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Week 02 · Make It Buzz

Thursday

Loud and soft
// Vibrating things make sound
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: Loud and soft

Rocket bangs his drum hard. BOOM!

Nova dims her lights. "Wow, that was big!"

Raven taps the drum gently. Tap. "What do you notice?"

Big vibrations, small vibrations

A hard hit makes a big vibration.

A big vibration makes a loud sound.

A gentle tap makes a small vibration.

A small vibration makes a soft sound.

How you hit the drumVibrationSound
Hard hitBigLoud
Gentle tapSmallSoft
FROM SOFT TO LOUD
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1Softest
2Middle
3Loudest
LOUD OR SOFT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Raven taps the drum gently. What kind of sound?
Which makes a bigger vibration?
Try it
Tap a pot gently with a spoon.
Then tap it a little harder.
Which sound was louder?
SIZE OF THE SOUND
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Rocket bangs the drum hard. What kind of sound?
A gentle tap makes what kind of vibration?
You want a quiet sound for a sleeping baby. You...
Which is louder?
SentenceTrue or false?
A hard hit makes a big vibration.?
A small vibration makes a loud sound.?
A gentle tap makes a soft sound.?
Big vibrations make loud sounds.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThe size of the vibration sets how loud it is.
Draw a loud drum and a soft drum.

Word Spot: name, sentence, man

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Name: N-A-M-E.

Sentence: S-E-N-T-E-N-C-E.

Man: M-A-N.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
A dog has a ___ too.
Read the ___ out loud.
A ___ is walking his dog.

You can make loud and soft sounds now!

Tomorrow you will meet music makers.

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