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Looking to use Grade 4 Lesson 5 in your Grade 4 classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat

Grade 4 Lesson 5

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Concepts(s):
Beat
Rhythm(s):
qttt
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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Review “Chester”
  2. Echo do-re-mi (drm)
  3. Optional: Write do-re-mi melodies on the staff
  4. Play Match the Melody (drm)
  5. Review “Black Snake”
  6. Name the Solfa Notes in “Black Snake”
  7. Name the Pitch Letter Notes in “Black Snake”
  8. Play the Hiding Game for “Black Snake”
  9. Review Dynamics
  10. Can you sort the dynamic symbols from quiet to loud?
  11. Learn About the Composer George Friderick Handel
  12. Play Along with “Concerto in B-flat” by Handel
  13. Play along with a rhythm video – example #1
  14. Play along with a rhythm video – example #2
  15. Sing “Topnotcher”
  16. Do the actions suggested by the song “Topnotcher”
  17. Extra time? Play Rhythm Racer!

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 sing and move to music.
  • I can read and play rhythms.
  • I can read solfa and/or pitch letter names.

Review "Chester"

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Song Used: Chester

Review "Chester"

Review "Chester."

Can you remember all the movements to do with the song?

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Echo do-re-mi (drm)

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Practice Item Used: do re mi (drm)

Echo do-re-mi (drm)

Echo do-re-mi melodies

Practice echoing do-re-mi melodies.

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Optional: Write do-re-mi melodies on the staff

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Optional: Write do-re-mi melodies on the staff

If playing Match the Melody, consider having students notate the answer on a staff board with pennies, bingo chips or markers instead of showing the answer with 1-2-3 fingers.

Play Match the Melody (drm)

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Game Used: Match the Melody

Play Match the Melody (drm)

Play Match the Melody - Level 4 (mi-re-do)

If using this option, consider having students notate the answer on a staff board with pennies, bingo chips or markers instead of showing the answer with 1-2-3 fingers.

Review “Black Snake”

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Song Used: Black Snake

Review “Black Snake”

Read the rhythms in the song "Black Snake". If you haven't introduced the rhythm ti ta ti, consider using this song to do so.

Ask the students if there are any phrases that are the same. (The first three lines are the same).

Ask the students if they can find any place in the song where they hear a rhythm that goes short long short.

Show them how the rhythm is written and tell them it's called "ti-ta-ti". Have the students tap the rhythm of the words as they sing.

Read the rhythm.

Name the Solfa Notes in "Black Snake"

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Name the Solfa Notes in "Black Snake"

Name the solfa notes in "Black Snake."

If you don't do solfa notes at your school, skip this activity and name the pitch letter names instead.

Name the Pitch Letter Notes in "Black Snake"

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Song Used: Black Snake

Name the Pitch Letter Notes in "Black Snake"

Name the pitch letter notes in "Black Snake."

Play the Hiding Game for “Black Snake”

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Play the Hiding Game for “Black Snake”

Use different dynamics to help your classmate find the snake. Choose one student to hide the snake somewhere in the classroom in plain sight - not under or inside something. A second student is chosen to hunt for the snake. The class guides the "finder" to the snake by singing softly when they are far away from the snake and louder when they are closer.

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Review Dynamics

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Song Used: Black Snake

Review Dynamics

Use this song to review or teach the Italian musical terms that describe dynamics.

Can you sort the dynamic symbols from quiet to loud?

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Song Used: Black Snake

Can you sort the dynamic symbols from quiet to loud?

Learn About the Composer George Friderick Handel

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Listening Selection Used: Andante allegro from Organ Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major

Learn About the Composer George Friderick Handel

Learn about the composer George Friderick Handel.

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Play Along with "Concerto in B-flat" by Handel

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Listening Selection Used: Andante allegro from Organ Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major

Play Along with "Concerto in B-flat" by Handel

Play along with "Concerto in B-flat" by Handel.

Choose two kinds of instruments to play along with music by Handel. One kind should play with the strings, and the other with the organ.

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Play along with a rhythm video - example #1

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Play along with a rhythm video - example #1

This rhythm video and the next one uses the rhythm ti-ta-ti. Do you remember this pattern from the song "Black Snake"?

Play along with the video using the instruments you have chosen.

Compare the styles of music in each example.
Have the students tell you which style they prefer and why.

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Play along with a rhythm video - example #2

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Play along with a rhythm video - example #2

This rhythm video and the previous one uses the rhythm ti-ta-ti.
Play along with the video using the instruments you have chosen.

Compare the styles of music in each example.
Have the students tell you which style they prefer and why.

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Sing "Topnotcher"

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Sing "Topnotcher"

This is a cumulative song. Create and add actions as suggested by the words and stretch your brain to try to remember them all.

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Do the actions suggested by the song "Topnotcher"

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Do the actions suggested by the song "Topnotcher"

Create and add actions as suggested by the words.

Extension: Choose unpitched instruments to substitute for each part of the body. Play the instruments each time the body part is name in the song.

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Extra time? Play Rhythm Racer!

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Game Used: Rhythm Racer

Extra time? Play Rhythm Racer!

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