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Fourth Grade

Fourth Grade Music
 
Hi Fourth Graders!
 
Welcome to music.  Come on in respectful, responsible, and safe.  I'm glad you're here! 
 
Each week should have two lessons.  One lesson for instruments of the orchestra.  One lesson for recorders.  You get to choose which you do when, but I would like you to do both lessons each week.  Anything that is underlined is a link to materials you may need to help you with the objective.  
 
If you need sheet music it can always be found at my website:  https://sites.google.com/district96.org/howes/fourth-grade under the tab of "recorder."
 
Questions/Problems
 
If you have questions or problems please let me know.  You can ask your home adults to e-mail me at:  [email protected].  I'll be checking my e-mail, but depending on the number of e-mails I may take a while to respond.  If you are stuck on something then you should move on to another section of the lesson or start a new lesson and come back when you've heard from me.
Noon Tunes
 
If your classroom teacher has not asked you to listen to the Noon Tune every day you can do that for music class!   It's interesting and can give a few minutes of relaxation between your regular class work.  
 
Directions:
1.  Click this link:  https://sites.google.com/district96.org/noontunes
2.  Find the week we are currently in and click that.
3.  Click the play button next to the day of the week.
4.  Enjoy the beautiful music!
Lessons for the week of May 25
This week you have a choice of how to do the lessons.   
 
1.  The same as we have been doing since March.  Scroll down and click the underlined blue links in each lesson.
 
OR
 
2.  Go to my virtual classroom.  There you will find a more visually exciting version of the same lessons.  (If you choose this option please let me know if it works.  I'm trying this for the first time now.)
Warm-up
 
Objective:  I can connect history to the National Anthem.
 
1.  Watch this video about the history and meaning of our national anthem.
2.  Listen to two different versions:
     a.  Traditional - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
     b.  Pop - Whitney Houston
 
3.  Exit Slip
Warm-up
 
Objective:  I can perform patriotic music.
 
Monday, May 25, 2020 was Memorial Day.  Sing a patriotic song in honor of those who sacrifice to keep our country safe and free.
 
1.  Perform the songs you know from Veterans Day.
 
Kindergarten - Yankee Doodle
First Grade - America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)
Second Grade - You're a Grand Old Flag
Third Grade - God Bless America
Fourth Grade - This Land Is Your Land
Fifth Grade - Thank You Soldiers
All - America the Beautiful
 
2.  Watch this video.
 
3.  No exit slip today.  Have a great summer!
Previous Lessons
Warm-up
 
Objective:  I can respond to the blues.
 
1.  Mississippi Delta Blues
2.  Sweet Home Chicago
 
Find the information and music here.
 
3.  Exit slip
Warm-up
 
Objective:  I can perform twelve bar blues.
 
1.  Twelve Bar Blues
     a.  Pat the 12-bar blues with me.
     b.  Sing and pat the 12-bar blues.
     c.  Make up your own words to the blues and sing them to this backing track.
          i.  Here's a template to help you with your words.
 
Objective:  I can perform rhythm patterns.
 
2.  If your family is like mine you have the blues about not being able to watch baseball on TV.  My sisters and parents are missing their Cubbies!   Here's a musical baseball activity to hold you over.
 
3.  Exit Slip
Warm-up
 
Objective:  I can perform songs and variations.
 
1.  Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
     a.  Sing the song  (I think you should know this one.)
     b.  Sing the song, but change the tempo (tempo means speed)
          i.  Introduction to the metronome.  Try it yourself on google metronome.
          ii.  Sing with different tempi
               a.  Presto  (quarter note = 192)
               b.  Allegro (quarter note = 120)
               c.  Andante (quarter note = 92)
               d. Largo  (quarter note = 60)
     c.  Sing the song in a new mode (it was major, sing it in minor.)
 
2.  Frere Jacques
     a.  Sing the song in English.  (If you need them here are the shorter parts)
     b.  Sing the song in French  (Here's some help with pronouncing the french words. And here are the words.)
     c.  Change the mode - sing it in minor.
     d.  Can you create new words for the minor version?
 
3.  Ode to Joy
     a.  Listen to the song.  Here are the words.
     b.  Learn the song in sections.
     c.  OPTIONAL:  Listen to the song in German and read the words.
 
