Rhythm and Pulse Lesson Plan - Year 3 Lesson 1
![Rhythm and Pulse Lesson Plan - Year 3 Lesson 1](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/36369aa6-4886-423d-a6d9-1807bbf6f9e1.png)
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Music Resource Description
Year 3 students embark on their musical journey with a Rhythm & Pulse lesson designed to enhance their ability to maintain a steady beat, develop their aural memory, and create rhythmic patterns. The first lesson in this series sets clear learning objectives, aiming to enable pupils to keep a consistent pulse while chanting, recall sounds with increasing accuracy, and construct their own musical sequences. Key vocabulary such as 'rhythm', 'pulse', 'copy', and 'chant' are introduced, providing the foundational language for the activities ahead.
The lesson plan is rich with interactive activities, starting with the energetic 'BOOM CHICK-A-BOOM' and continuing with the rhythm game 'WHO HAS A BROTHER?', which uses a call and response format to engage the children rhythmically. The fun continues with 'KNEE KNEE CLAP CLAP – CATEGORIES', where children choose a category and incorporate words into a rhythmic pattern, and 'KNEE CLAP CLICK CLICK', which combines bodily percussion with personal introductions. The lesson progresses to 'CHOSEN ACTIONS ON CHOSEN BEATS', challenging students to clap on specific counts, and 'CHANGING PATTERNS', where they gradually reduce the knee taps before a clap sequence. This session concludes with the game 'GRANDMA GRANDMA' as a playful cooldown, all the while aligning with the National Curriculum's requirements to use voices expressively and develop listening skills and aural memory.
![5. Grandma, grandma](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/40999bc5-6ebd-46a7-90f8-a0d34f5bd0dd.png)
![12. Goodbye everyone](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/96eab707-721d-436d-bafd-6bf535cf603d.png)
![1. Boom chick a boom](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/ea7e2277-3159-4818-8304-0e60bb010fa2.png)
![2. Who has a brother?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/e916416a-67bd-48de-b913-e4df1c304c5a.png)
![5. Pease pudding hot](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/dad03d7c-779f-4cd5-8aa2-2933bf7df01e.png)
![4. Tony Chestnut](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/0cfc6f49-ef96-4c55-9512-cb4c2a4759c1.png)
![11. Bow wow wow](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/0ea2b794-d618-4772-9af3-cf0f701340df.png)
![Track 1: Concentration](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 2: Boom Chick a Boom](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 3: Boom Chick a Boom Children Leading](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 4: Boom Chick a Boom With Instruments](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 5: Who has a Brother](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 6: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 7: Hi, My Name is Jo](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 8: John Kanaka](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 9: John Kanaka in Canon](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 10: John Kanaka Thinking Voices in Canon](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 11: Switch to the Count of 8](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 12: Switch to the Count of 4](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 13: Drum Beat Actions to the Count of 8](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 14: Follow the Leader Around the Room](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 15: Clapping Sequences with a Partner](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 16: Changing Patterns](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 17: Changing Patterns with Partners](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 18: Knee Clap Click Click Version 1](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 19: Knee Clap Click Click Version 2](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 20: Grandma, grandma](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 21: A Ship Sailed from China](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 22: Baby one](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 23: Dic Dictation](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 24: Bow Wow Wow Game](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 25: Bow Wow Wow Game Using Thinking Voices](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 26: Bow Wow Wow Tap the Pulse](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 27: Bow Wow Wow Clap the Rhythm](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 28: Bow Wow Wow Half Pulse, Half Rhythm](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 29: Bow Wow Wow Singing with Rhythmic Ostinato](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 30: Bow Wow Wow Singing and Walking the Pulse](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 31: Bow Wow Wow Walking the Pulse and Clapping the