomes

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I can choose note length symbols

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I can create 4-beat patterns

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I can play 4-beat patterns from notation

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Do now

As a class discuss the following questions:

1. What is this note symbol?

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• What is notation?

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• What other note symbols do you know?

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Watch and Do

Play

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Revise Rhythm Notation

Tea

Coffee

1 beat

1 beat silence

2 ½ beats – 1 beat

rest

Beer

2 beats

Do

Revise class grid

Do

Revise

Did you remember all the symbols?

How many beats do they represent?

How many beats are in each box of the grid?

Task

In groups of 4, create your own rhythm grid of either 4 or 8 beats.

This should be notated using note symbols.

Learn to clap the rhythms.

Optional – play on unpitched instruments

Plenary

Time to Talk:

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What did you achieve in this lesson?

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What is the shape of a 1-beat silence?

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Draw the shape of a pair of quavers in the air

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Groups share a rhythm with the class and show its notation.

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Class clap the rhythm together. Is it 4 beats?

How confident are you?

I can choose note length symbols

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I can create 4-beat patterns

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I can play 4-beat patterns from notation

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1. Very confident

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2. Unsure

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3. Not confident