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Grade 4 Lesson 15

Concepts:
Beat, Classroom Instruments, Create, Expression, Genre, Listening and Responding, Play Along, Rhythm, Solfa, World Instruments,

In this lesson you will

Warm up by clapping or playing rhythms with Overture

Choose between Interactive holiday activities OR review December songs and activities.

Interactive Option:

  • Sing solfa patterns to decorate the house
  • Clap rhythms to decorate the tree
  • Compare and Contrast two performances of Sugar Plum Fairy

    • Review and Request Option:

  • Review #38 “Yesh li Yadiyim” song and movement
  • Review the Jingle Bells cup game
  • Review the hand clap pattern to go with “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
  • Review “Hallelujah Chorus”  – if you have the DVD “Handel’s Last Chance” this would be a great time to watch it.

    • Supporting Resources

    Objectives

    • I can sing and move to music
    • I can read rhythm and melody patterns
    • I can create movement to music

    Teaching Procedure

    1 Warmup by clapping or playing the rhythms with "Overture from the Nutcracker"

    Warmup by clapping or playing the rhythms with "Overture from the Nutcracker"

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    2 Interactive Option: Sing solfa patterns to decorate the house

    Interactive Option: Sing solfa patterns to decorate the house

    Sing Solfa patterns to decorate the house

    3 Interactive Option: Clap or say rhythm patterns to decorate the tree

    Interactive Option: Clap or say rhythm patterns to decorate the tree

    Clap or say rhythm patterns to decorate the tree

    4 Interactive Option: Compare and Contrast two performances of Sugar Plum Fairy

    Interactive Option: Compare and Contrast two performances of Sugar Plum Fairy

    Compare and Contrast two performances

    5 Review the cup pattern with "Jingle Bells" (instructions)

    Review the cup pattern with "Jingle Bells" (instructions)

    If you don't have a cup, you could use a water bottle or any small object that you can pick up.

    During the pandemic, we won't pass the cup - we'll just do the pattern.

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    6 Review the cup play along with "Jingle Bells"

    Review the cup play along with "Jingle Bells"

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    7 Watch the "Jingle Bells" Cup Game under Black Lights

    Watch the "Jingle Bells" Cup Game under Black Lights

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    Song Used: Yesh Li Yadiyim

    8 Review #38 "Yesh Li Yadiyim"

    Review #38 "Yesh Li Yadiyim"

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    Song Used: Yesh Li Yadiyim

    9 Review the movement for #38 "Yesh Li Yadiyim"

    Review the movement for #38 "Yesh Li Yadiyim"

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    10 Review the George Frideric Handel video

    Review the George Frideric Handel video

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    11 Sing along with "Messiah" by Handel

    Sing along with "Messiah" by Handel

    If you

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    12 Review the hand clap pattern to go with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Instructions

    Review the hand clap pattern to go with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

    Review the 3 patterns, then do the Hand Clap Game.

    Here's Pattern 1-2-3

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    13 Do the hand clap game with the song, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

    Do the clap game with the song, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

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    14 Watch a black light performance of the hand clap game

    Watch a black light performance of the hand clap game

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