Music task 2 – Pitch
Way back in the first week of Home Learning, we learnt a little about tempo. Can you remember what the tempo of a piece of music is? The tempo of a piece of music is the speed. Tempo might stay the same all the way through, or it might change, like the two pieces of music we listened to. Here are the links to listen again if you’d like a reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpOAnWEyzt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrIYT-MrVaI
This week, we are going to think about pitch. Pitch is how high or low a note sounds. Sounds can be high pitched, like the squeak of a mouse or a scream. Sounds can also be low pitched, like the growling of a dog or the bang of a big bass drum.
Listen to some of the instrument sound clips on this website. Are the instruments high pitched or low pitched? Start with the violin and the tuba – they’re easy ones!
http://www.beginband.com/sndclips.shtml
The pitch of a piece of music can change how it makes you feel and what it makes you think of. Listen to these pieces of music and see what you think.
This piece of music uses a lot of high pitched notes. It is called The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and I think the high pitched notes make it sound magical and light.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1qLYukTH8
This piece of music uses a lot of low pitched notes. It is the theme music from a film called “Jaws”, which is about a giant shark. I think the low pitched notes make it sound frightening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX3bN5YeiQs
Today I would like you to experiment with making sounds of different pitch using instruments or objects in your house. You could even order the sounds you hear from lowest to highest pitch. Here are some ideas:
- Filling objects with different amounts of water can change the pitch. Try blowing across the top or tapping them gently to make a sound.
- Usually, large objects make a low pitched sound and small objects make a high pitched sound. Can you find objects around the house that follow this pattern?
- How do you change the pitch on an instrument in your house? You might change where on the instrument you play, which holes you cover or where you press a string.
Don’t forget to add your videos and photos to the Padlet – I can’t wait to hear them!
English Task
This will be the final week that we focus on creating our rainforest story. The overall aim for the week is to write an adventure story based on an explorer in the Amazon Rainforest. Children can focus on creating a draft first and then by following the video below, create their own story book with front cover and blurb. I have attached help sheets and checklists for children to use after they have completed their drafts to edit their work.
Activity 1- create your draft of your rainforest story
Activity 2- edit your story using the checklist below
Activity 3- using the video tutorial below, create your own rainforest adventure book that includes a front cover and blurb.
Reading Activity
How to Train Your Dragon Summarising Practice Worksheet
Maths Activities
Activity 1:
Follow the link below to practice some number work!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6vr47h
Activity 2:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
For this task you will need to go to the website in the link above. Then you will need to scroll down to where it says ‘summer term week 1’ and click on the +. Then watch the video under lesson 1 –Make a whole. I have attached the task above.
Activity 3:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
For this task you will need to go to the website in the link above. Then you will need to scroll down to where it says ‘summer term week 1’ and click on the +. Then watch the video under lesson 2 – Write decimals. I have attached the task above.
Activity 4:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
For this task you will need to go to the website in the link above. Then you will need to scroll down to where it says ‘summer term week 1’ and click on the +. Then watch the video under lesson 3 – Compare decimals. I have attached the task above.
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