I will create a four beat rhythm using ta, ti-ti, rest, to-o, tika-tika, ti-tika, tika-ti, or tam-ti.

• Use sticks to write your own four beat rhythm usingta, ti-ti, rest, to-o, tika-tika, ti-tika, tika-ti, or tam-ti.

• Write your own Rhythm Composition using activities 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 10.

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

I will sing in tune along to my favourite song.

• Turn on your favourite song and sing along.

• Write a tune using this music notation software. Try singing along with the tune you create.

• Sing Country Roads along with me if you go for a drive with your household.

I will create a repeated body percussion rhythm to my favourite song.

• 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 create music with technology or found sounds.

• Create music using your voice, or sounds found around your home.

• Explore Chrome Music Lab. Use Song Maker to make a song to email to Ms. Sheffield at asheffield@gnspes.ca.

• Use a plastic cup to create a cup pattern along with your favourite song. Here is an example.

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.

I will consider what my favourite artists were thinking about when they wrote a specific song.

• Choose your favourite song. Listen to the lyrics, speed, style, and expression of the song. Think about and be able to explain what you think the composer was feeling, and thinking, when they wrote this song.

• Choose your favourite musical artist. Find five fun facts about this artist that you would like to share.

I will listen to or make music while I do something I love (play video games, ride your bike, build a fort, play with toys, etc.)

• 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.

• Find the Imposter. Watch and listen to this YouTube video. Identify the Crewmates who have instrument sounds that do not match the instrument pictured.

• Visit All Musical Instruments of the world. Choose one instrument you have never heard of before, and find out more about it.

Recorder Fab 5

1. Left hand on top.

2. Use the Puffy Pillow Patch of your finger.

3. Cover holes completely.

4. Gentle, warm air.

5. Listen for a clear beautiful sound.