Rhythm and Pulse Lesson Plan - Year 5 Lesson 2

The second lesson in the Rhythm & Pulse series for Year 5 students aims to enhance their musical timing and coordination skills. The learning objectives are focused on students singing in unison while performing actions to a steady pulse and creating their own clapping and movement sequences to perform. The key vocabulary for the lesson includes 'pulse' and 'chant', essential terms when discussing rhythmic patterns in music. To facilitate the activities, music with a regular pulse is used as a resource, providing a backdrop for the children to clap and move to.

The main activities of the lesson are engaging and interactive, starting with the game 'CONCENTRATION', where students sit in a circle, chant, and perform a series of continuous actions while saying names in rhythm. This game challenges them to maintain a pulse, coordinate actions, and think simultaneously. Other activities include singing and playing games like 'A SHIP SAILED FROM CHINA' and 'DOUBLE DOUBLE THIS THIS', which further reinforce rhythmic skills. The students are also encouraged to partner up and create their own clapping sequences to music, which they then perform and appraise, discussing the steadiness of the pulse and originality of their sequences. The lesson concludes with a plenary that includes singing and performing actions to 'TONY CHESTNUT', followed by a farewell song 'GOODBYE EVERYONE', which the children sing, hum, and think with actions. The lesson aligns with the National Curriculum by using singing and voice to create music collaboratively and explore duration in music.