Archived Spring 20 1st-3rd General Music Assignments
Assignment five the final assignment for this quarter. Assignment for all grades Due May 15th.
Sing Me a Song, or Play Me a Tune
This will be the final activity for this quarter. To complete the activity send me a video or a sound recording of you singing a song or playing tune. Alternatively you can send me a printed or typed copy of your own homemade lyrics to a song. Any poems that could be made into a song will work for this assignment too. Your music can be serious or silly, short or long, even partial songs or best practicing moments will be allowed. Challenge yourself appropriately and realistically for your grade, your musical skill, your instruments available at home and the technology options available to you.
Kindergartners and first graders are welcome to complete the activity above or alternatively they can submit a photo of a drawing, or a coloring of a musical instrument or instruments that they have completed at home.
Students who share to me their videos, recordings, lyrics or pictures may have their submission posted on this "Music With Mr Dahl" website. I will ask first for student and parent permission.
Thank you so much to anyone who has completed all the four previous assignments this quarter. If you have not done so, you are welcome to go back and complete the previous assignment at any point before the end of this quarter. It is your choice if you want to complete this assignment first, or go back and start with any previous assignments that you have not completed by this point.
All assignment submissions for this quarter are due by May 15th
Tell me, or share to me your video, recording or lyrics(or artwork k-1):
Ways to submit your assignment:
Attach your work to an email. (smaller files see below). Poems or lyrics can be typed or copied into the email itself or attached as a document file.
Share your work to me on google drive. (bigger files see below).
Contact me on the phone to state how you participated, or completed this activity.
Some kids may be able to share to me on Class Dojo or Google Classroom if their classroom or band is setup with one of these platforms.
Note: Shorter or smaller video files can be shared on email. Longer or bigger files can be uploaded to google drive and "shared to me" tor.dahl@g.kpbsd.k12.ak.us.
Please contact me if you need help sharing your video or recording. My contact info is listed in the footer below. Contact Mr. Dahl
Please check back to this page periodically. I may be adding helpful resources for recording music and music videos.
I will also be posting some of the videos and recordings of students playing music at home.
Check It Out! >> This is how you do it!
See these student pictures and videos from the final assignment
8 Arms!
Week 5 (4/27 - 5/4) Catch up on previous assignments this week. All grades.
Week 5 (4/27 - 5/4): Time to catch up on your previous music assignments.
This week I am providing all students time to go back and complete any activities from the last four weeks that they may not have completed yet: Week 1 Tempo, Week 2 Genre, Week 3 Household Percussion, Week 4 Note Names.
If you have completed all four weeks of assignments and shared details with me, Thank you so much for your hard work. For this week you have a few choices.
You can skip a music lesson this week if like, or if you just need time to catch up on other school work.
Go "above and beyond" to explore the music resources page and choose an activity there.
Go "above and beyond" to a previous activity and extend it in some way.
Tell me about the music you have been playing or learning at home.
Get ready for Week 6. The assignment will titled something like: Sing Me a Song or Play Me a Tune. Your options will be to record a song or tune and send me a video or a sound recording. Or you can send me a printed or typed copy of your own homemade lyrics to a song. Any poems that could be made into a song will work for aw well. Serious or silly music is welcome. so think about what you might do and start practicing or writing. Please look for more information for that assignment on Week 6 (May 5 to May 11th)
Tell Me
Depending on your choice above, you can report back to me by email, or by phone message stating how you participated in the activity.
My contact info is listed in the footer below. Contact Mr. Dahl
Optional: take a picture or make a video of yourself doing this music activity.
Week Four (4/20 - 4/26) Assignment. Explore: Tonal Notes and the Music Staff
Week 4 (4/20 - 4/26): Assignment Exploring Note Names and The Music Staff - First through Third Grade.
Step 1: First review the music staff note names on the Treble Clef.
Treble clef lines: Every Good Boy Does Fine
Treble clef spaces: spell FACE
EGBDF FACE.pdfFor Extra Credit: Study Bass Clef too.
Step 2: Now head to at least one of these linked sites and play the interactive note names game.
From the Classics for Kids website https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/note_names.php
or the Teaching Files website https://www.teachingfiles.co.uk/namethatnote2.htm
If the linked sites above don't work for your device you can draw the music staff at home. Just make five lines with a straight edge and draw a treble clef. Have a family member quiz you, using the letters C, D, E, F, G, A and B. or these words. A, ACE, AGE, BAG, FACE, CAGE, DEED, DEAF, CABBAGE, BAGGAGE. Can you find any more words that work as notes on the music staff?
Step 3: Now use the interactive typing music keyboard below from aQWERTYon to play some music.
To make it work you may need click in the box after aQWERTYon loads and then just start typing on your computer keyboard. You can change the instrument, the musical key, and the volume. Make sure your computer volume is turned on. Now make some music and have fun exploring your computer typing keyboard instrument.