Rhythm](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 32: Come Butter Come](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 33: Pease Pudding Hot](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 34: Pease Pudding Hot in Canon](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 35: Shimmy Pop Chant](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 36: Shimmy Pop Chant and Clap the Rhythm](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 37: Shimmy Pop Think and Clap the Rhythm](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 38: Shimmy Pop Half Pulse, Half Rhythm](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 39: Shimmy Pop Chant and Play Rhythm on Claves](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 40: Shimmy Pop Think and Play Rhythm on Claves](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 41:Shimmy Pop a Composition with Pulse, Rhythm and Track 42: Rhythmic Ostinato](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 42: Rhythm Flashcards](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 43: Rhythm Memory Game](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 44: Rhythm Action Game](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 45: Rhythm Round](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 46: Rhythm Patterns on Instruments](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 47: Rhythm Round on Instruments](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 48: Chosen Actions on Chosen Beats Clap on 3, Click on 7](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 49: Chosen Actions on Chosen Beats with Thinking Voices](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 50: Chosen Actions on Chosen Beats with Thinking Track 52: Voices in Canon](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 51: Rhythm Actions Sequences](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 52: Rhythm Actions Sequences with Instruments](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 53: Class Chant](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 54: Class Chant with Instruments](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 55: Class Chant with Thinking Voices and Instruments](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 56: Down in the Valley](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 57: Tony Chestnut](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 58: Double Double This This](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 59: Don't Tap this One Back Version 1](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 60: Don't Tap this One Back Version 2](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 61: Left, Left](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 62: Accents Actions on Beat 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 63: Follow the Leader Sequence Game](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 64: Good News](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 65: The Austrian](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 66: Goodbye Mary](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 67: Goodbye Everyone](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Track 68: Goodbye Everyone with Instruments](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/active-music-video-thumbnail.png)
![Rhythm and Pulse - KS2 - Teacher Notes](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/382715c7-fca3-45cb-93d2-50db4cadcf76.png)
![Lesson 2](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/4b5ae4e6-3f8a-407f-ad13-fec835eed1b6.png)
![Lesson 3](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/4ccc35b5-ee2a-400e-aee1-84ceb5f1607c.png)
![Lesson 4](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/f6864038-687f-41cd-94bb-8c5e667826b6.png)
![Lesson 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/ba5c0fa7-e7fb-4b12-a197-9fa23d3d7b0d.png)
![Lesson 6](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/ad355d0e-36e1-40a8-bbcb-0ac3a891f4c4.png)
![3. Knee clap click click](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/2f860453-4791-497e-bf7e-c933945d2ec9.png)
![4. Changing patterns](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/868a999c-cc6e-4ebb-af7f-16510d11c303.png)
![6. The Austrian](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/d51f2624-00ee-458f-86a3-c181fc171136.png)
![8. Dic dictation](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/b36a29e7-b26f-4f41-bb5f-2f9c328ac653.png)
![9. Come butter come](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/fcaeabf9-7bc2-4ba8-8304-6d1fcdada8ed.png)
![10. Concentration](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/7447fe92-6788-4f4f-8268-eb9e96f5969d.png)
![Lesson 1](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/2fda2fef-5f2e-4c8b-8c63-89b6414ad283.png)
![Lesson 2](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/20a385d7-85f1-4b84-90dd-d27ec9ab10c0.png)
![Lesson 3](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c84797da-19d3-4684-b8bf-e6985ac1393a.png)
![Lesson 4](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c4321664-a6d7-474c-806f-62a16ea13f22.png)
