Grades K-2
HAPPY SUMMER!
Congratulations, students, parents and guardians. We made it! I am so proud of the work the students did this year! You have worked so hard and displayed amazing creativity during remote learning. Throughout our remote learning, you have learned about different instruments, types of music, and performance techniques. You’ve created, performed, responded to, and connected to music. Most of all, I hope that music has been a source of comfort and joy during these difficult times. Check out the “Spread the Joy” playlists of some of the songs that bring joy to members of our elementary school community here.
It was such a treat to see you use different technology to create music, like the Chrome Music Lab or Isle of Tune. I loved receiving videos and pictures showing me all that you accomplished during this time. I can’t wait to see you again and make music together, however that may look!
Continue creating, being musical, and having fun. Have a wonderful, musical summer!
Fondly,
Mrs. Kidd
Weekly Music Class Activities
Hello, Super Students!
This page has your Weekly Virtual Music Activities. Be sure to check out the "Just for Fun" page too!
If you want to share any of your music making with me, please email me at kiddn@cantonma.org or use the Google Form on the General Music page.
Sincerely, Mrs. Kidd
K-2 Week 13 Music Activity (June 15-19, 2020)
I can respond to music and compose and perform using a virtual instrument.
Listen to these cool songs. The musicians are playing an instrument called Boomwhackers.
Try it out!
Go check out the virtual Boomwhackers here.
Click each boomwhacker and see what you notice about the sound of the different tubes.
Do you notice a pattern in the size of the tube and the pitch of the sound it makes?
Are the big tubes making a lower or higher sound than the small tubes?
Mystery Boomwhacker songs: Try playing these notes on the Boomwhackers and see if you can figure out what song it is! Write your answers in the form below.
Song #1 F E D C D D F E D C D D
Song #2 B A G B A G G G G G A A A A B A G
Create your own Boomwhacker melody:
Make up your own pattern of notes on the Boomwhackers!
Share your pattern/song in the form below.
Plan for a musical summer:
Fill out the form to plan for how you’ll continue making music all summer long!
K-2 Week 12 Music Activities (June 8-12, 2020)
I can create and perform rhythm patterns using body percussion.
Tony Chestnut! (3-4 minutes):
Watch this video of Miss Carlson singing/dancing to Tony Chestnut. Try to learn the song and the motions to follow along!
Body Percussion (15-20 minutes):
In Tony Chestnut we used different parts of our body to create a pattern. We can use our bodies in a similar way by tapping our body to create percussion sounds. If I tap my hand on my lap, it could make a sound like a drum. Way back in Week 2, we used spoons, pencils, and clapping as a percussion activity, but this week, we will be creating our own pattern using our bodies!
Watch the videos below for two examples of body percussion patterns. One uses only your body, the second adds a table! You do not need to perform these patterns exactly, they are only an example! Feel free to create your own pattern and share using THIS GOOGLE FORM
Bonus Activity (5-10 minutes):
With a grown up’s permission, take a look at these body percussion patterns to popular songs! Do you recognize some of their patterns? Did they use patterns that you chose for your creation?
K-2 Week 11 Music Activities (June 1 - 5, 2020)
I can create and perform music.
Grades K-2
WATCH this video of music by one of the most famous composers of all time: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
The Google Bach Doodle learned how Bach wrote music by learning 306 of his songs, and the machine can now take music YOU write and add more notes to it. It’s like having Bach finish your song for you!
MUST DO: COMPOSE your own music using Google’s Bach Doodle: Click Here
Tip: Click on the arrow inside the spinning gear at the top of the page.
COMPLETE the Bach quiz (it’s easy!)
BONUS: In the music you watched, the man is playing an organ. Find more about organs on Mrs. Kidd’s “Instrument of the Week” page: Click Here (You will have to scroll down a bit to find the organ.)
K-2 Week 10 Music Lesson ( May 26-29, 2020)
K-2: I can perform and create.
Must Do: (10-15 minutes)
Watch this video of “Rig-a-Jig-Jig”
Do the song and dance with your favorite stuffed animal!
You may also try it with a sibling or your grown-up.
In the song, it says, “As I was WALKING down the street…”
Think of different ways you could go down the street and try them in the song.
