5th Grade
Welcome, 5th Grade Students!
All assignments will be posted in your Google Classroom!
5th Grade Curriculum
Elements of Music
Melody
Students will use Google Song Maker to create original melodies and share them. Students will listen to various vocal arrangements to identify the melody in a piece of music.
Rhythm
Students will use Google Rhythm Creator to create unique original rhythms of their own. Students will also listen to various percussion and rhythm clips to identify the rhythm section in a piece of music.
Harmony
Students will use the Google Assisted Melody App to create a melody and form unique harmonies that fit the melody they created. Students will also listen to various recording of harmonic vocals to hear what layered harmonies sound like in a piece of music.
FORM
Students will use the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams to both analyze and identify form in a piece of music.
TIMBRE
Students will listen to various clips of different vocal and instrumental arrangements to analyze and identify different timbres and tone colors.
5th Grade Regular Curriculum
Unit 1: Beginner Ukulele Techniques
5th grade students start the school year off with beginner ukulele classes for 9-10 weeks. During that time, they learn the 4 beginning chords: C, Am, F and G. Lessons will be taught via YouTube video. You will need to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel to participate in this unit.
Ohio 5th grade standards met during this instructional unit:
2PR Perform, on instruments, a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch, appropriate expressive qualities, good posture and breath control.
1CE Explore and identify musical instruments from different historical periods and world cultures.
3CE Identify terms related to form (e.g., D.C. and D.S. al Fine; D.C. and D.S. al Coda; repeat signs, first and second endings).
1PR Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch, appropriate expressive qualities, good posture and breath control
Unit 2 : Composing/Arranging with Soundation Studio
Students create original music using the Soundation Studio software. This web-based program allows students to work and save files on any device. They must create original songs pulling from over 500 different beat, bass, synth loops (and more!). The finished product is a full-length song which can be shared and downloaded freely.
Ohio 5th grade standards met during this instructional unit:
4PR Use technology and the media arts to create and perform music.
3PR Improvise, compose and arrange music.
5RE Consider and articulate the influence of technology on music careers.
6CE Differentiate between melody and harmony.
Unit 3 - Music History (1950's-1970's)
During this unit, students will learn the history of Rock n' Roll, Motown and more! Each class is a study on a particular person or group, in chronological order. We discuss the life, music and accomplishment of each significant historical figure and rock out to some of their music!
Ohio 5th grade standards met during this instructional unit:
2CE Listen to, identify, and respond to music of different composers, historical periods and world cultures.
3RE Describe how the process of learning in music connects to learning in other arts and other subject areas.
6RE Develop and apply criteria for critiquing more complex performances of live and recorded music.
5CE Identify elements of music including tonality, dynamics, tempo and meter, using music vocabulary.