Let's Rock And Roll

Music

Spot the difference! Listen to "Let's Rock and Roll" and then listen to "Hey Baby Let's Rock and Roll" - make a list of all the differences and similarities e.g. tempo (the speed of the beat), lyrics (words of the song), dynamics (music can be loud or soft), pitch (the highness or lowness of a note), tone colour the specific sound quality of a voice or instrument.

Dance

What is a locomotor move? A movement in which the body travels across space (running, creeping, rolling). What is a non-locomotor move? A movement in which the body remains anchored to one spot by a body part (for example, bending, twisting, stretching). What kind of movements can you spot in the song?

Create moves to match the words of the song.

Drama

Discuss and show the different moves for dances e.g. Rock and roll, hip hop, ball room dancing etc. (watch My Mum Loves to Rock and Roll or Country Jive for different dance styles)

Mime the move of your style of dance and see if others can guess?

Literacy

Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"

Print out the song PDF

Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.

Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.

Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,

Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).

Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.

Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.