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Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families - WHOLE UNIT WITH WORKSHEETS

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6 LESSON SERIES ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTAL FAMILIES - WHOLE UNIT OF WORK WITH WORKSHEETS INCLUDED The aim of this unit of work is to enable children to learn about music and musical instruments without the requirement of any specialist music teacher, prior musical knowledge, or practical music resources like instruments. Structure There are 6 lessons within this unit of work on the topic of musical instruments and instrumental families. Each lesson is titled as follows: Introduction to Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families The Woodwind Family The Brass Family The String Family The Percussion Family The Keyboard Family Lesson Content Each lesson is structured as a detailed presentation. Each presentation follows the same structure to allow for consistency throughout the unit. Introduction and Recap of Instrumental Families Introduction to the topic instrumental family - overview Key instruments within that instrumental family Comparing instruments within that family Activities In each lesson, up to 6 musical instruments from the instrumental family in question are covered in detail with an overarching focus on key features of that family. The aim for each lesson is for students to recognise and describe to a basic level features and instruments within that instrumental family. Activities Questions are asked throughout to help engage students’ attention and allow them to have an active part in their learning. Activities are also involved in the lesson to help students consolidate their knowledge. Activities include the following: mind map activity poster-making/ advertising activity written fact-file activity Creative design activity All activities are designed to cover the instrumental family in question, and incorporate cross-curricular learning with specific emphasis on numeracy and literacy skills. Inclusivity Colour is used throughout to aid memory. Colour coding is used throughout the unit to provide consistency with colour links across lessons. Animations and transitions are used throughout to engage attention but they are used subtly so as to not become overwhelming or overstimulating. For lower level learners, all lessons can be easily segmented into 2/3 lessons. Suggestions for differentiation included. Worksheets Every lesson comes with a worksheet pack. In each pack there are 6 different worksheets for you to choose from. Each worksheet is a different activity including: Wordsearch Unscramble True or False Quiz Cut and Stick Riddles Fact File writing Times table problems Each worksheet aims to consolidate knowledge on the instrumental family at hand whilst also drawing on cross-curricular skills especially numeracy and literacy. The range of worksheets means the packs are ideal for differentiation and allowing children choice in their learning. All worksheets come with a separate answer sheet where appropriate. They are presented in an appealing way with large, clear easy to read text, musical borders, and images.

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Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families - WHOLE UNIT

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6 LESSON SERIES ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTAL FAMILIES - WHOLE UNIT OF WORK The aim of this unit of work is to enable children to learn about music and musical instruments without the requirement of any specialist music teacher, prior musical knowledge, or practical music resources like instruments. Structure There are 6 lessons within this unit of work on the topic of musical instruments and instrumental families. Each lesson is titled as follows: Introduction to Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families The Woodwind Family The Brass Family The String Family The Percussion Family The Keyboard Family Lesson Content Each lesson is structured as a detailed presentation. Each presentation follows the same structure to allow for consistency throughout the unit. Introduction and Recap of Instrumental Families Introduction to the topic instrumental family - overview Key instruments within that instrumental family Comparing instruments within that family Activities In each lesson, up to 6 musical instruments from the instrumental family in question are covered in detail with an overarching focus on key features of that family. The aim for each lesson is for students to recognise and describe to a basic level features and instruments within that instrumental family. Activities Questions are asked throughout to help engage students’ attention and allow them to have an active part in their learning. Activities are also involved in the lesson to help students consolidate their knowledge. Activities include the following: mind map activity poster-making/ advertising activity written fact-file activity Creative design activity All activities are designed to cover the instrumental family in question, and incorporate cross-curricular learning with specific emphasis on numeracy and literacy skills. Inclusivity Colour is used throughout to aid memory. Colour coding is used throughout the unit to provide consistency with colour links across lessons. Animations and transitions are used throughout to engage attention but they are used subtly so as to not become overwhelming or overstimulating. For lower level learners, all lessons can be easily segmented into 2/3 lessons. Suggestions for differentiation included.

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Woodwind Instruments Work Sheet Pack

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A collection of 10 worksheets on woodwind instruments. Five different activities involved in the worksheets. Factfile writing Wordsearch Word unscramble True or False Quiz Times table coding sheet Fact files: Five fact file writing frames are provided in total; one for each of the following woodwind instruments - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone. The fact file writing frames are structured with subheadings to guide student’s ideas. The worksheet works to promote student’s ability to research independently and transfer their research into their own words as well as organising their ideas… Wordsearch: wordsearch covering 12 key words regarding woodwind instruments. Answer sheet provided. Great for helping with spelling. Word unscramble: Focus on the five main woodwind instruments; flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone. True or False Quiz: 12 question quiz on the woodwind family. Answer sheet provided. Times table coding sheet: combining skills of times tables and woodwind instrument knowledge. Students solve the times table sums to crack the code and spell out the names of woodwind instruments. Worksheets could make great starter or plenary activities, or in the case of the writing frames - great inner-lesson activities. Worksheets work well in conjunction with the woodwind family lesson presentation, also available. Worksheets are presented in an easy-to-read, appealing format with a musical border and large text.

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The String Family - Worksheet Pack

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A collection of 6 worksheets on string instruments. Each worksheet aims to use and develop different skills and draw upon different curriculum areas including numeracy and literacy. Worksheets include: Times table activity Wordsearch Cut and stick Fact file writing Unscramble True or false quiz Answers are given for each worksheet where appropriate. Worksheets cover: different string instruments, descriptions of those instruments, how they make their sound, history of the instruments. Purpose of the worksheets vary. Some worksheets, for example the fact file writing, would be ideally placed within a lesson whereas other worksheets would work best as a starter or plenary activity to frame the lesson. These worksheets are best used in conjunction with the also available resource The String Family Lesson, however they will also work as a standalone resource or with other schemes of learning.

