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Looking to use Grade 4 Lesson 36 in your Grade 4 classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Articulation, Beat, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low), Time Signature

You'll also cover the themes of: Our Musical World, Central America, Eras in Music, Classical

Grade 4 Lesson 36

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Play Poison Rhythm 3/4
  2. Play along with “Contradance” by Mozart
  3. Teach “My Hat”
  4. Learn the actions for “My Hat”
  5. Do the actions and sing “My Hat”
  6. Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “My Hat”
  7. Option 2: Complete the note name challenge for “My Hat”
  8. Option 1: Play “My Hat” on Ukulele or Guitar
  9. Option 2: Play “My Hat” on Boomwhackers
  10. Play Rhythm Racer
  11. Review “Three Little Birds”
  12. Review the choreography for “Three Little Birds”
  13. Do the choreography for “Three Little Birds”
  14. Optional: Play “Three Little Birds” on Ukuleles
  15. Teach “Crawdad Hole”
  16. Review the difference between a slur and a tie
  17. Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Crawdad Hole”

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Objectives

  • I can read rhythms in 3/4 time.
  • I can sing and move to music.
  • I can identify the difference between a slur and a tie.

Play Poison Rhythm 3/4

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Practice Item Used: 11 ´√

Echo every rhythm but the poison rhythm.

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Play along with “Contradance” by Mozart

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Listening Selection Used: Contradance No. 4 in C Major from Five Contradances for Orchestra

Choose body percussion or instruments and play along.

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Teach “My Hat”

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Song Used: My Hat

The melody of this song may have come from a Neapolitan song. The words were first published in 1886 in German. Paganini, Chopin, Johann Strauss and others quoted the melody in compositions. Today is a favorite action song in many
languages.

This action song is fun to sing and provides further reinforcement of the 3/4 time signature as well as the dotted half note rhythm.

Learn the actions for “My Hat”

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Song Used: My Hat

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Do the actions and sing “My Hat”

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Song Used: My Hat

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Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “My Hat”

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Song Used: My Hat

Option 2: Complete the note name challenge for “My Hat”

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Song Used: My Hat

Option 1: Play “My Hat” on Ukulele or Guitar

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Option 2: Play “My Hat” on Boomwhackers

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Instrument Song Used: My Hat

Play Rhythm Racer

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Optional: Review “Three Little Birds”

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Song Used: Three Little Birds – Performed by Bob Marley

Turn on the closed captioning (cc) 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.

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Review the choreography for “Three Little Birds”

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Song Used: Three Little Birds – Performed by Bob Marley

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Do the choreography for “Three Little Birds”

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Song Used: Three Little Birds – Performed by Bob Marley

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Optional: Play “Three Little Birds” on Ukuleles

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Instrument Song Used: Three Little Birds

Teach “Crawdad Hole”

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Song Used: Crawdad Hole

The Crawdad Song originated in the southern United States. It was first published by Cecil Sharp in a 1917 song collection. It may have evolved from Anglo-American and African-American workers who were building levees on the Mississippi River.

Teach the song by rote. Sing or play four measures of the song at a time and have students echo each sequence.

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Review the difference between a slur and a tie

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Song Used: Crawdad Hole

Review with students what a tie and a slur do. A tie holds the note for the value of all the notes that are tied together. A slur connects two different notes. There is a slur on the word “pole” in this song. Have students find the words that have slurred notes in the song. (honey, pole, Babe, hole and Baby)

Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Crawdad Hole”

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Song Used: Crawdad Hole

Teach the Orff arrangement for the song. Improvise 16 beat melodies using DEF# AB between verses.

Alternately, invite a few students to improvise on unpitched rhythm instruments along with the recording. This song might work well with spoons. Choose instruments that you have available.

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