Fourth Grade
TALENT SHOW
If you are signed up to be in the Talent Show, submit your recording to me by May 21st at rknighten@d49.org
Make sure you are dressed and ready for the final recording! A pre-recorded and final show will be sent out to everyone on the last day of school, May 26th.
assignments are due this thursday, may 20!
WE MADE IT! LAST WEEK OF ELEARNING!!!!
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE PAST ASSIGNMENTS. POST YOUR RESPONSES ON PADLET.
THERE SHOULD BE 7 POSTS FOR COMPLETION.
past assignments
Lesson #31
OBJECTIVE: I can describe music created on the theremin. I can explain how the theremin is played.
This is the Theremin. It is an electronic instrument that you do not touch to play.
Click on the video to learn more!
Watch this fascinating performance!
practice it!
Copy and paste this link to Google Arts and Culture website to answer the following questions about the Theremin.
Get a piece of paper and number it like the two pictures below.
https://g.co/arts/gXDoX2LWyy2VRsJf8
Post a picture or link to your completed response in padlet!
Lesson #30
OBJECTIVE: I can tell what swing style is, Jazz, and ragtime. I can perform a cup game. I can create my own cup pattern.
Grab a piece of paper and write down at least one fact from each of the following videos.
Jazz, 12 bar blues, and swing.
Watch this video about the origins of Jazz. It highlights a famous composer named Jelly that influenced ragtime music as well in the next video.
Listen to the 12 bar blues. A well known form for blues players all over the globe.
Watch this video about the origins of swing music and some of the most influential composers who made it popular in the United States.
Grab a cup and play along!
Listen and try this cup game. This is called ragtime music that was made popular by Jelly Role Morton.
Still have your cup? Make up your own cup game to this song called Back Porch Blues.
Will you keep the same rhythm for the whole song?
Or change it up throughout?
Post your completed response in padlet!
Type in Padlet or take a picture of your notes about Jazz, 12 bar blues, and ragtime music.
Did you come up with a cup rhythm? Play the Back Porch Blues song while you try your own cup rhythm, record your video, and post in Padlet!
Lesson #30
OBJECTIVE: I can read, perform, and create a 16th beat body percussion pattern.
Warm up with rhythm corners! Listen to the rhythm then try to guess which corner it matches!
Warm up with this body percussion!
Read the directions on this picture with the hearts.
Get a piece of paper and draw 16 squares or fold into 16 squares. Make up your own body percussion sequence and post a picture or take a video performing it in Padlet.
Post your completed body percussion here! Click the padlet link!
Lesson #29
OBJECTIVE: I can read songs with 16th note rhythms, I can practice 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time signatures.
Warm up with this challenge!
Try this rhythm challenge with 16th notes!
Try reading this score and doing the body percussion!
Try these rhythms in 4/4 and 3/4 time.
Click to complete the meter worksheet. Drag the lines to separate the beats.
Post your completed meter worksheet here! Click the padlet link!
Lesson #28
OBJECTIVE: I can sing and move to music, I can perform and respond to music from other eras, and I can perform and define dynamics.
Warm up with some body percussion!
Try this body percussion sequence below. Watch out for the rests! Make sure to try butterfly, clap, chest, thigh, and stomp.
Learn the song, One Planet with sign language!
Learn about compost from Jack Johnson!
Switching now to dynamics, watch this video to learn more!
Get a piece of paper to do this activity about composting! Post a picture of your work in Padlet below!
Get a piece of paper to do this activity. Write the Italian dynamic words out on a piece of paper from softest to loudest and draw the symbol beside it.
Post a picture of your compost paper and dynamics paper activity in padlet.
Lesson #27
I can sing and move to music, I can read, perform and create rhythms, I can define and perform different tempos.
Try this body percussion sequence!
Create your own body percussion sequence! What song will you use?
Earth Day is coming up! It's important to help keep our planet clean. Listen to this song and it's message about the earth.
Clap, tap, or play an instrument in this tempo challenge! Remember, the tempo is the speed of the beat. Can you keep up?
Clap
Snap
Shhh
Chest
Make up your own body percussion sequence! Use a song or keep a steady beat with your pattern!
What is your body percussion sequence? Post in padlet.
Lesson #26
I can read, perform and create rhythms.
I can sing a song in Spanish.
I can compose and play a melody.
Choose body percussion or instruments to play along with the video.
Learn the translation for Mi Conijito.
Practice your rhythms with this online game!
Compose a Spring Melody
Use do-re-mi (CDE) or do-re- mi-so-la (CDE GA).
Write down your melody and post in padlet! Put some words to it if you like to sing!