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The Keyboard Family Worksheet Pack

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A collection of 4 worksheets on keyboard instruments. Each worksheet aims to use and develop different skills and draw upon different curriculum areas including numeracy and literacy. Worksheets include: Times table activity Wordsearch Fact file writing Unscramble Answers are given for each worksheet where appropriate. Worksheets cover: different keyboard instruments, descriptions of those instruments, how they make their sound, history of the instruments. Purpose of the worksheets vary. Some worksheets, for example the fact file writing, would be ideally placed within a lesson whereas other worksheets would work best as a starter or plenary activity to frame the lesson. The worksheets would work well in conjunction with also available resource The Keyboard Family Lesson but they can also be used as stand alone resources or with other schemes.

Musical Instruments Times Table Problems

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Musical Instruments Times Table Problems

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Times Table Problem Solving sheet based around musical instruments. Simple times table sums using times tables up to and including 12x where each answer corresponds with a letter and the letters go together to spell out the names of different musical instruments. Eencourages children to apply their maths and times table knowledge whilst also learning and consolidating knowledge of musical instrument names. Two worksheets included with answers. Great as a starter or plenary activity.

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Musical Instruments Word Unscramble

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Worksheet designed to challenge children to learn and recall the names of musical instruments through the unscrambling of letters. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Worksheet is laid out in a friendly-manner. Framed in such a way to encourage the children to complete the work by giving a back-story about a character Oli Owl who has mixed up his letters in his musical instrument inventory. Worksheet invites the children to help Oli write his list out again. First letter of each instrument is left a capital as a starting point for each answer. Useful for learning musical instrument names, practising handwriting, practising spelling. Great starter or plenary task.

The Woodwind Family - Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families Lesson Two

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The Woodwind Family - Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families Lesson Two

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**Lesson two in a 6-part unit of work on musical instruments and instrumental families. ** This lesson covers the woodwind family. The aim of this unit of work is to enable children to learn about music and musical instruments without the requirement of any specialist music teacher, prior musical knowledge, or practical music resources like instruments. This lesson covers the woodwind family. The following topic areas are covered in the lesson: recap of instrumental families, introduction to woodwind family and woodwind instruments, walk-through of individual woodwind instruments, comparing woodwind instruments. The flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone are discussed in this lesson. The lesson is structured as a detailed presentation. Questions are asked throughout to help engage students’ attention and allow them to have an active part in their learning. Activities are also involved in the lesson to help students consolidate their knowledge. Activities include the following: mind map activity poster-making/ advertising activity written fact-file activity Creative design activity Colour is used throughout to aid memory. Animations and transitions are used throughout to engage attention but they are used subtly so as to not become overwhelming or overstimulating.

Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families - Lesson One

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Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families - Lesson One

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**Lesson one is a series of six lessons on musical instruments and instrumental families. ** This presentation covers lesson one which focuses on introducing the different instrumental families and briefly covering which instruments would be included in those instrumental families and key features of those instrumental families. The idea behind these lesson is so that children can be taught about music even without having access to musical instruments or a music specialist. Lessons do not require pupils or staff to have prior musical knowledge to be taught and understood. Focus is on: names of musical instruments, names of instrumental families, key facts and features of musical instruments and instrumental families. Instrumental families included: woodwind, brass, strings, percussion, keyboard (keyboard has been used a separate category to avoid confusion between whether pianos are string or percussion - this is explained) Questions are spoken tasks are included throughout to engage pupil’s attention and allow them to have an active part in their learning. Mind-map tasks interspersed throughout the second half of the presentation and the presentation finishes with a suggestion for two tasks to consolidate knowledge: a research based task, and a worksheet based task (corresponding worksheets available separately). Colour is used to aid memory and learning. Animations are used to allow for questions to be asked and answered, and to engage pupil’s attention but animations are subtle so as to not be over-stimulating.

Instrumental Families Worksheet Pack - Lesson One

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Instrumental Families Worksheet Pack - Lesson One

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Lesson One: Introducing Musical Instruments and Instrumental Families - Worksheet Pack Worksheets to accompany lesson one of a 6 lesson unit of work looking at musical instruments and instrumental families. The idea is to teach children about these key areas without needing any specialist musical knowledge or practical music resources like instruments. 7 worksheets included in the pack each covering a range of different activities including: Wordsearch Unscrambling activity Cut-and-stick activity Colour coding activity Times table activity Written fact-file activity Riddles activity Worksheets used best in conjunction with the presentation “Introducing Musical Instruments and Instrument Families - Lesson One” - also available. Worksheets presented in a friendly format with a music themed border. Answers provided for each activity where appropriate. Great starter or plenary activities, but could also be used within lesson to consolidate knowledge. Worksheets could supply a number of different lessons or the whole pack could be given at once to encourage children to structure their own learning and manage how and when they complete activities.

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Analysis of On Wenlock Edge

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This presentation provides a detailed analytical account of numbers 1, 3 and 5 from Ralph Vaughan-Williams’ On Wenlock Edge: On Weblock Edge, Is my team plowing?, and Bredon Hill. The presentation covers analytical points of interest within each piece regarding the melody, harmony, texture, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo, sonority, and dynamics to aid students in their ability to answer essay questions. Also covered is a chronological account of analytical points of interest within each music to help prepare students to answer listening questions on these works. The presentation also includes contextual information surrounding the work, including links to works of a similar style. The style of presentation is so that it could easily be converted into flashcards for revision after the presentation has been used for teaching and score annotations for example.