![Lesson 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/04573c65-dae0-4470-85b0-26f2a65dcae8.png)
![Lesson 6](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c2f4b1d9-5762-4aae-a38c-88317d2f48c6.png)
![4. A ship sailed from China](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/ec40b11d-f445-47f3-b46b-d303f6af6390.png)
![7. Goodbye Mary](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/562bae5c-bded-40a0-ba1e-216f26f82fa6.png)
![9. Down by the banks of the hanky panky](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/d4a754ee-503b-41df-9c42-d8152df2c099.png)
![Lesson 1](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/52b443c7-94f0-4927-9b51-44f29855dd04.png)
![Lesson 2](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/36683ac2-23e1-4681-ab59-dc99efcaded6.png)
![Lesson 3](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/0f71da6f-c226-4b5d-9690-748e7c75d65f.png)
![Lesson 4](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/e81da51b-c15c-4803-856a-7a37264ef95e.png)
![Lesson 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/02eae3d3-51e7-4cc7-8320-e67ba39b2205.png)
![Lesson 6](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/04506ecc-330e-4692-ad5c-90e3728489c8.png)
![9. Double double](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/3f2fa2ec-dac2-44f7-904b-d84c5fd7f3be.png)
![Lesson 1](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/7314e871-3932-43a5-9da2-07723ec4e371.png)
![Lesson 2](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/2917dcb8-8926-42f3-8976-6ab40a509d3d.png)
![Lesson 3](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/0bfd2b3c-4b45-4131-8f68-5914aa4b37a0.png)
![Lesson 4](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/00234fcb-e85f-4861-ba3f-afec0a194dcc.png)
![Lesson 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/dc814226-2e7d-4557-b83c-10128f5bdc36.png)
![Lesson 6](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c49747ea-b410-45fe-8907-6517bb342eb8.png)
![8. John Kanaka](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c19859fa-af85-42a4-b54c-34e070b51eba.png)
![9. Baby one](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/df738b1c-463b-4aa5-a0e6-30e4d1d6b13c.png)
![7. Hi, My name's Jo](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/723dd0ec-d1a6-4a46-afbd-39f44ed89911.png)
![Concentration](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/9bc83b3f-a715-47b7-89fc-6bc6dfad280d.png)
![Boom Chick a Boom](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/e79b1b78-b06e-444a-9c0a-39875ed8f9f0.png)
![Who has a Brother?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/1381a3aa-48e1-4ff8-b8d9-49e33c29ebac.png)
![Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/1be03f57-f280-47af-a6dc-d4189a65ee92.png)
![Hi, My Name's Jo](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/49ec7313-0aa7-48ea-be59-c59b4edb2a08.png)
![John Kanaka](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/1ab89289-023e-48e0-b370-161df1cf2dbc.png)
![Changing Patterns](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/d37abd25-de32-48b0-b1d7-b79f4a9668f5.png)
![Knee Clap Click Click](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/e7f16073-f30b-4a73-b849-d1b550faac30.png)
![Granda, Grandma](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c8656f66-6a22-49d7-b6d8-7789767bfcc4.png)
![A Ship Sailed from China](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/5edb0a32-303c-478f-beab-f9b2a123de27.png)
![Baby One](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/50775e30-e0f0-4df3-a1d3-8ab78a14abbb.png)
![Dic Dictation](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/e9cbaf9b-bd2c-48e6-9c6c-03e1835eac12.png)
![Bow Wow Wow](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/5793d504-8d05-45d7-8294-4115c6d3b6ec.png)
![Come, Butter Come](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c68d35ce-eca5-476c-a274-15a25885c889.png)
![Pease Pudding Hot](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/4ee8552b-34f1-4cf1-a24e-563b79ff046a.png)
![Shimmy Pop](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/ea1cc94e-bfef-4908-a80c-f925d32d4f4a.png)
![Down in the Valley](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c69c4b12-c3d0-44d6-8952-8f99fcaed54f.png)
![Tony Chestnut](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/d58e68d9-fa1b-4900-9d56-4bf03313dac7.png)
![Double Double This This](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/10f7ee47-0900-412c-82be-193e08fb2ad5.png)
![Left Left](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/60383f23-b06e-4cd2-a521-64736f07473b.png)
![Good News](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/70e5ade7-b635-462d-b7f7-1c204ac359b9.png)
![The Austrian](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/ab177a4e-d289-4c14-b1fe-a637519eb24a.png)
![Goodbye Mary](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/0d702c8e-4e26-4112-b670-d473a5e1912f.png)
![Goodbye Everyone](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/be4d404a-58af-4808-812f-30826d39554f.png)
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