Embedded Files
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Follow the Rainbow, echoing on neutral syllables, using our bodies to show expressive elements and to internalize the concepts of high, low, and same
Follow the Rainbow, echoing on neutral syllables, using our bodies to show expressive elements and to internalize the concepts of high, low, and same
Explore Our Voices ~ Slide Whistle
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M, F, S, L, T, D.
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Bim Bum
Bim = Clap
Bum = Snap
Biddy = Pat lap
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
I Have Who Has - 4 beat patterns using 1/4 note, 1/8 note pairs, 1/2 note, and 1/4 rest
BEAT
BEAT
Alligator Pie
Alligator pie alligator pie
If I don't get some I think I'm gonna die
Take away the green grass, take away the sky but
Don't take away my alligator pie!
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
Throw Catch - Jikeleza.
MOVEMENT Exploration
MOVEMENT Exploration
A Sailor Went to Sea...
Accelerando !
Sea ~ Chop ~ Knee ~ Tap ~ Ooh-watchy-wah
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
Deep in forest, deep in the lowland, my heart cries out for thee, hills of the North.
Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more
Boom-diddy-boom-boom, Boom-diddy-boom-boom, oh, oh, oh.
High on a rocky ledge, I'll build my wigwam, close to the water's edge silent and still.
Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more.
Boom-diddy-boom-boom, Boom-diddy-boom-boom, oh, oh, oh.
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Ghosts and Owls and Wolves, Oh, My!
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M, F, S, L, T, D. Add - Low T, L, S
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Have You Seen the Ghost of John?
I have loved this round since I was a kid! It's in a minor key and is excellent for practicing beautiful vocal sound.
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Can we use ostinati to create harmony? Can we perform it in a 4 part round?
Miss White Had a Fright!
Miss White Had a Fright!
Beat Activities
Beat Activities
Continuing to work on 16th notes
MOVEMENT FOR FORM AND EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM AND EXPRESSION
The Great Pumpkin Waltz
The Great Pumpkin Waltz
Moving to this mellow jazz waltz in 3/4 time by Vince Guaraldi who is most famous for writing all of the music in the Peanuts TV specials
We'll use our Beat Buddies as partners!
In the Hall of the Mountain King
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Playing the Boomwhackers as artfully as we can with special attention to changing dynamics and tempo
A,C,D,D#,E,G,G#,B,C'
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack. I don’t care if we ever get back.
Let me room, root, root for the home team. If they don’t win it’s a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ball game!
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M, F, S, L, T, D. Add - Low T, L, S
Begin work on music for our Celebration of Winter Holidays
Begin work on music for our Celebration of Winter Holidays
4th-graders study the Hindu festival of Diwali and learn a song which uses special melodic patterns to evoke a sense of mystery. Since it's a festival of lights we learn choreography based (loosely) on typical Indian dance positions and then enhance the experience with glow sticks.
You can check out all of the other songs we usually perform as a whole school in the slide show to the right. This year we'll learn all of the music but have to figure out an alternative to an all school assembly.
Clean the house and decorate. Brand-new clothes to celebrate. So much to appreciate, it's - Diwali
Getting ready for the feast, Bring a box of tasty treats. (Look) Rangoli at your feet, it's - Diwali
Bringing together our family and friends
Young and old, we're all near and dear (it's our favourite time of year)
Dancing and singing, we'll light the lights again
It's everyone, it's everywhere, it's here (it's finally here) - Diwali
Tonight we'll make the diyas glow, filled with oil, lined up in rows on the steps of every home, it's - Diwali
Colors, patterns, everywhere. Music, laughter, fills the air. Special moments that we share, it's - Diwali
Bringing together our family and friends
Young and old, we're all near and dear (it's our favourite time of year)
Dancing and singing, we'll light the lights again
It's everyone, it's everywhere, it's here (it's finally here)
Bringing together our family and friends
Young and old, we're all near and dear (it's our favourite time of year)
Dancing and singing, we'll light the lights again
It's everyone, it's everywhere, it's here (it's finally here)
Diwali - Diwali - Diwali
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Over the River and Through the Woods
Over the river and through the woods, trot fast, my dapple gray.
Spring over the ground like a hunting hound for this is Thanksgiving Day!
Over the river and through the woods, now grandmother’s face I spy!
Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done? Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
It's a Marshmallow World
It's a Marshmallow World
It's a marshmallow world in the winter when the snow comes to cover the ground.
It's a time for play, it's a whipped cream day. I wait for it the whole year round.
Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly in the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head it's shining so your nose won't freeze.
The world is your snowball, see how it grows. That’s how it goes whenever it snows.
The world is your snowball just for a song. Get out and roll it along.
It's a yum yummy world made for Sweet Tarts, take a walk with your favorite pal.
It’s a sugar day. Want to come and play? In winter it's a marshmallow world! (3x)
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M, F, S, L, T, D. Add - Low T, L, S
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration.
The 1st day of Kwanzaa, we call it Umoja: Unity, Unity.
The 2nd day of Kwanzaa, Kujichagulia: Self Determination.
The 3rd day of Kwanzaa, we call it Ujima: Collective Work & Responsibility
The 4th day of Kwanzaa, we call it Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics
The 5th day of Kwanzaa, we call it Nia: Purpose, Purpose, I have a Purpose.
The 6th day of Kwanzaa, we call it Kuumba: Creativity, Creativity.
The last day of Kwanzaa, we say Imani, that’s what we call Faith!
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration.
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration. Celebration!
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa celebration. Celebration!
