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Day 83 · A gentle releaseFoundation Music · T2 W17–18 · Day 83 lesson

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Foundation / Music / Term 2 / Weeks 17 18

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Target/codes: plan S S V V and show the intended S→V release while holding source, pitch and event spacing fixed; AC9AMUFD01, AC9AMUFC01. Prepare: B level lanes, Practice C, raised cards.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Recall lift with cards only; say that “release” is a planned decrease from S to V, not an instruction to become silent.
  2. Model · 4 min. Make S S V V; add one large boundary marker after place 2. Every event still has a mark.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Child compares yesterday's direction with today's, using one/two dots or text. Do not ask for a correct emotion.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child chooses a release for a resting toy train, a settled rain story, or a plain score, with their own reason. A child may choose no soundtrack and still explain the planned level path.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Record the child's exact card order and reason; actual acoustic change is a separate box left blank unless observed.
  6. Close · 2 min. Tomorrow two plans can have the same four events but different expressive paths.