**Lesson six in a 6-part unit of work on musical instruments and instrumental families. ** This lesson covers the keyboard family. HOWEVER This lesson can work as a stand-alone teaching resource for introducing students to keyboard instruments and does not need to be used in conjunction with other lessons in the lesson series 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 keyboard family. The following topic areas are covered in the lesson: recap of instrumental families, introduction to keyboard family and keyboard instruments, walk-through of individual keyboard instruments, activities. The piano and electric piano 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 The presentation has 30 slides. For lower level students, it may be necessary to divide the lesson into 2 halves. If this is desirable, I would recommend ending the first lesson at the point where the electric piano walk through begins. 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.

A collection of 6 worksheets on percussion 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 percussion 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 would work best when used in conjunction with the also available resource The Percussion Family Lesson, however they may also be used as standalone resources or alongside other schemes of learning.

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.

Worksheet combining music and times tables. Solve the times table problems to crack the code and spell out the names of string instruments. 2 worksheets provided. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Great starter or plenary activity - allows for numeracy and literacy development across the curriculum. Worksheet presented in an appealing way with a musical border.

A wordsearch on string instruments and key features of string instruments. Wordsearch involves 14 different words. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Great plenary or starter activity. Great for learning key words and their spellings. Presented in an appealing way with a musical border and some images.

Unscramble activity involving the names of different strin g instruments. Great activity for learning key words and their spellings. Great starter or plenary activity.

A collection of 6 fact file writing frames - one for each of the key brass instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, and harp. Writing frames include 6 prompter questions with lines underneath to help students structure and focus their fact file. There is space to provide an image. Prompter questions focus around key features of the instruments and their sound, history of the instruments, description of the instruments, then finish with more reflective questions, encouraging children to think creatively and form opinions. This resource is a great example of cross-curricular working, allowing students to develop knowledge on a specific topic whilst furthering their literacy skills in a proactive fashion. It combines student’s critical thinking with creative thinking and knowledge-based learning.

True or false quiz about string instruments. Questions cover instrument names, key features of string instruments and how they make a sound, and string instrument history as well as key facts about material and structure. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Great plenary activity to assess student learning. Great cross-curricular activity of developing literacy skills in other subjects.

Two cut and activities focused around comparing and ordering string instruments based on their pitch (high to low) and size. Answers provided on a separate sheet.

Worksheet combining music and times tables. Solve the times table problems to crack the code and spell out the names of brass instruments. 2 worksheets involved. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Worksheet presented in an appealing way with a musical border.

A wordsearch on brass instruments and key features of brass instruments. Wordsearch involves 12 different words. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Great plenary or starter activity. Great for learning key words and their spellings. Presented in an appealing way with a musical border and some images.

True or false quiz about brass instruments. Questions cover instrument names, key features of brass instruments and how they make a sound, and brass instrument history as well as key facts about material and structure. Answers provided on a separate sheet.

Unscramble activity involving the names of different brass instruments. Great activity for learning key words and their spellings. Great starter or plenary activity.

A collection of 6 fact file writing frames - one for each of the key brass instruments: trumpet, trombone, tuba, euphonium, baritone, and french horn. Writing frames include 6 prompter questions with lines underneath to help students structure and focus their factfile. There is space to provide an image. Prompter questions focus around key features of the instruments and their sound, history of the instruments, description of the instruments, then finish with more reflective questions, encouraging children to think creatively and form opinions.

Two cut and activities focused around comparing and ordering brass instruments based on their pitch (high to low) and tube length.

A true or false quiz based on facts about woodwind instruments. 12 questions in total. Where an answer is false, students are encouraged to write the true answer next to the question. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Great starter or plenary activity or way to make an informal assessment.

A collection of five fact file writing frames based on woodwind instruments. Fact file writing frame for each of the following woodwind instruments: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, saxophone. Prompt questions asked to help children construct their fact file including: description of the instrument why the instrument is woodwind how the instrument makes a sound key features of the instrument history of the instrument a question about the instrument There is also space for students to draw an image and label the different parts of the instrument. Great activity for developing student’s writing, encouraging independent research, and as a way of producing a revision resource or consolidating student’s knowledge.

Worksheet designed to help children learn the names of different woodwind instruments. The names of five woodwind instruments are provided with their letters scrambled up. Children can solidify their knowledge of woodwind instrument names by unscrambling the words and practise their spelling by putting the letters in the right order. Great starter or plenary activity.

Worksheet combining woodwind instruments/music and times tables. Coding based activity where numbers are assigned letters. Students must calculate the times table sum to work out the letter and spell out the names of different woodwind instruments. Times tables up to 12X covered.

**Lesson three in a 6-part unit of work on musical instruments and instrumental families. ** This lesson covers the brass family. HOWEVER This lesson can work as a stand-alone teaching resource for introducing students to brass instruments and does not need to be used in conjunction with other lessons in the lesson series 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 brass family. The following topic areas are covered in the lesson: recap of instrumental families, introduction to brass family and brass instruments, walk-through of individual brass instruments, comparing brass instruments. The trumpet, trombone, French Horn, euphonium, baritone, and tuba 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 hot-seating/interview activity poster-making/ advertising activity written fact-file activity Creative design activity The presentation has 43 slides. Depending on the needs of the pupils and length of the lesson, this lesson could be broken-down into 2 or 3 separate lessons. If breaking the lesson into 2, I would recommend commencing lesson 2 from ‘comparing brass instruments’. If breaking the lesson down into 3 separate lessons, I would recommend commencing lesson 2 from the walk-through of individual brass instruments, and lesson 3 from ‘comparing brass instruments’. 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.