4th Grade

4th Grade has a multi-cultural focus. We still learn new notes and rhythms, but we do it using songs from cultures all over the world. In the past, 4th Grade has done songs, instrumental activities, and dances that were Chinese, Japanese, American, Native American, Latin American, Filipino, French, German, English, and many more.

In 4th Grade I can:

~Listen to, recognize, and move to music from a variety of cultures and composers

~Listen to, recognize, move, and sing in a variety of meters (2/4, 4/4, ¾, 6/8), using correct terminology such as time signature, bar/measure, double barline, etc.

~Listen to, recognize, and sing in a variety of tonalities (Major and Minor)

~Review, read, and sing notes on a staff and compose simple melodies

~Review quarter, eighth, half note, and sixteenth note rhythms and add syncopated rhythms--sing them, read them on a staff, and compose simple rhythms with them

~Play a variety of instruments with correct notes, rhythms, and techniques

~Learn more difficult folk dances

~Recognize repeat signs, as well as 1st and 2nd endings

~Know the terms Forte (loud), Piano (soft), Mezzo (medium), accelerando (getting faster), ritardando (getting slower), crescendo (getting louder), and decrescendo (getting softer)