Use the google form below to tell me the different ways you thought of to go down the street.
Get up and Get Moving! (10-15 minutes)
Sing and dance along with this video of “Boom Chicka Boom”.
Sing and dance to this video of “Penguin Dance.”
Play freeze dance!
Ask someone in your home to start and stop your favorite dance song.
Can you freeze when the music stops?
K-2 Week 9 Music Lesson (May 18-22, 2020)
I can respond to music.
Grades K-2
WATCH this video from the Boston Pops, playing ‘Summon the Heroes’ (Must Do)
MAKE a drawing or card to THANK someone who is working hard during the global health crisis (especially if they are an essential worker like a medical professional or delivery person!).
With help from a grownup, TAKE A PICTURE of the card or drawing and SEND it to that person!
K-5 Music Lesson Week 8 (May 11 - May 15, 2020)
I can respond and perform.
MUST DO (15-20 minutes):
Listen to some of your favorite songs and jam out. Songs that make you smile, songs that make you sing, songs that make you dance, anything you’d like! Sometimes we need to let loose and dance around for a bit!
Want some song suggestions? These are a good place to start for a smile!
Spread the joy! (5 minutes):
Use this google form to share what you listened to this week!
K-2 Bonus Activities
Click this link to do a dance!
Click this link to try a clapping challenge!
Click this link to listen to a beautiful story!
Music Lessons Week 7 (May 4 - May 8, 2020)
Grades K-2
I will Perform and Respond.
Warm up: Movement and Echo Activity (2 minutes)
Sing the echos for Bill Grogan’s Goat
This is a silly one with a happy ending.
Playin’ In The Kitchen: (6-10 minutes)
Listen to the recording of “Playin’ In The Kitchen”
What sorts of sounds do you hear?
With adult permission, find a pot or pan (or two, or three) and two spoons - they may be large ones or regular eating spoons).
Listen to the recording again, and this time play along with your pot and spoons!
MUST DO: THE STRINGS FAMILY (10-15 minutes)
Watch this video about stringed instruments.
Use the share form below to answer a few questions about the instruments.
Listen to “Spring” by Vivaldi. This piece is for string orchestra, solo violin, and harpsichord (a keyboard instrument).
While you listen to the song, DRAW a picture inspired by what you hear. Use your imagination!
Optional: Listen again, but this time, DANCE along to the music.
Solfege Practice: (5-10 minutes)
Use this link to play the Poison Melody game.
Music Lessons Week 6 (April 27- May 1, 2020)
Grades K-2
I will Create and Perform.
Warm up: Movement and Echo Activity (2 minutes)
Sing along with “My Aunt Came Back”
Make sure to do the movements too!
Must Do: Rhymes and Singing (5- 8 minutes)
Sing along with “Down By The Bay”
Think up your own rhymes for the song and put at least one on the share form below.
Must Do: Create your own verses and draw a picture of them. (10-20 minutes)
Sing along with “There’s A Hole In The Middle Of The Road”
What do you think might be in the hole?
Create your own version of the song using your ideas.
Draw a picture of what you think is in the hole. Share your drawing on the form below.
Rhythm Game : (about 5 minutes, but do as much as you like)
Use this link to play the poison pattern rhythm game.
When you get to the website, click on any of the numbers in the “Poison Rhythm Oops” box to start.
Clap the rhythms you hear, but make sure not to do the poison pattern!
April 21-24, 2020
K-2 Week 5 Virtual Music Class Activities
I can respond to musical opposites.
Video introductions (5 minutes)
Watch Presto/Largo Piano/Forte and High/Low videos from Music K-8
Vocal pathways (3 minutes)
Watch this video and echo the vocal pathways, moving your voice high and low for each one.
Create your own vocal pathways (10 minutes)
Using whatever materials you have at home, draw your own vocal pathways. You could use paper and pencil, Google Draw, or even chalk on the driveway with adult permission! After you draw the pathways, make the sounds to go along with them, remembering to make your voice move high and low. Feel free to share a photo or video of your vocal pathways with your music teacher!
Applying opposites (5 minutes)
Pick a song you know. Decide which set of opposites you will perform.
