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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