Music

Monday - Singing (PERFORM and CONNECT)

Sing “We Shall Overcome.” Click on the speaker icon in the left corner to start the music(USA)

Listen to Morehouse College Men sing “We Shall Overcome”

Sing “Canoe Song” (Canada)

Tuesday -Movement songs (PERFORM)

Dance along to “La Raspa” dance (Mexico)-watch kids and then try!

Wednesday - Listening (RESPOND and RELATE)

Jazz song “Take the A Train” (USA) - composed by Duke Ellington

1. What is the spinning machine at the very beginning of the video? If you don’t know, ask your parents.

2. How many different instruments do you see?

Steel Drums from National Geographic and Steel Drums competition video (Trinidad)

1. What are steel drums made from?

2. Which instrument family do you think steel drums are a part of?

Mariachi (Mexico)

1. Except for the trumpet, all these instruments are in which instrument family?

2. What language is the singer singing?

Thursday - Beat/Rhythm (RESPOND and CONNECT)

Native American Ceremonial Dance (find something at home to make a shaker/maraca sound and play the beat)

Friday - Creative options (CREATE and PERFORM)

Visit Music Play Online and make a rhythm composition

Monday - Singing (PERFORM and CONNECT)

“La Mar Estaba Serena” - Song from Latin America singing through the vowels (a, e, i, o, and u)

Tuesday -Movement songs (PERFORM)

“Bambo du Bambu” from Brazil

1. Watch and follow the first video to learn the Samba dance

2. Scroll down to the audio track when you are ready to perform

Wednesday - Listening (RESPOND and RELATE)

Listen and watch “Niño Colla” from Ecuador

Questions:

1. At the beginning you hear a drum and pan pipes. What family would the pan pipes be in?

2. Do you recognize any other instruments? What family are they from?

3. What else do you hear or see besides the instruments?

Thursday - Beat/Rhythm (RESPOND and CONNECT)

Watch the drum video from Columbia:

Ask an adult in your home to help you find a bucket or cooking pot, stick to use for drumming, or a shaker (fill a tupperware with dried beans, rice or small items like paper clips). An optional activity is to learn a pattern taught by the drummers after the music.

Friday - Creative options (CREATE and PERFORM):

“Cidade Maravilhosa” -Brazilian song used for summer Olympics video 2016

Four options to choose from:

1. Create a rhythm to play on a home instrument with the song (maybe make some words to repeat like “Pizza and Popcorn”)

2. Create movement to match the patterns of the song.

3. Create a picture of how the music makes you feel while only listening to the music (not watching the video)

OR

4. Make a list of all the summer Olympic sports you spot in the video.

Monday - Singing (PERFORM and CONNECT)

Frère Jacques - (French folk song)

Tuesday - Movement songs (PERFORM)

“Aquarium” by Saints-Saens (French composer)

Wednesday - Listening (RESPOND and RELATE)

Listen to the video after reading the questions-

1. What is being used as a percussion instrument in this video?

2. Is the tempo fast or slow?

3. What woodwind instrument is being used?

Django Reinhardt (Romani-French Musician and Composer) helped innovate the use of guitar in jazz music and incorporate a style of music often referred to as “Gypsy Jazz.”

Thursday - Beat/Rhythm (RESPOND and CONNECT)

Play along with “Alla Turka”by Mozart (German/Austrian) using homemade instruments (box, metal can, silverware, or lid). Kindergarten, first, and second grade can try 1-2 instruments or form a family band with all 4 parts.

Friday - Create a music picture(CREATE and PERFORM)

Listen and draw to “Holberg Suite” by Grieg (Norwegian composer)

1. Get a blank piece of paper and something to draw or color with

2. With your eyes closed listen to the music for one minute and pay attention to any images that come in to your imagination or how the music makes you feel

3. Now open your eyes and make a picture that uses ideas from your imagination while you continue to listen to the music

Monday - No School for Memorial Day

Tuesday - Movement songs (PERFORM)

Follow along with the 5 minute African dance lessons

“Funga Alafia” from the Yoruba people of West Africa

After you click on the link choose the kids demo from the movie window and dance with the students.