Sing the song twice, using one opposite each time.
Sing the song once more, starting with one opposite and finishing the song with the other opposite.
Must do: Mystery opposites game (10 minutes)
Listen to the musical examples and fill out the Google form to show what you know about opposites!
April 13-17, 2020
Week 4 of Virtual Music Class Activities (K-2)
Warm up your body and voice (3-4 minutes):
Watch, sing along, and dance along to this short video of the song Johnny Works with One Hammer. Make sure that you have an open space on the floor for safety. Feel free to come up with your own “hammer” movements!
Sing Along (3-4 minutes):
With a parent’s permission, watch this video and try to learn the song! There are only three words: Allee Galloo Gallee!
How many different voices do you hear singing in this video? Do they always sing a solo (by themselves)? Do they always sing together? Do they always sing exactly the same notes?
MUST DO: Play the Piano! (10-15 minutes):
With a parent’s permission, use any link to below to play a free online piano:
**If you have a keyboard or piano at home, feel free to use that too!
Try to play the songs that you learned on the xylophone last week!
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - first 3 notes are C C G
Baby Shark - first 3 notes are C D F
Try to figure out how to play Mary Had a Little Lamb!
HINT: First 3 notes are E D C
Watch, Listen, and Create (8-10 minutes):
Watch this short video of the song, Aiken Drum, all about a man who lives in the moon! You may notice that he is not made like a human, but is made totally out of food! Once you hear and see an example, create your very own Aiken Drum and share your creation with your music teacher!
Week 3 Virtual Learning
Music Activities
K-2:
SING ALONG (3-4 minutes):
With a parent’s permission, play this video and try to learn the song! The words are simple: Obwisana!! Obwisana
Listen to the instruments in Obwisana - can you remember the names of them all? Put as many as you can in a comment below!
PLAY THE XYLOPHONE (10-15 minutes):
Use this link to play a free, online xylophone: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/381762419/fullscreen/
See if you can figure out how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Baby Shark on the Xylophone! (HINTS: Twinkle’s first 3 letters are C, C, G. Baby Shark’s first 3 letters are C, D, F. Figure out the rest!)
Write out the letters for both songs like this: C C G G until you’re written all the letters for each song.
QUIZ A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER (5-10 minutes):
Now that you can play 2 songs on the Xylophone, call a family member or friend on the phone/computer and play it for them - but don’t tell them the answer! Make them guess to see if they can figure it out.
COLOR A XYLOPHONE (5-10 minutes):
If you have a printer available, print this image of a Xylophone and color it in a creative way. Try to make a pattern, or color each bar in a unique way! Print this xylophone, and don’t forget to take a picture and share it here so we can see your design!
Week Two Activities
K-2:
Create your own rhythm patterns: (5-10 minutes)
Use spoons, popsicle sticks, pens or pencils to make a rhythm pattern.
Spoon Rhythms - example
Pencil Rhythms - example
Clap the rhythm you created.
Make your own shaker instrument: (15-20 minutes)
Take an empty toilet paper roll and cover one end with paper of any kind (wax paper, and saran wrap work well, but whatever you have on hand will do).
Secure paper with tape or a rubber band or string.
Fill the roll with dry pasta, beans, pebbles or even dirt/sand.
Cover the second end of the roll with paper and secure.
Decorate if you want (draw on it, stickers, etc.)
Alternate idea: Fill a small tupperware-like container with dry pasta,etc and cover.
Dance/Sing: (5-10 minutes)
Using your new shaker, dance to a song of your choice.
You may also sing your favorite song and use your shaker to accompany yourself.
Week One Activities
K-2
Book Soundtrack (15 minutes)
Pick a favorite picture book that has a lot of sounds in it (a book about animals, weather, etc), and create a soundtrack. Gather household materials that make a variety of sounds, and make sounds for each page. Perform the book and sounds with your family!
One book option: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Opposites (5 minutes)
Chant and dance along to Koo Koo Kangaroo Milkshake! What musical opposites did you find in the video?
Music Exploration (10 minutes): Explore one of the music-making tools in the Chrome Music Lab
Feel free to share any of the music making you do with these activities (or any others you can come up with!) with your student’s music teacher via email!