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
March of the Children from The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
Carol of the Bells
Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding - Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding - Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding
Ding, dong, ding, dong - Ding, dong, ding, dong - Ding, dong, ding, dong - Ding, dong, ding, dong
Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, "Throw cares away"
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer to young and old, meek and the bold
Ding-dong, ding-dong, that is their song, with joyful ring, all caroling
One seems to hear, words of good cheer from ev'rywhere, filling the air
Ding, dong, ding - ding, dong - Oh, how they pound, raising the sound - O'er hill and dale, telling their tale.
Gaily they ring while people sing songs of good cheer, Christmas is here
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas - Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas
Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells all seem to say, "Throw cares away"
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer to young and old, meek and the bold
Ding-dong, ding-dong, that is their song - With joyful ring, all caroling
One seems to hear, words of good cheer, from ev'rywhere, filling the air
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas. - Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas
On, on they send, on without end, their joyful tone to ev'ry home
Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding - Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer to young and old, meek and the bold
Ding-dong, ding-dong, that is their song with joyful ring, all caroling
Ding-dong, ding-dong
JANUARY
JANUARY
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Ickle Ockle Blue Bottle
We play this game with my giant parachute!
Ickle Ockle Blue Bottle
Fishes in the sea
If you want a partner
Please pick me!
TREBLE CLEF REVIEW
TREBLE CLEF REVIEW
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Using ball patterns to discover the form of this treasured song from America's past
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
Before the railroads were built, the Erie Canal served as an important waterway for moving merchandise and products between the Great Lakes (U.S.) and the Atlantic Ocean. (source: Sandburg)
This song alternates between minor and major!
Git up there, Sal, we've passed that lock - 15 miles on the Erie Canal
And we'll make Rome before 6 o'clock - 15 miles on the Erie Canal
Just one more trip and back we'll go, throught the rain and sleet and snow
And we know every inch of the way from Albany to Buffalo
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to feed her poor dog a bone.
And when she got there, her cupboard was bare…So she threw it out the window…
The three little kittens lost their mittens and didn’t know where to find them.
“Oh Mother dear, see here, see here... We threw them out the window…”
Mary Had a Little Lamb, its fleece is white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went...She threw him out the window…
Old King Cole was a merry old soul & a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl...and he threw them out the window…
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb & pulled out a plum and...threw it out the window…
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men...they threw him out the window…
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown...and threw it out the window…
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
MARCH
MARCH
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
These games wind.up being a bit like fancy Hopscotch!
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
1. When the sun comes out and the first quail calls - Follow the drinking gourd.
For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom - If you follow the drinking gourd. Refrain
2. The river bank makes a mighty good road - Dead trees will show you the way,
And the left foot, peg foot, traveling on - just you follow the drinking gourd. Refrain
3. The river ends between two hills - Follow the drinking gourd.
There’s another river on the other side - Follow the drinking gourd. Refrain
4. Where the great big river meets the little river - Follow the drinking gourd.
For the old man is awaiting to carry you to freedom if you - Follow the drinking gourd. Refrain
APRIL
APRIL
INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA
INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA
Here in Longmeadow students are allowed to sign up to play a band instrument in 5th grade. This month we'll explore your options so you can choose one you're excited about!
You may learn one of the instruments below:
Flute - Clarinet - Saxophone - Trumpet - Trombone - Percussion
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
Everybody Ought To Know
A song from the Civil Rights Movement
Everybody oughta know (echo)
Everybody oughta know (echo)
Everybody oughta kno----what freedom is. (echo)
Justice - Fairness - Safety - Happiness - ?
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
Queen, Queen Caroline
Queen, Queen Caroline
Decoding and notating 4 beat patterns from text
Performing in 3 part polyphony
Practicing inner-hearing with body percussion and unpitched percussion instruments
Queen, Queen Caroline
Washed her hair with turpentine.
Turpentine to make it shine.
Queen, Queen Caroline
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
DANCE
DANCE
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
Dry Bones
An African American spiritual
MAY
MAY
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
I Let Her Go Go
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
There's a Hole In the Bucket
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
Omochio Tsukimasho
DANCE
DANCE
The Grumpy Dance
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
Oh say can you see by the dawn’s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly gleaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh say, does that star spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and home of the brave?
JUNE
JUNE
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
This rhyme is so versatile it takes us through rhythmic decoding, phrasing, moving to 4 beat patterns, and creating our own B sections using spoken ostinati as a starting point.
"Fee, fi, fo, fum.
I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Be he alive or be he dead, I'll
grind his bones to make my bread!"
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
DANCE
DANCE
Song Stash
Song Stash
Songs to keep in your backpack for life
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Wee-hee-hee-hee, dee hee-hee-hee-hee Wee-oh aweem away
Wee-hee-hee-hee, dee hee-hee-hee-hee. Wee-oh aweem away
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight (ho, ho)
Wee-hee-hee-hee (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-oh aweem away (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-hee-hee-hee (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-oh aweem away (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Near the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the quiet village, the lion sleeps tonight (hey, hey)
Wee-hee-hee-hee (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-oh aweem away (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Rrr, la-la-la-ba (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-oh aweem away (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Oh-oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh-oh
Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling, the lion sleeps tonight
Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling, the lion sleeps tonight (ho, ho)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Whoa, whoa, aweem away (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-hee-hee, hee-hee-hee (a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-oh aweem away (A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
Wee-hee-hee-hee, dee hee-hee-hee-hee, Wee-oh aweem away
Wee-hee-hee-hee, dee hee-hee-hee-hee, Wee-oh aweem away
Wee-hee-hee-hee, dee hee...
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