Hugh’s Rain Music: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 4. An adult reads the questions and clues aloud. Children can talk, point, sign or choose an answer. For Jumbled Words, show the matching vocabulary word and build it together; children do not need to read independently.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

instrument: An object used to make music.
score: A way of recording how a piece of music should go.
rhythm: A pattern of sounds and silences in time.
volume: How loud or quiet a sound is.
silence: A time with no sound.

Jumbled Words

Use the clue to make a word from the story. Drag the letters with a mouse or finger, or tap a letter and then a space.

Put the story in order

Drag the pictures into order from first to last with a mouse or finger. Or tap a picture, then tap where it should go. Use arrow keys to move a focused picture.

Tell the story

Listen to weather from a safe place. Make a quiet sound piece with agreed cues, comfortable volume and room for silence. Compare listeners’ ideas.