Grade 4 Extra April Lesson
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Rhythm
Tone Set
Grades
Song Type
Chords
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Play Poison Rhythm
- Play along with the animated rhythms
- Finish your body percussion composition
- Echo sing drm sl patterns
- Review “Billy Billy”
- Review the game with “Billy Billy”
- Play the game and sing “Billy Billy”
- Option 1: Play “Billy, Billy” on Boomwhackers
- Option 2: Play “Billy, Billy” on Ukuleles or Guitars
- Option 3: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Billy, Billy”
- Review “Tulip Round”
- Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “Tulip Round”
- Option 2: Complete the note name challenge for “Tulip Round”
- Option 1: Play “Tulip Round” on Boomwhackers
- Option 2: Play “Tulip Round” on Ukuleles or Guitars
- Option 3: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Tulip Round”
- Optional: Create a Ball Bouncing Routine to “Lost my Partner”
Extensions
Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.
Objectives
- I can read, perform and create 16th note rhythms.
- I can play instruments while singing.
- I can create movement to a song with a ball.
Teaching Procedures
Poison Rhythm
Copy LinkEcho every pattern but the poison pattern.
Play along with the animated rhythms
Copy LinkChoose body percussion, instruments or found sounds to play along.
Finish your body percussion composition
Copy LinkEcho sing drm sl patterns
Copy LinkEcho sing drm sl patterns
Review “Billy Billy”
Copy LinkIf the students can read drm sl in the key of C, they may be able to read the song using solfa notes.
Alternatively, teach the song by rote.
• Sing or play a phrase and have students echo.
• Combine phrases.
• Sing or play the whole song and have students echo.œ
Review the game with “Billy Billy”
Copy LinkGame Directions:
Contra-dance formation, with pairs in a line facing one another.
Verse 1: Pairs join hands and jive back and forth.
Verse 2: All step back making space in the alley.
Verse 3: The first student in the head pair “struts” down the alley, making any movements they wish.
Verse 4: The second student in the head pair copies the movement the first student made.
Play the game and sing “Billy Billy”
Copy LinkOption 1: Play "Billy, Billy" on Boomwhackers
Copy LinkOption 2: Play “Billy, Billy” on Ukuleles or Guitars
Copy LinkOption 3: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Billy, Billy”
Copy LinkReview “Tulip Round”
Copy LinkRead the note names and rhythms for “Tulip Round.” Sing the song in unison. When students can sing it successfully in unison, try the round in two parts. The round is recorded in two parts but may be sung in four parts.
This song is in common time.
Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “Tulip Round”
Copy LinkOption 2: Complete the note name challenge for "Tulip Round"
Copy LinkOption 1: Play “Tulip Round” on Boomwhackers
Copy LinkOption 2: Play “Tulip Round” on Ukuleles or Guitars
Copy LinkOption 3: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Tulip Round”
Copy LinkOptional: Create a Ball Bouncing Routine to "Lost my Partner"
Copy LinkCreate a ball bouncing routine. Try bouncing, tossing the ball back and forth in your hands, and tossing it in the air.
In the video, this is what Mrs. Gagne did:
"Skip to my Lou" - bounced to the beat
Chorus: "Lou Lou, skip to my loo" - tossed the ball back and forth
spoken part: - tossed the ball in the air
"Where oh where?" - bounced to the beat
"Pickin up paw paws" - tossed the ball back and forth quickly
spoken part: - tossed the ball in the air
ending - bounced, then caught