Welcome to February! February is not only the month we celebrate Valentines Day, but is also the month that we recognize Black History Month, This week, we will review the life and music of Georgia-native Ray Charles. Below, you will find a PowerPoint presentation as well as some videos of Ray Charles performing some of his best known songs. The mini lesson on Ray Charles is for K-5, feel free to cut video examples short to save time. PowerPoint:
Ray Charles is also credited with writing Fifty Nifty United States. This song has all the states in the US in alphabetical order. There are 2 versions below: one with a map and one with the lyrics. Choose which one you'd like to watch and try to sing along. Music Theory mini-lesson for grades 3-5: (Grades K-2 keep scrolling for your mini lesson) Grades 3-5 are working on reading the letter names of the lines and spaces of the Treble Clef staff. There are additional videos from last week's lesson, as well as practice worksheets that your classes may or may not have reviewed. This first video is on the musical alphabet. It may seem a little easy, but keep this information in mind when you apply it to the staff. Friends at home: Time to get out paper and pencil! Drawing a staff is easy- you just need 5 parallel lines. That's it. Please try to follow along and label the lines and spaces of the treble clef. Substitute note: There are dry erase markers in a white basket in the back of the room. There are also dry erase boards with the staff on them. There are additional boards in my office in the bottom of the black cabinet. There may be additional markers in my desk, Make sure each child has a board and marker. There are plenty of tissues to use for erasing. For the following videos, have students follow along and practice drawing the treble clef, labeling the lines and spaces and writing their answers to questions. Please feel free to pause videos and rewind as needed. This next video has memory tricks (rhymes) to help you remember the names of the lines E G B D F and the spaces F A C E. Can you think of your own memory tricks? This last video is a practice quiz to see what you've learned. Sub note: feel free to draw and label the lines and spaces of the treble clef on the board for reference. Pause the video after each question to give students time to write their answer on their white boards and hold them up. Sub note: if there is still time left in class for grades 3-5, feel free to scroll below and allow students to choose rhythm practice videos from past lessons. There are rhythm sticks in the classroom you can pass out if needed. Grades K-2 Music Theory Mini Lesson: Sub note: the kids will probable need a wiggle break. Freeze dance is an excellent choice. There are some Kids Pop cds on the stereo. Please have students stay on their star while they dance. After the wiggle break, please pass out the dry erase boards and markers. Friends at home: you will need paper and something to write with. Or, you may use a white board and dry erase marker. Encourage students to follow along and draw during the videos. Pause videos and rewind as needed. Task 1: Learn how to draw the treble clef. The next 2 videos are 2 different ways for students to draw the treble clef. Task 2: Drawing notes with heads and stems. We are now going to practice drawing different notes. Follow along with the videos :) Sub note: open the following PowerPoint presentation and have the students practice drawing. We are focusing on the green, purple and yellow tiles. The green tiles are called quarter notes, or "ta". Yellow tiles are called eighth notes, or "ti-ti". The purple tile is called a rest. Have students practice drawing each on their board. It does not matter if the stem of the note points up or down, but all of the note heads (circle parts) should be filled in.
Task 3: rhythm dictation. Students are now going to try to write their own rhythm patterns using ta, ti-ti and rest. Sub note: You can move the tiles around on the PowerPoint to give examples of what students write and have the class say the rhythm aloud. We have worked on these for quite a while, so they should be able to this just fine. 1. Have everyone write their names on their boards and the rhythm that matches that. For example: Elizabeth (4 syllables) can be written 2 ways: The key is to count the syllables. Both examples above are correct. The green example is said slower while the yellow example is said quicker.
2. Have students brainstorm a list of words concerning the month of February: like cold, Valentines Day, groundhog, etc. and have them write the corresponding rhythms. Sub note: if there is time at the end of class, please feel free scroll down for additional fun rhythm videos from the weeks before as extra practice. Students may use rhythm sticks as well.