4.  Exit Slip
Warm-up
 
Objective:  I can connect songs I know to classical music.
 
1.  Symphony #1 by Gustav Mahler
2.  Symphony #9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
3.  Theme and Variations on Ah, Vous Dirai-je Maman by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
Find the information and links to the music here.
 
4.  Exit Slip
Warm up
 
Objective:  I can respond to musicals.
 
1.  Annie
2.  Oliver!
3.  Hamilton
 
Find all information and video clips here.
 
4.  Exit Slip
Warm up
 
1.  Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein
     a.  Listen to the song.  (Follow the words -  PDF or keynote)
     b.  Learn the song in sections.
     c.  Watch the song from the movie.
 
2.  Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' from Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein
     a.  Listen to the song.  (Follow the words.)
     b.  Learn the refrain in sections.
     c.  Watch the song from the play.
 
3.  Exit Slip
Warm up
 
Objective:  I can respond to marches.
 
1.  Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar
2.  Stars and Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa
 
Find all information and videos here.
 
3.  Exit Slip
Warm up
 
I can perform marching songs.
 
1.  When the Saints Go Marching In
     a.  Listen to the song (Here are the words)
     b.  Learn the song in sections.
     c.  Learn an ostinato (repeating pattern) to go along with the song.
     d.  Listen to Louis Armstrong perform the song.
     e.  Sing this song and march around.  You could sing and march on your next walk!
 
     OPTIONAL:  The ostinato for the song When the Saints Go Marching In is about Martin Luther King Jr.  In 1963 Dr. King led hundreds of thousands of people in two famous marches, the Freedom Walk in Detroit and the March on Washington where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.  
 
     a.  Listen to the "I Have a Dream" speech.
          i.  How many times does he say the word "dream"?
          ii.  In the end of the speech Dr. King quotes a line from a famous American song.  What is that line?
     b.  Listen to the Dr. King week of noon tunes based on songs about his life and taken from his speeches.
 
2.  When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
     a.  Listen to the song (Here are the words.)
     b.  Learn the song in sections.
     c.  On your next walk outside sing this song and march!
 
3.  Fill out the exit slip.
 
Objective:  I can connect to music from other parts of the world.
 
1.  India
     a.  Read about the tabla
     b.  Listen to the tabla
           i.  When you listen to the drums do you also hear the ostinato (repeating pattern) of the shruti box?
     c.  Find India on a map.
 
2.  China
     a.  Read about the Ehru
     b.  Listen to the Ehru
     c.  Find China on a map.
 
3.  Ireland
     a.  Read about Irish dance and instruments.
     b.  Watch a video of our own Mrs. Collins (3rd grade teacher at Ames) when she was in high school.  (Here is an alternative link if the first one isn't working.)
     c.  Find Ireland on a map.
 
4.  Fill out the Exit Slip
Warm-up
 
Objective:  I can perform music from other parts of the world.
 
1.  Japan - Sakura
     a.  Listen to Sakura
     b.  Learn the song.
     c.  Optional:  Learn the Japanese pronunciation.
     d.  Listen to this version played on the Koto
     e.  Find Japan on a map.
 
     OPTIONAL:  Play Sakura accompaniment on your recorder.  
          i.  look at the notes.
          ii.  watch the video going through the steps to play.
          iii.  play accompaniment with singing.
 
2.  Mexico - Bate, Bate
     a. Listen to Bate, Bate
     b. Learn the words (Translation)
     c.  Learn the moves
     d.  Listen to this Mexican folk song - De Colores
     d.  Find Mexico on a map.
 
3.  Fill out the exit slip.
Objective:  I can connect sounds of brass instruments to their instrument.
 
1.  Listen to Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"
     a.  Start with the themes of the different families.
     b.  Listen to the brass family.
 
     a.  Listen to each brass instrument play Flight of the Bumblebee
 
3.  Fill out the exit slip.
 
Objective:  I can perform triplets.
 
1.  Triplets explanation
     a.  Watch the explanation
     b.  Try these rhythms.  Here's a video to help.
     c.  Perform those rhythms on your recorder.  Pick any note to play and play them on your recorder.
 
