Grade 4 Lesson 35
StartBeat, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low), Timbre of Orchestral InstrumentsThemes(s):
Our Musical World, Central America
Extra Details:
Rhythm
Tone Set
Grades
Song Type
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Warmup with “My Bonnie”
- Play poison rhythm with ticka-ti
- Complete a rhythm erase
- Review “Built my Lady”
- Review the game for “Built my Lady”
- Play the game and sing “Built my Lady”
- Review the body percussion for “Built My Lady”
- Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Built my Lady”
- Teach “Biddy Biddy”
- Play the game and sing “Biddy Biddy”
- Optional: Play “Biddy Biddy” on Boomwhackers
- Learn about Jamaica
- Learn about the song “Three Little Birds”
- Teach “Three Little Birds”
- Teach the choreography for “Three Little Birds”
- Do the choreography for “Three Little Birds”
- Optional: Learn about the steel pan
Extensions
Objectives
- I can sing and move to music
- I can read and perform rhythms and melodies
- I can sing and play music from a variety of places and times
Teaching Procedures
Warmup with “My Bonnie”
Copy LinkPlay poison rhythm with ti-ticka
Copy LinkReview “Built my Lady”
Copy LinkRead the rhythms and note names for “Built My Lady.” If the students have not seen the tika-ti rhythm or the eighth rest before, point it out to them, and explain that the rhythm names. Sing the song. Teach the “Real Estate Game.”
Review the game for “Built my Lady”
Copy LinkHave your students make groups of three, with at least one student that is not in a group. Two in each group represent the “house” and join hands around the third student who represents the “real estate agent.” Sing the song, swinging the middle person back and forth. On the words “she jumped out,” the real estate agent in the middle jumps out of the house and finds another house to enter. You can’t go to the same house two turns in a row. While the real estate agents are changing houses, the student who was not in a group tries to steal someone’s house. The student without a house is the new one out who has to steal a house. Change the students roles in the game frequently. The author learned the game from Dr. Kim Eyre, who teaches in London, Ontario.
Play the game and sing “Built my Lady”
Copy LinkReview the body percussion for “Built My Lady”
Copy LinkOptional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Built my Lady”
Copy LinkCreative Ideas: Set the barred instruments up using the notes FGA CD. Improvise melodies between repetitions of the song. You could have each instrument take a turn for 16 beats.
Creative Idea 2 : Invite the students to choose non-pitched instruments and create a soundscape that might sound like a construction site. Use the soundscape as an introduction to the song.
Teach “Biddy Biddy”
Copy LinkPlay the game and sing “Biddy Biddy”
Copy LinkGame Directions: Players sit in a circle with cupped hands outstretched. As the song is sung, one player goes from child to child pretending to drop the ring into each one’s fists. At the end of the song, the children (those who didn’t pretend to get the ring) try to guess who has the ring. The one who is correct, gets to drop the ring next time.
Teacher note: We don't have a kids demo for "Biddy Biddy". If your students would like to see themselves on MusicplayOnline please review the submission requirements here: https://help.musicplay.ca/can-i-submit-a-kids-demo
Optional: Play "Biddy Biddy" on Boomwhackers
Copy LinkLearn about Jamaica
Copy LinkLearn about the song “Three Little Birds”
Copy LinkTeach “Three Little Birds”
Copy LinkTurn on the closed captioning for the lyrics.
Disclaimer: The official music video has a small scene that depicts smoking (at 1:21-1:40). Please consider your classroom needs before showing this video. There are other lyric videos on YouTube that you may choose to use.