Learning Objectives: Students will explore long and short sounds and share in music of different cultures.

Steps:

1. Have you ever noticed how different sounds can be? Some are very loud, like a lawnmower in the springtime, or very quiet, like the rustle of a tree’s leaves in a gentle breeze. Some are musical, like the song a bird sings, or not musical, like the rumble of a car as it passes by. Sounds can also be long and short. Can you think of any long or short sounds?

2. Let’s practice moving to long and short sounds using Video 1. When the music has long sounds, we are going to sway our arms. When the music has short sounds, we are going to clap our hands.

3. We can also hear long and short sounds on a rainy day! Using the poem “Rain on the Green Grass” (Video 2) let’s explore some long and short rainy day patterns together.

4. Whether it is a rainy day or a sunny day, we can find good in the day and celebrate the day. After all, we need both the rain and the sun to help the plants, trees, and grass in the beautiful land around us to grow!

   • What is your idea of a good day?

   • Imagine the most wonderful day ever. What would that day look like, feel like, and sound like for you?

   • Listen and sing along with Elder Wilson Bearhead in Video 3. Elder Wilson’s song is about celebrating the day. In his language, he sings “It is a good day.”

5. In the last song, we celebrated the day through singing. You can also celebrate the day through dancing. Read or listen to the story “The Story of the Rabbit Dance” by clicking here for the story and here to listen to it in English or Michif.

   • Watch Video 4 to learn about some of the steps of the “Red River Jig.”

   • In Video 5 you can listen to “Drops of Brandy” (as mentioned in the story) played by a very well-known, master Métis fiddler, John Arcand.

Learning Objective: Students will explore high and low sounds.

Steps:

1. The first step of this lesson has been removed to honour copyright and timeframe restrictions set for use and sharing of previous materials.

2. Follow along with Mrs. Richard in Video 1 to the song "Where are the Birds?"

3. Using the scarf again, raise or lower the scarf while following the music to the song "Bird Seed" (Video 2).

   • Red and yellow, and also brown, the little birds drop the seeds down.
     Scurrying quickly, gathering nuts, the sneaky squirrels pick the seeds up.

4. Explore how you can show different high shapes with your body. Can you make a large, high shape? Can you make a tall, skinny high shape? Can you make a twisted, high shape? Explore how you can show different low shapes with your body. Can you make a round, low shape? Can you make a large, low shape? Can you make a pointy, low shape? As you listen to the song in Video 3, "High Low Song" practice moving high and low with your bodies and explore how you can make all kinds of different high and low shapes as it changes in the song.

5. Let's play with our scarves again! Have fun watching and singing along with "The Music Show Episode #4" (Video 4). On the word “high,” match the pitch of the character in the video and bring your scarf up high. On the word “low,” match the pitch of the character in the video and move your scarf down low.

Learning Objectives: Singing along, animal sounds, names of instruments.

Steps:

1. Watch Video 1 and follow Mrs. Vetro as you sing along to this well known song, “Old MacDonald."
   **Videos of Mrs. Vetro or any portions of them may not be posted to any social media platforms or any electronic media outside of this Alternative Learning space.

2. Can you think of different farm animals and their sounds?

3. The remaining portions of this lesson have been removed to honour copyright and timeframe restrictions set for use and sharing of previous materials.

Learning Objectives: Students will practice moving to the beat, using their singing voices, and responding to music in different ways.

Steps:

1. The main portion of this lesson has been removed to honour copyright and timeframe restrictions set for use and sharing of previous materials.

Just for Fun!

• Add actions with Mrs. Richard (see Video 1) to “Goin’ to the Park”

• Shake My Sillies Out

Learning Objectives: Practice using different voices, sing and move to songs that teach us about taking care of our earth.

Steps:

1. Did you know that Earth Day is next week? In this lesson you will get to explore all kinds of activities that teach us about how to take care of our earth.

2. The main portion of this lesson has been removed to honour copyright and timeframe restrictions set for use and sharing of previous materials.

3. Are you ready to move? If you want to help take care of our earth, it’s important not to litter and make sure all your garbage, especially when you are out, goes into a garbage can. To do this activity, you are going to need to have a large clear space to move. Set up some “garbage cans” on the floor. These might be hula hoops, a scarf that you lay on the floor to make a circle shape, or even a reused cereal box that you have cut the middle out of so it makes what looks like a picture frame. Use whatever you have at home that can be put on the floor to create a hollow centre to jump into. When the music plays, you can dance all around the garbage cans. Think of lots of different ways to move (jump, stomp, tiptoe, wiggle, etc.). Have a parent, guardian, or sibling pause the music. When you hear this happen, you are going to jump into a garbage can. Use video 1, "Earth Day Song." If playing as a whole family, you could have a parent or guardian take away one garbage can each time the music pauses. Will you all be able to fit into one garbage can at the end? You might have to work a little on some balancing shapes.

Resources and notes:

• Poem “Everyday is Earth Day”

• Try singing this Earth Day song to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It."

• Watch video 2, “What A Wonderful World." This beautiful rendition connects children’s choirs from different parts of the world. You can discuss with your child what things they love most about our world.