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Remember that this week's schedule is different. Students will be home on Tuesday and be in person/virtual for the rest of the week. Check with your homeroom teacher if you have any questions. Here are the lessons for 3-5: This week we are introducing and reviewing the letter names of the lines and spaces of the Treble Clef Staff. The following videos are for review and practice. Feel free to pause them and rewind as needed. 1. Identifying lines and spaces on the staff. The lesson ends at the 4:40 mark. Once you feel comfortable identifying whether a note is on a line or a space, please view the following: 2. Letter names of lines and spaces. Pay attention to the memory trick! The lesson ends at the 1:40 mark. 3. Time to practice! The following links are to the Quaver website and will contain games that you can play to practice the letter names of the lines and spaces. Make sure that you use your memory trick to help you. Your student code to access the game is 43XCU. Game 1. notes on spaces www.quavermusic.com/lessonplanpresenter/?lpGuid=rid_161343&rand=161150734259 Now it's time for some individual practice. The following is extra practice. You may download and print it if you wish. Extra rhythm practice if you have time! Lessons for K-2: Winter stories made musical We're first going to read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and make it musical. Please watch this presentation of the story read aloud. While you listen to the story, think about the following questions: 1. If you were the main character, what sort of sounds would you hear while enjoying your snowy day? 2. What words in the story represent sounds? 3. What words in the story are repeated the most times? As a class, think about the above questions and make a word list on the board. What instruments could you use to represent the sounds in the story? What instrument could you use for the word SNOW? If you don't have access to instruments, what sort or body percussion or movement could you use? Think of snaps, claps, stomps, rubbing hands together, reaching up, down, walking in place, etc. Watch the story again, this time adding in instruments and/or body percussion and movement. Afterwards, discuss if the sounds you chose to add in fit the story. The quality of the sounds of instruments and body percussion is called Timbre (pronounced tam-ber). Can you describe the Timbre of the instruments or body percussion that you chose? Do instruments made out of different materials have the same Timbre? Story #2: So Much Snow, by Robert Munsch. You'll need your rhythm or drumsticks for this one. While you listen to this story, pay close attention to the songs that Jasmine sings to herself. You will play along on your drumsticks after. The following are the songs that Jasmine sang to herself. You will see quarter notes (ta) and eighth notes (ti-ti) and a half note (ta-a). When you see the half note (ta-a), you may drumroll for 2 counts. Once you read the song, guess which words get ta and which get ti-ti. The answers are on the next slide. Play the songs together as a class while reading the words aloud. If you have extra time, you may do the rhythm practice videos from 3-5. You can do it! Welcome to music! The following are our suggested lesson materials for the next music rotation. There are different difficulty levels of rhythm patterns, so feel free to challenge yourself. The following video features a song written by Pete Seeger, titled "We Shall Overcome". The song was a popular song for people to sing during the Civil Rights movement. While listening to the song, think about the following questions: 1. What does it mean to overcome something? 2. What were people in the civil rights movement trying to overcome? 3. Can you think of anything happening in the world today that people hope to overcome? Time for a review of rhythm patterns! You can use drumsticks, pencils, markers, or whatever else you have to practice rhythms with the following videos. The videos start easy and get a little harder as they go. Let's try something new! The following link is to a Boom Cards game featuring different icons of the Civil Rights era. You will be asked to guess what the missing notes are. Feel free to practice and try them more than once. When you are finished, scroll down and try some of the rhythm practice videos with your drumsticks! boom.cards/fastplay/2p4o Plans for Grades 3-5 We will also begin with a look at the Civil Rights movement, including songs that came out of that era. The speaker in the video is fast, so please pause the video as needed in order to process what is being said. At the end of the videos, we will take a closer listen to some of the songs mentioned. A closer look at Oh, Freedom While you listen to the following song, keep in mind the points that the prior video made: 1. The tempo (or speed) gets a little faster as the song goes, but stays in Andante, or walking speed. 2. The song is composed in a major key 3. What else do you notice about the song? How does it make you feel? A closer look at A Change Is Gonna Come While you listen to the next video, think about the following: 1. The violins are used to convey emotion and feelings. How do they make you feel? 2. Sam Cooke sings about change in this song. What change is he hoping for? 3. Are there things that you hope will change? For example, I hope that we are able to be rid of the Covid virus soon so we can have our school and classes go back to normal. If you have time, scroll up and take a look at Pete Seeger's We Shall Overcome. Time for some rhythm practice! Grab your drumsticks, pencils or whatever you choose to practice with. The videos start with a K-2 review and then level up. When you are finished with the review videos, there is a special video featuring The Mandalorian. Good luck! Here are some videos for extra practice with your rhythm sticks and bucket drums. Hope you enjoy! Grades 3-5: Star Wars Rhythm! You will need things to drum on and with. You could use plastic cups, a bucket, your desk, pencils, drum sticks, wooden spoons... Please view the following videos in order. Feel free to view them more than once. 1. The 5 basic drum rhythms 2. Here is We Will Rock You, by Queen. 3. Star Wars. For this last drumming video, all you must do is play the rhythms (Ta and Ti-Ti, the Z is the rest) on the screen as they appear. You may tap your sticks together, on the floor, or on your drumming surface (bucket, desk). This last video follows John Williams, composer of Star Wars movie music, during his composition process. At the 6:30 mark in the video, they show the "bad guy" from the movie and it's a little scary. You can jump to the 6:45 minute mark to skip this part. Grades K-2: The Carnival of the Animals Please click on the following link to open the PPT file. You may want to download it if you have trouble accessing the video links.
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