Year 3 - Music
Singing together to build a community
Singing together: how songs are used in communities
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Unit Summary
Pupils learn that singing often draws communities together to tell stories, comment on history, share happy or sad times and to worship. Through rehearsing and performing a range of songs, pupils explore how different songs capture different emotions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to take part in singing games and understand that singing games can be used to strengthen communities.
Key Notes
- Playground singing games are often short, memorable folk songs that are passed down orally.
- Playground singing games are often unaccompanied so that they can be played anywhere.
- Playground games can help us connect with one another and can help to build a happy community.
Vocabulary To Learn
- warm up: a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing
- folk song: a song that originates from a particular country, culture or people that is usually passed down orally
- community: a group of people that are connected because they have things or places in common. For example, a school community
- unaccompanied song: a song that uses voices only
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Playground singing games (such as clapping games) are only played in my school/schools in the UK.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Playground singing games are often short, memorable folk songs that are passed down orally. Playground singing games are often unaccompanied so that they can be played anywhere.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'warm up'
a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Playground singing games (such as clapping games) are only played in my school/schools in the UK. Correction: Playground singing games (including clapping games) are shared in playground communities from all over the world. For example, this unit includes playground singing games from the UK, Ghana, Finland, Japan and USA.
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