3rd-5th Grades
The following lessons you'll find below are for you to complete at your own pace. You can choose to complete them in any order. When you do finish a lesson, I'd LOVE for you to tell me about it! You can print out your work and send it (email me for my mailing address (ahagemann@re-2), email me a little message, or save your work/thoughts for when I see you again!
2 - How to Read Music_ The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines.pptx1 - How To Read Music Student Lesson Workbook.pdfHow to Read Music: The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines
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Learn more about how to read music with this powerpoint presentation (top left). See if you can answer the questions in the workbook (bottom left)!
You can either print the workbook and fill it out with pencil or you can write your answers on a separate piece of paper or word document. Work at your own pace. There is a lot of information in here and it may take you a while! Let me know if you have any questions!
NAMETHATNOTEanInteractivePowerPointClassroomGame (1).pdfName that note: Treble and Bass Clef
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I made a game for you! It works best if you download it and play from a computer. See if you can figure out the names of the notes on the treble and bass clef. If you need a reminder lesson, review the powerpoint in the lesson above: How to Read Music: The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines.
f48ea42f-a1ea-4d89-8bd7-3987337b32ec (1).pdfRecorder Practice
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If you have a recorder at home, you can keep practicing with our recorder songs! This is a copy of the book we are using in the classroom. If you want to, you can even record yourself playing a song, and send it to me via email! I'd love to hear you!
Peter and the Wolf
Watch the classic tale of Peter and the Wolf. Pay close attention to the characters in the story who are represented by different instruments in the orchestra. Email me and let me know what you thought!
581cca99-8fe5-4d6b-b7c6-fec710f5365a.pdfListening Exercise: Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor by Bach
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Listen to this piece of music, composed in the Baroque period (YouTube link top left). Print the document (bottom left) and complete it with a pencil OR just write your response on a word document and email it to me.
Play Music Games Online
1. The Theta Music Trainer offers a series of online courses and games for ear training and music theory.
https://trainer.thetamusic.com/en
2. Music is for everyone https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
3. Fun music lessons and games https://www.good-ear.com/
4. More music lessons and games http://www.musiclearningcommunity.com/freegames.html
5. Explore instruments and play musical games https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/
6. Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators. https://www.musictheory.net/
7. Lets kids play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos. https://www.virtualmusicalinstruments.com/
8. Prodigies is a colorful music curriculum for kids 1-12 that will teach your kids how to play their first instrument, how to sing in tune & how to understand the language of music for free https://prodigiesmusic.com/
**I have a subscription to QuaverMusic.com. This is a very useful musical resource and I have several specific and engaging activities and assignments I have chosen for students on this website. You’ll need a class code to access our activities.
Visit this website: https://www.quavermusic.com/teachertoolbox/?mode=3
Enter this ClassCode: 6NX2M
Music Activities to do with your family
-Take a sound walk: Take a walk outside and pay attention to the sounds you hear. Ask yourself if the sounds are high or low in pitch. Write a paragraph about the different sounds you hear and tell whether they sound high or low.
-Make music art: Listen to your favorite song on the radio. Draw a picture of what this music makes you think of. Write a sentence telling why the music makes you feel the way you do.
-Make a musical instrument: Explore various objects around the house and what kinds of sounds they make. Try and make a musical instrument from recycled items.
Examples:
· Make a maraca out of dry rice, an old toilet-paper tube, and tape. Decorate it!
· Make a stringed instrument out of rubber bands and an empty tissue box. Do different sized rubber bands make different sounds?
-Sing along with your favorite music. Perform a talent show for your family!