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Looking to use Grade 5 Extra April Lesson in your Grade 5 classroom?

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

You'll also cover the themes of: Sea Songs, Africa, Our Musical World

Grade 5 Extra April Lesson

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Concepts(s):
Beat
Themes(s):
Sea Songs, Africa, Our Musical World
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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Warm up with syncopated rhythms
  2. Review “The Wellerman”
  3. Review the choreography for “The Wellerman”
  4. Do the choreography and sing “The Wellerman”
  5. Optional: Play “The Wellerman” on Boomwhackers
  6. Review “Funga Alafia”
  7. Review the dance for “Funga Alafia”
  8. Dance and sing along with “Funga Alafia”
  9. Option 1: Play “Funga Alafia” on Boomwhackers
  10. Option 2: Play “Funga Alafia” on Ukuleles
  11. Option 3: Play “Funga Alafia” on the Recorder
  12. Option 4: Play “Funga Alafia” on drums
  13. Option 5: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Funga Alafia”
  14. Play Along with 8th-16th Notes
  15. Compose With 8th-16th Note Rhythms
  16. Play along track option 1
  17. Play along track option 2
  18. Play along track option 3

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, play and create with 8th-16th note rhythms.
  • I can sing and move to music.
  • I can play instruments with a song.

Warm up with syncopated rhythms

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Practice Item Used: 15 q qr Q h eq e

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Review “The Wellerman”

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Song Used: The Wellerman

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Review the choreography for “The Wellerman”

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Song Used: The Wellerman

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Do the choreography and sing “The Wellerman”

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Song Used: The Wellerman

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Optional: Play “The Wellerman” on Boomwhackers

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Instrument Song Used: The Wellerman

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Review “Funga Alafia”

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Song Used: Funga Alafia

This is an excellent reading song and provides opportunities to move and accompany with rhythm instruments.

Review the dance for “Funga Alafia”

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Song Used: Funga Alafia

Learn the movements.

The first time you: step-close step-close step-close step-clap, then go the other way

The second time: push arms right 2x, left 2x, (continue)

The third time: tap head 4x, touch sides of mouth 4x, touch heart 4x, make prayer motion 4x

The fourth time: step-close step-close step-close step-clap, then go the other way

The third time is supposed to show that 1: with my thoughts I welcome you; 2. with your words I welcome you. 3. with my love I welcome you. 4. with my prayers I welcome you.

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Dance and sing along with “Funga Alafia”

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Song Used: Funga Alafia

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Option 1: Play “Funga Alafia” on Boomwhackers

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Instrument Song Used: Funga Alafia

Option 2: Play “Funga Alafia” on Ukuleles

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Instrument Song Used: Funga Alafia

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Option 3: Play “Funga Alafia” on the Recorder

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Instrument Song Used: Funga Alafia

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Option 4: Play “Funga Alafia” on drums

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Instrument Song Used: Funga Alafia

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Option 5: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Funga Alafia”

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Song Used: Funga Alafia

Creative Ideas: Set the barred instruments up in C pentatonic. Invite the students to improvise or create a four bar melody to play between repetitions of the song. You could also invite your unpitched percussion players to improvise for four bars between repetitions of the song.

Play Along with 8th-16th Notes

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Practice Item Used: 14 q qr Q h qrt qtr

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Compose With 8th-16th Note Rhythms

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Tool Used: Rhythm Composition

Compose your own Rhythm using the Interactive Rhythm Composition tool.

Choose Level 6. You click on the notes or rest to enter them.

Then choose the instrument that you'd like to play them.

Press play, and try performing the new rhythm that you've created.

Try creating new rhythms and playing on new instruments.

When you have a rhythm you like, copy it onto a piece of paper, and play it with the tracks that follow.

Play along track option 1

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Play along track option 2

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Play along track option 3

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