2.  How about a pie?
     a.  Sort the pies into their different rhythms  (Check your answers)
     b.  try to clap each pie
     c.  Add other pies
 
3.  Practice other songs you know.  (look in previous lessons for recordings.)
     a.  Lost My Gold Ring
     b.  Hallelujah Chorus
     c.  Hop Old Squirrel
     d.  Learn a new song if you want
 
4.  Fill out the exit slip.
Objective:  I can connect sounds to the instruments that make the sound.
 
1.  Listen to Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"
     a.  Start with the themes of the different families.
     b.  Listen to the brass family.
 
2.  Read the information about the brass family on the Oregon Symphony website.
 
3.  Quiz about the brass family.
Objective:  I can perform high C.
 
1.  Lost My Gold Ring
     a.  Learn the song.
     b.  The B line
          i.  Clap and say the rhythm
          ii.  Write in the note names
          iii.  Sing and clap
          iv.  Sing and finger
          v.  Tongue and finger
          iv.  PLAY!
     c.  The C line:  same as B line
     d.  The D line:  same as C and B.
     e.  Perform the song:  ABACADA
     f.   Optional:  Perform the song in this order:  ACADABA  See what happens.  Can you make a different order of sections?  What happens?
 
2.  Hallelujah Chorus by G.F. Handel
     a.  Six steps to playing.
     b.  Optional:  Play with accompaniment
 
3.  Listen to the original version.  Can you identify any instruments of the orchestra?
 
4.  Fill out this exit slip.
Kitchen music!
 
1.  Listen to this guy play water glasses.
2.  Make your own water glass xylophone and play it!
3.  Send me a video of you and your water glass xylophone.
Objective:  I can connect sounds to the instruments that make the sound.
 
1.  Listen to Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"
          a.  Start with the themes of the different families 
          b.  Then listen to the string family.
 
2.  Read the information about the string family at the Oregon Symphony website
 
3.  Listen to "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov on the string family instruments.
 
4.  Do the quiz about the string family.
Objective:  I can create an answer.
 
1.  Play the song "Star Light, Star Bright".
   Go through all five steps to play the song:
         1.  Clap and say the rhythm
         2.  Write in the note names
         3.  Sing and clap 
         4.  Sing and finger
         5.  Tongue and finger
         6.  PLAY!
 
2.  Clap the rhythm of the question at the bottom of the page and say the words.
 
3.  Create an answer.
        a.  Think of what you would say.  (It doesn't have to be all three wishes.)
        b.  Say those words and clap in only 8 beats.  If you need help with eight beats use this recording.
        c.  Play your words on the tonic.  Tonic (the most important note) for this song is C.   Use high C or low C.
                        Use this recording of the recorder question to play your answer.
        d.  Choose a note that is not tonic.  Play that note for the answer.  End on tonic.
        e.  Change notes every 4 beats/measure.  End on tonic.
        f.  Change notes every two beats.  End on tonic.
        g.  Change notes when you want.  But!  They can't be all the same and they can't be everything different.
                    End on tonic.
 
Here are the rules of making an answer:
       1.  8 beats
       2.  Repeatable/Rhythmic
       3.  End on tonic
 
4.  Practice Volga Boatman and Barcarolle.  Remember the first and second endings.
 
5.  Wash your recorder!
 
6.  Fill out this exit slip.
Kitchen music!
 
Learn to play the spoons with Dave Ruch!
 
Play along with Turkey in the Straw.
Spring Break!
 
If you're looking for music activities to do during spring break please check out the Additional Resources tab at the right.  
 
Stay healthy!
1. Go to this website: http://bit.ly/NoonTune
Click on the week of the year.
Click on the day of the week
Listen to the Noon Tune.
Remember the composer - you’ll need it.
 
2. Sing your patriotic music. These are the songs you’ve learned for Veterans Day.
You can use a piano accompaniment if you go to this website: http://bit.ly/MusicELearningD96
 
3. Fill out the exit slip.
 
4.  Read this article about practicing and then go practice your recorder.
Objective:  I can create music.
 
1.  Turkey in the Straw
          a.  Listen to the song "Turkey in the Straw" performed by the Alexander Creek Acoustic Band.
          b.  Watch how Cousin Emmy makes music with nothing but her cheeks and hands.
          c.  Try to play different notes on your cheeks!  (Can you play "Turkey in the Straw"? Send me a video!)
          d.  Here's another version of the song.
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