Wednesday - Listening (RESPOND and RELATE)

Listen or sing along to “Che che Koolay”, a song in Swahili from the country of Ghana

What did you like about the song? How did they make it exciting? How did they move differently when it was soft?

****Take a picture of your written response and send in Seesaw, please!

Thursday - Beat/Rhythm (RESPOND and CONNECT)

Visit Music Play Online and choose any instrument or object around the house to play a steady beat. Play the movie and follow the beat of the African music.

Friday - Create using two options (CREATE and PERFORM)

1. An optional Seesaw activity will be assigned to you Thursday evening and you are welcome to send your creation to us. If you choose not to do this please do number 2.

2. Visit Music Play Online and create your own rhythms. Begin with your grade level number and first create, listen, clap along, and then create two more. Try to do the next level too.

Monday - Singing (PERFORM and CONNECT)

We are hoping to sing this in the fall together!

Sing, “Lean On Me.”

Tuesday - Movement songs (PERFORM)

Both songs are from the Maoria people of New Zealand. Pick one or do both!

“Epo I Tai Tai E” (sing/body percussion or add sticks with a partner at home)

“E Papä” (sing/stick percussion with wooden spoons)

Wednesday - Listening (RESPOND and RELATE)

Listen to “The Mood” song- Narwhals and waterfalls

Thursday - Beat/Rhythm (RESPOND and CONNECT)

First, listen to an explanation of one of Fiji’s favorite songs, “Bula Maley”.

Next, grab something you can shake from around your house and DANCE along as you listen to the song.

Friday - Create (CREATE and PERFORM)

Listen to the story “Mr. Everybody’s Musical Apartment: Book 1” to learn about the notes C,D, and E on the music staff.

Next, select Level 3 on Music Play Online. Drag the notes above the staff and make a melody using the notes you’ve learned, C,D, and E.

Hello Musicians!

We hope you’ve enjoyed the music activities from last week! You will notice that this week we included category titles for each activity. As musicians it is so important we continue to work on our skills in singing, movement, listening, beat/rhythm and creating. We would love to see you post some videos of you performing the activities to Seesaw. Please email us if you have questions. (karen.rice@rentonschools.us or aaron.stiner@rentonschools.us).

Keep on making music, Mrs. Rice and Mr. Stiner

Monday - Singing (PERFORM and CONNECT)

• Sing along to this familiar song “When I Was One”. If the tempo (speed) is too fast, slow it down by clicking on the settings at the bottom of the video and adjust the Playback Speed.

• Listen and then try our new SEL song from last week, “Lean On Me.”

Tuesday - Movement (PERFORM)

Pick a favorite “Just Dance” from YouTube, or use the links below!

It’s a GREAT brain break - sing along if you like.

• WAKA WAKA AFRICA

• SUPER MARIO

• GUMMY BEAR

Wednesday - Listening (RESPOND and RELATE)

To review our instrument families and introduce the orchestra, visit Music Play Online. Once you click scroll down to the Musicplay Songs list and click on number 13. Watch the slideshow movie about orchestra.

QUESTIONS: Which instrument would you want to play? Have your parents played any of these instruments before?

Thursday - Beat/Rhythm (RESPOND and CONNECT)

Follow the steady beat using head, shoulders, knees and toes while listening to “In the Hall of the Mountain King”. Have you heard this song in a movie before? How does the music make you feel?

Friday - Create (CREATE and PERFORM)

Compose your Own Music! Visit Classics for Kids. Click on the music staff and begin by selecting a note value and then a note name from the keyboard. After you have finished, play it for a family member or post a link to Seesaw.

Dear Bobcats!

Can you believe it is already May? We hope you have fun moving a lot to the music.

We are introducing a song that you might be familiar with called, “Lean on Me”. We thought this might be a good song for right now and we could sing it when we are back together. The older people in your house might be familiar with this pop song and could enjoy singing it with you at home!

