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Loud & Quiet

Kindergartners learn that sounds can be loud or quiet — a booming drum or a soft whisper — and practice hearing and making loud and quiet sounds.

KindergartenDynamics25 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Know loud sounds.
  • ✓Know quiet sounds.
  • ✓Sort the sounds.
  • ✓Make loud and quiet.
Essential Question

Some sounds are LOUD like a big drum, and some are quiet like a little whisper! Can you tell them apart?

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Lesson Phases
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Vocabulary Terms
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Standards Aligned
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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Loud Sound or Quiet Sound?

Project this and sort each sound into loud or quiet.

🎵 Sort each — loud or quiet?Try it
🔊 Loud
🔉 Quiet
Tap a sound, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Artistic Process (Listen · Explore · Create · Perform · Reflect)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Listen — Boom or Whisper

3 min

A big drum is LOUD, a whisper is quiet — can you tell?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make a loud and quiet sound.
  • Ask which is which.
  • Warm up.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Explore — Loud & Quiet

7 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Loud Sound or Quiet Sound?
  • Sort each one.
  • Make them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort them.
  • Make them.
  • Name.
3

Create — Create

7 min

Children create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Clap loud.
  • Whisper quiet.
  • Go loud then quiet.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Loud!
  • Quiet.
  • Change it.
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Perform — Perform

5 min

Children perform.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Follow a loud/quiet leader.
  • Make a sound.
  • Be kind.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Follow.
  • Make it.
  • Be kind.
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Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a loud sound.
  • Name a quiet sound.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Music).

NCAS
MU:Pr4.2.K

Perform loud and quiet sounds.

NCAS
MU:Re7.2.K

Describe loud and quiet.

NCAS
MU:Cr1.1.K

Explore sound volume.

NCAS
MU:Re7.1.K

Recognize dynamics.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Loud/quiet cards.
  • Sentence frame: “This is ___.”
  • Clap together.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with loud vs. quiet.
  • Use pictures.
  • Clap along.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Get louder and softer.
  • Match sounds to animals.
  • Draw loud and quiet.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🥁A drum
  • 💻Loud Sound or Quiet Sound?
  • 👏Hands to clap
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

louda big, strong soundquieta soft, small soundsoundsomething you hearbooma loud drumwhispera very soft voiceclapa loud hand soundsqueaka tiny soundsoftnot loud
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Is a big drum boom loud or quiet?
Loud.
QUESTION 2
Is a whisper loud or quiet?
Quiet.
QUESTION 3
Name a quiet sound.
A whisper, a mouse squeak, or a gentle hum.

Reflect: loud and quiet.

Have children make one loud sound and one quiet sound at home. A printable loud-quiet sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

🃏 Loud & QuietFlip
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Term
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Meaning
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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

📝 Loud & QuietQuiz
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Question 1
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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Loud & QuietPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: boom, clap, loud, quiet, soft, sound, squeak, whisper
  1. a tiny sound
  2. a loud hand sound
  3. a loud drum
  4. a very soft voice
  5. not loud
  6. something you hear
  7. a soft, small sound
  8. a big, strong sound

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Is a big drum boom loud or quiet?
  2. Is a whisper loud or quiet?
  3. Name a quiet sound.
Answer key — Part A: 1) squeak · 2) clap · 3) boom · 4) whisper · 5) soft · 6) sound · 7) quiet · 8) loud
Part B: 1) Loud. 2) Quiet. 3) A whisper, a mouse squeak, or a gentle hum.