Go through all videos. Any time remaining can be for extra games and/or puppets.
5th Grade Warmup!
Learn a little bit more about the ELEMENTS OF MUSIC.
Everyone gets 1 PURPLE Boomwhacker from under the table.
This video uses:
takadimi (but calls them "tikatika")
tadi (but calls them "titi")
AND A SURPRISE: triplets (3 even sounds on 1 beat)
Can you keep up?! Good luck!
From the MINECRAFT MOVIE:
Everyone gets 1 Boomwhacker. Please ensure we have each color used.
Mr. Gossard explains more about meter, and different kinds.
Everyone gets a YELLOW Boomwhacker from under the table. Follow the instructions. Good luck!
The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss is a famous song is 3/4 (triple meter). Watch this Line Rider video to enjoy and recognize this super well-known song.
For this video, everyone gets 1 boomwhacker from under the brown table.
TO THE TEACHER IN THE ROOM: Please make all colors as evenly distributed as possible. Kids can sit to play and sit with the corresponding color on the screen.
You should definitely recognize this song. If you can't snap, just pretend.
Instruments of the Orchestra Listening Quiz.
Click the YouTube link to watch it. (It won't allow me to put it on my page.)
Instrument Jingo!
TEACHER NOTE: Kids can play one bingo game, neither, or both. But only the Rhythm Bingo game is worth a smellie for the winner.
Rhythm Bingo
Watch these 5th graders perform "Street Song" by composer Carl Orff. The Tom Green Orffestra may one day play a song like this!
Mr. Pace is my actual music teacher friend from Buda Elementary. He's going to help you practice improvising and reading rhythms you already know.