I will practice reading and writing four beat rhythms using ta, ti-ti, rest, and to-o.

• Use sticks to write your own four beat rhythm using ta, ti-ti, rest and/or to-oo.

• Write your own Rhythm Compositions using activities 1, 2 or 3.

Visit this Rhythm Trainer. Listen to the rhythm and write out the rhythm you hear.

I will sing in-tune.

• Turn on your favourite song and sing along.

• Use this virtual keyboard to play tunes. Try singing along with the tunes you create.

• Learn how to sing Corner Grocery Store. Choose something you would like to buy at the corner grocery store and make up your own verse.

I will perform repeated body percussion rhythms to songs.

• Create a body percussion pattern to perform along to the chorus of your favourite song.

• Do the body percussion along with It’s Gonna Be Ok by the Piano Guys.

Read the rhythms and do the body percussion along with this High Hopes video.

I will be able to find music in my environment.

• Go outside and listen for sounds created by the wind, or water.

• Go outside and listen for all the different sounds you can hear.

• Count the number of different bird sounds you can hear in your yard.

I will listen to or make music while I do an activity I love (playing with my toys, riding my bike, playing video games)

• Be ready to tell Ms. Sheffield about this experience.

I will identify the instruments I hear while I listen to a piece of music I love.

• Choose your favourite song and draw the instruments you hear. Label your drawings.

• What instrument do you hear? Visit Game #2. Click on the frog to hear the instrument. Click on the crown next to the instrument you hear.

Visit All Musical Instruments of the world. Listen to your favourite song and see what instruments from this list can be heard.

I will create a rondo pattern. (ABACA)

• Use items you find outside to make sounds in a rondo pattern.

Rondeau - Visit the website and scroll down to 43, Rondeau. Listen to the song. Find items around your home to use as instruments. Assign instruments to be A, B, and C. Play along with the video.

Free Space

Repeat an activity you enjoyed from before, or create your own activity.

I will describe the feeling of a piece of music.

• While you watch TV or listen to the radio, think about what feeling the music is trying to make you feel.

• Choose a song that you like to listen to when you are feeling the following, happy, sad, excited, bored, angry, and calm.

Turn on the radio and use these faces to identify the feeling of the music you hear.