We also included a game from a website called “Music Tech Teacher” and you might want to bookmark the website because there are a lot of other games you could try on a rainy day.

We miss you a lot and hope to hear from you in Seesaw or maybe in a zoom meeting soon, Mrs. Rice and Mr. Stiner

1. Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music. Listen to their video of “Lean on Me”

2. Move to “Macarena” Maximo style

3. Move and Sing “Grand Old Duke York” -Scroll down to the song video and choose the “kids demo” tab

4. Play the music game “Instrument Concentration” by matching pairs of cards

5. Celebrate Mexican culture and rhythm by learning “Bate,bate, chocolate”- clap the rhythm they are singing

Practice clapping the words/rhythms before watching the next video on Youtube

Hello Bobcats!

We hope you enjoyed the 5 activities last week! We hope the weather will cooperate for you to go on a listening exploration this week. We would love to see your lists or drawings of what you hear outside.

This would be the time of year for our spring concerts, so our hope is that you will take the extra time to prepare a song or piece to record and send to us. You could also do a “concert” for your household or video call someone to share your music. It is sad that we can’t come together to sing right now, but we need to stop the spread of the virus by staying home.

Please email us if you have questions or upload videos to Seesaw of which activities you enjoyed. (karen.rice@rentonschools.us or aaron.stiner@rentonschools.us).

Keep making music, Mrs. Rice and Mr. Stiner

Activity 1: Sing along as you watch the story of “Down By the Bay”

Activity 2: Move along to the song as you sing “PurpleStew”

Activity 3: Follow along with the rhythm pattern movements in the video as you sing “A Ram Sam Sam”. Click on the kids demo tab above the screen if you don’t know the motions.

Activity 4: Listen to the Brass family video:

Activity 5: Music Exploration - Go on a walk with a family member or sit outside and write down all of the sounds you hear or draw pictures.

Talk about these questions: Do you think this could be music? Why or why not?

Hi Bobcat Musicians!

We are expanding your options for music learning beginning this week with 5 different activities and links to the internet.

Please get adult help at home if you are having a hard time doing the activity.

Please let us know if you have questions by messaging on Seesaw or have an adult email one of us. We would love to see pictures or videos of your musical or artistic creations on Seesaw!

Enjoy your music time and get some sunshine!

Musically yours, Mrs. Rice and Mr. Stiner

Activity 1: Had a Little Rooster

Sing along with the video

Activity 2: Room Full of Jello

Imagine a room full of sticky jello and you're stuck inside. As you listen to Moonlight Sonata struggle to crawl your way out of the jello using big and slow movement. Use the slow and sad feeling of the music to help you act out your imagination.

Activity 3: Playing on the Washboard

Choose any item around the house to play a steady beat or rhythm. Anything you can shake, scrape or strike will work. Make sure you have parent permission to use the item. Now listen to Playing on the Washboard. When you see the heart beats on the screen create a pattern with your instrument. You are welcome to sing along.

Activity 4: Song Maker

Use Song Maker to create your own melody. Click on several rectangular boxes to create sounds. Press the play button when you're ready to hear your song. Change your song by choosing new rectangles or change the instrument sound at the bottom.

Activity 5: Peter and the Wolf Story

Visit Music Online to complete the first three steps listed under the teaching procedure.

Step 1. Watch the story Peter and the Wolf

Step 2. Watch and listen to “The Bird”

Step 3. Color or draw the bird and flute

Dear Musicians,

We hope you are all doing well and getting some learning done at home (as well as lots of creative play time).

Here are links for activities, sing-along songs, and practice you tubes. Please share what you have enjoyed or examples of your music/creations on seesaw.

If you have any questions, your parents can email us or send a message through seesaw.

Have fun,

Mrs. Rice and Mr. Stiner

Music Activities

In the Woods

Sing-along to the song, "In the Woods"

The Bunny Story

Here’s your chance to be an actor in “The Bunny Story” Follow along with the children in the video.