Composition: I like playing
Summary of task
Students sang a known nursery rhyme, Three Blind Mice. They then collaboratively composed a song using the first three notes of Three Blind Mice, experimenting with inverting the melody and identifying another common melody, Frere Jacques.
Students devised their own lyrics on the theme of what they like to do at school and perform from a class musical score of lyrics and melody letters.
The task involved students experimenting with elements of music by improvising patterns, phrases and melodies for their composition.
The task involved students playing the single line melody on classroom instruments and singing in unison.
Finally, they sang the song with a pre-programmed backing track on a tablet, demonstrating aural skills when singing.
Achievement standard
By the end of Year 4, students describe and discuss similarities and differences between artworks they make and those to which they respond. They discuss how they and others organise the elements and processes in artworks.
Students collaborate to plan and make artworks that communicate ideas.
