Exploring Patterns in Sounds | 1st Grade Maths Term 1 Chapter 3

Exploring Patterns in Sounds | 1st Grade Maths Term 1 Chapter 3

Patterns in Sounds

1st Maths : Term 1 Unit 3 : Patterns

Keywords: Pattern, Sound, Colour

Note to Teacher:

Enact the situation in the classroom by producing the above sounds. Encourage the children to mimic some other sounds that they have heard in their real life situations. Example: Sounds of birds, animals, vehicles, etc.,

Travel through

On my way to school !

Mathi is going to school. On the way, she hears many sounds. She is enjoying the patterns in it. Let us go along with her and enjoy it.

A girl named Mathi on her way to school, observing various sound patterns from a bell, a cuckoo bird, a drum, and rain.

Teacher's note

• Enact the situation in the classroom by producing the above sounds.

• Encourage the children to mimic some other sounds that they have heard in their real life situations. Example: Sounds of birds, animals, vehicles, etc.,

Learn

I am happy!

Illustration of hands clapping.

Clap, Clap, clap

I am happy at my home;

So, I clap, clap clap.

Illustration of fingers snapping.

Snap, snap, snap

I am happy at my school;

So. I snap, snap, snap.

Illustration of feet stamping.

Stamp, stamp, stamp

I am happy at my class;

So I stamp stamp stamp.

Illustration of a hand tapping a surface.

Tap, tap, tap

I am happy everywhere;

So I tap, tap, tap.

Teacher's note

• Sing the song by making the sounds.

• Further in the next rounds, while singing, the teacher should make the sounds instead of using the words clap, snap, stamp, and top. This will add flavour to the sound pattern.

Practice

Let us clap

Teacher initiates the activity by clapping in a definite pattern.

* l clap- l clap – 1 clap...

* 2 claps - 2 claps - 2 claps....

* 1 clop- 1 clap- 3 claps, l clap- l clap- 3 claps....

* 3 claps- 3 claps – 1 clap – 1 clap – 1 clap....

Try this

A cat and a dog talking to each other.

Meow and Bow-Bow are friends. They are meeting after a longtime. Think how their conversation would be like!

Activity

Act and enjoy

Aim: Creating patterns in sounds.

Things needed: Pencil, steel spoon, plastic scale, wooden duster, steel tumbler.

Objects needed for the activity: pencil, spoon, scale, duster, tumbler.

Procedure: By gently tapping these, make different sound patterns and enjoy. Follow the patterns given below. Try some other patterns also.

Example sound patterns using the objects.

Oh! sound patterns are every where! Where do you hear such patterns in sound? Share it!

An icon representing thinking.