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Looking to use Grade 4 Lesson 20 in your Grade 4 classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Form, Theme and Variations

You'll also cover the themes of: Friendship, Eras in Music, Baroque

Grade 4 Lesson 20

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Play ball bouncing rhythms
  2. Review Rhythms with a Ball Bouncing Activity
  3. Teach “Friends Forever”
  4. Learn the choreography for “Friends Forever”
  5. Do the full choreography for “Friends Forever”
  6. Teach “Make New Friends”
  7. Create a word composition for “Make New Friends”
  8. Optional: Write a FRIEND poem
  9. Optional: Play “Make New Friends” on ukuleles or guitars
  10. Listen to “Gigue from Partia I, Harmonica Artificiosa Ariosa”
  11. Listen to “Gigue: Variation I from Partia I, Harmonica Artificiosa Ariosa”
  12. Teach “Love Somebody”
  13. Play the singing game “Love Somebody”
  14. Do a body percussion activity with “Love Somebody”

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 and perform rhythms.
  • I can recognize how the theme has been varied.
  • I can improvise and compose.
  • I can sing and move to music.