Year 3
Rhythm Grids
Lesson 5
Lesson 5: To prepare a performance of a 4 or 8-beat notated rhythm grid
Year 3 – Rhythm Grids
Key Vocabulary – Rhythm notation, note symbols – crotchet, quaver, minim, structure
Lesson 5: To prepare a performance of a 4 or 8-beat notated rhythm grid
Outcomes
I can read note length symbols more confidently
I can rehearse 4-beat rhythms to become more accurate
I can play 4-beat rhythms from notation
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Do now
As a class discuss the following questions:
Watch and Do
Rhythm Clap-A-Long – levels 1 and 2.
Who can make up a 4-beat rhythm for everyone to clap back?
Can anyone make up an 8-beat rhythm?
Do
Revise Rhythm Notation
Tea
Coffee
1 beat
1 beat silence
2 ½ beats – 1 beat
rest
Beer
2 beats
Do
How can we perform a grid?
Do
Task
Using the group rhythm grid of either 4 or 8 beats created last lesson, structure a performance for next lesson, using unpitched percussion.
Think about
Structure–ostinato layers or a round
How will the piece start? Stop?
What sounds will be used – all the same or different?
Will someone count in at the start? Will there be a conductor?
Will the dynamics or tempo change during the music?
Plenary
Time to Talk:
What did you achieve in this lesson?
What makes an effective performance?
How can this be achieved?
Groups share their piece so far.
Class give feedback to support the group to perform more accurately or effectively next lesson.
How confident are you?
I can read note length symbols more confidently
I can rehearse 4-beat rhythms to become more accurate
I can play 4-beat rhythms from notation
1. Very confident
2. Unsure
3. Not confident