If you are unable to create music with aQWERTYon you can use a tonal instrument to play at home. Make sure when you play your instrument you think about the note names while you play each note.
Please let me know how you participated in this activity. What was your favorite part? Contact Mr Dahl
(optional, take a picture or make a video of yourself doing this music activity)
Extension or Substitute Lesson: If you are already an instrumentalist please let me know of music you played this week, or in the last three weeks, while reading notes on a music staff.
The "aQWERTYon" interactive music keyboard below will only work on a computer or device that has a typing keyboard attached to it.
Check It Out! >> This is how you do it!
Look at these student pictures and videos from the week 3 assignment
Week Three (4/13 - 4/19) Assignment for all grades: Household Percussion
Week 3 (4/13 - 4/19): Assignment: Household Percussion - All Grades.
Find, or create percussion instruments at home. For this week's music assignment, locate items that you find at home to create musical sounds. With a little exploration around your home you should be able find objects that make noises when you strike them, rub them, tap them or crash them together. You may also be able to create your own musical instruments to include in this activity. Maybe you can find something musical outside in your yard or when taking a family walk, or add a real musical instrument if you have one at home.
Always get your parents permission to use any of the items that you choose. You can find boxes, buckets, plastic bins, silverware, pots and pans or anything that you can create a sound with. You may also need to find or create a beater, a mallet, or set of drum sticks. Some objects you may be able to crash together like crash cymbals to make a sound. Make sure all items are safe to use. Don't use heavy or sharp objects. Also discuss with your parents where, and when, you can play these "instruments" so that you don't interrupt your family or your neighbors.
After you have chosen a collection of instruments make up some music. Create rhythms and melodies if your instruments make different pitches.
Again be safe and get your parents permission.
Below are some fun videos for you and your family to play along with from Musication. Use your household percussion instruments to play along.
Tell Me:
Report back to me by email, class dojo, or by phone message stating how you participated in the activity. Contact Mr. Dahl
What instruments did you use or create? Please let me know in your response.
Optional: I would love to see your pictures, or videos of what you came up with for this activity.
To turn in your answers to this assignment see my contact information at the bottom of this page.
Play along with these videos using your household percussion instruments.
Get a few family members to play along with you.
Alla Turka - Home edition - Percussion
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Animation: Jan Vink and Musication
Can Can - Home edition - Percussion
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Animation: Jan Vink and Musication
Waltz of the Flowers - Percussion
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Animation: Jan Vink and Musication
Check It Out! >> This is how you do it!
Look at these student pictures and videos from the week 3 assignment
Week Two (4/6 - 4/12) Assignment for first through third grade: Exploring Music Genres
Week 2 (4/7 - 4/12): Assignment: Exploring Music Genres - First through third grades.
Listen to at least three examples from different genre's of music and sing, dance, move or play an instrument along with the music. You can choose the music I added to this site below by clicking on the pictures, or you can find your own music at home to listen to. Make sure that your music is from three completely different Genre's and have fun!
Tell Me:
Kindergarten to third grade: Report back to me by email, class dojo, or by phone stating how you participated in the activity. Contact Mr. Dahl
What is your favorite genre of music? Let me know in your response.
Optional: take a picture or make a video of yourself doing this music activity.
To turn in your answers to this assignment see my contact information below.
Sing, dance, move or play an instrument along with music from different genre's. Click on the pictures below.
Ways to move: March. Hop. Clap. Wiggle. Shake, Skip, Flap your arms, Fly, Move in circles. Dance. Be creative.
Students need to be signed into their school district accounts to listen to the music below. Sign in here or from the KPBSD website. After signing in navigate back to this page to listen to the music.
Opera
From the opera: The Barber of Seville.
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Timeline: Romantic
More information about "music genres"
Genres in music: There are many styles or types of music in the world. Different types of music are categorized as music genres. There are so many music genres that it would be impossible to list them all. Some music genres overlap and sound like others. Some genres are given more than one name. Some genres fit within the category of others. Also some music genres are influenced by their geographical location and the nature of the culture of the people who live there. Here is a short list of some of the more common genres.
Classical Jazz Musical Theater Opera Gospel Acapella Rock Pop Country Hip Hop Blues Electronic Dance Native American World
Check It Out! >> This is how you do it!
See this document from the week 2 assignment.
Week one (3/30 - 4/5) assignment for first through third grade: Exploring Tempo
Week 1 (3/30 - 4/5) : Assignment 1: Exploring Tempo
Watch the entire video about tempo. Tempo is the speed of the beat of the music.
Watch the video at least one more time and sing, dance or move along with the video. Have fun out of your seat.
K-3 Report back to Mr. Dahl by email, class dojo, or by phone, stating that you participated in the activity by singing, dancing or moving along to the beat. (optional, take a picture or make a video of yourself doing this music activity)
Presto Largo Video
Music K-8 and Plank Road Publishing are temporarily sharing access to their music topics videos.
Watch Presto Largo by John Riggio. Move, and sing along to this video that we watched in the fall.
