March 2014 4th Grade Chorus Concert Snippet
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This year we pursue more challenging musical endeavors! We assess our Recorder playing against District Determined Measures and gain a first experience in Concert Preparation for Performance in Chorus.
Examples from classwork meeting our learning goals might include: SINGING - Welcome; SInging All Together 3 parts of the 5 part song in All School Meeting; Sing to Life 3 part round in class; Using both "chest" and "high" voice, Singing to express the Story or idea of the song; Hand signs DO, RE, MI, SO; Be the LEAD singer during the Musicians Pledge Improvisation each class; PLAYING - Steady Beat Patschen while singing; Rhythm pattern Patschen while singing; 2 part ensembles of Class Ostinato and Improvised Solo; Repeat rhythm patterns back to the leader; Recorder will continue to develop reading and playing skills using secondary high note fingerings. MOVING - Learning and performing Sequential Pattern using upper body choreography with the CUPS song; MUSIC READING - RHYTHM PATTERNS in Quarter, Eighth Note Pairs, Sixteenth Pairs with Eighth Note, and Sixteenth Note Quads - SHORT, SHORTER, SHORT-SHORTER and SUPER-SHORTER; PITCH PATTERNS - Treble Clef with Recorder; SOUND HOUND; Recorder will continue to develop Reading and Playing skills. LISTENING - Play along with Professional Recordings Simplified Student Compositions; Identify and play rhythmic patterns in A and B sections or phrases CREATING - Improvise lyrics to specific lengths of phrase in WELCOME Song; Accompany song with body sound patterns; IMPROVISING new melodies on C Pentatonic Octave scale to words of the Musicians Pledge. |
ABRSD FOURTH GRADE MUSIC LEARNING GOALS
SINGING – Students will Sing: Sing rounds/2 part songs using expanded range, including partner songs Match pitch in appropriate range Sing in tune with themselves/class/and Chorus Use healthy singing voices with expression Sing independently Use hand signs/solfege PLAYING - Students will Play Pitched and Non-Pitched Instruments: Employ, use, and demonstrate steady beat Participate in 2 part ensembles Read or learn rhythms by rote Play rhythm patterns Play melodic patterns/intervals Play independently Continue Recorder with expanded range MOVING - Students will move with music: Continue Sequential movement patterns (Folk Dancing) Demonstrate expressiveness, form, meter and rhythm Respond to Musical Cues Use upper and lower body Dramatize songs and stories MUSIC READING Students will read music notation: Understand music symbols Use visual symbols and cues Perform notated musical patterns Treble Staff Introduce multiple staves Use pitch and rhythm syllables - Solfege LISTENING Students will engage in active listening: Exposure to a variety of styles and cultures Identify and describe Elements of sound (mood, tone color, tempo terminology) Identify and describe Elements of Form and Structure (Rhythmic and Melodic patterns, form, section) CREATING Students will improvise and compose with or without pitch and rhythm syllables melodies/lyrics simple accompaniments instrumental sounds body movements |