MUSIC
Come Forth Every Day
Fourth Grade Music Classes are on Tuesday 8:58-9:43 and Thursday 11:19-12:04
Tuesdays: 7:30-7:50 AM
Thursdays: morning recess 10:16-10:31; lunch 12:15-12:35; after school 3:15-3:45
Fridays: 7:30-7:50 AM; morning recess 10:16-10:31; lunch 12:15-12:35
No morning recess help available on Thurs. November 7th
Table top music stands are needed on Tuesdays. No stands on Thursdays. They are for use at home and occasional performance opportunities.
Homework
Our focus is on the Christmas music plus a new Mass song: Living Stones.
The 11 songs should be memorized. Review what you have learned.
We need to rehearse in the church to learn your different entrances, exits and performances spaces.
Continue to practice Jingle Bells.
What We Did This Week
The students learned about different types of recorders. On Halloween, they explored major and minor and reviewed note names with a couple of Halloween themed musical escape rooms.
Archived Information
Due on November 5th
Continue to practice Jingle Bells for 5 minutes every day.
Review the Christmas songs:
Come Forth Every Day
If I Were There
A Super Celebration
We Wish You a Swingin' Holiday
I'll Give My Love
A Nice, Nice Christmas
Silent Night 2 verses plus sign language
Angels We Have Heard on High 1 verse
We Three Kings 1 verse
The First Noel 2 verses
Away in a Manger 1 verse
Review your treble clef note names.
We reviewed Un elefante and Happy Birthday. We worked on the verse of Jingle Bells. We reviewed reading the letter names of notes in the treble clef and practiced singing the songs for the upcoming performance.
Due on October 22nd
Continue to work on Happy Birthday.
Review Un Elefante
Practice Jingle Bells
Memorize:
Come Forth Every Day
If I Were There
A Super Celebration
We Wish You a Swingin' Holiday
I'll Give My Love
A NIce, Nice Christmas
Silent Night
Away in a Manger
Angels We Have Heard on High
We Three Kings
The First Noel
The students reviewed the beginning of Happy Birthday on the recorder and singing A Nice, Nice Christmas, A Super Celebration and Come Forth Every Day.
They are working hard to learn the scat in We Wish You a Swingin' Holiday. They learned the rest of Happy Birthday.
Due on October 15th
Continue to work on Happy Birthday.
Review Un Elefante
Memorize:
Come Forth Every Day
If I Were There
A Super Celebration
We Wish You a Swingin' Holiday
I'll Give My Love
A NIce, Nice Christmas
Silent Night
Posted on October 3rd
Practice Happy Birthday on your recorder.
Review your memorized five songs.
Come Forth, Every Day rehearsal mp3
If I Were There lyrics bold only
If I Were There Mp3 only the refrain
II'll Give My Love Lyrics bold only
I'll Give My Love MP3 only the refrain
I'll give You My Love acc only
A Nice Nice Christmas acc only
We Wish You a Swingin' Holiday Lyrics
We Wish You a Swingin Holiday Mp3
Review: Un Elefante
Students learned the beginning of Happy Birthday and reviewed the notes in the song. On Thursday, they practiced the songs that they are memorizing to sing. There is some scat singing in one of the songs for our Christmas program. The students are excited to learn it. There was a lot of giggling and smiles in the room.
Posted on September 28th
These students are continuing to increase their note reading skills/speed using Name That Note. Students may retake their playing assessment of Un Elefante by meeting with Mrs. Faw during one of the available times for extra help (posted above) We will begin Happy Birthday to You this week.
Posted on September 20th
The Fourth Graders took an assessment on note/rest values. This is not averaged into their grade. We will finish Un Elefante this week. I introduced a Treble Clef Note Naming Drill. The students are working on increasing the speed of their note reading skills. Students are able to work at their own level challenging themselves to increase their own speed every time they complete the drill. All students are on the beginner level currently. When they score a 500, they may move on to the Intermediate level.
Homework: Due on September 24th Continue to practice Un Elefante.
Make sure that you have memorized the following three songs.
Come Forth, Every Day rehearsal mp3
If I Were There lyrics bold only
If I Were There Mp3 only the refrain
Listen to the following songs
I'll Give My Love MP3 only the refrain
I'll Give My Love Lyrics bold only
We Wish You a Swingin' Holiday Lyrics
We Wish You a Swingin Holiday Mp3
Posted on September 13th
These amazing musicians have learned all of Un Elefante. They should be practicing for 5-10 minutes every day at home using one of their stands and their sheet music. This helps them with their muscle memory and their music reading skills. They will be assessed on this song next week during our music classes. They continue to practice singing their songs: Come Forth Every Day, You Are Good, If I Were There and It's a Nice, Nice Christmas in preparation for our Christmas Concert on December 11th at 6:00 PM. All students participate in this educational and fun event. Make sure to mark your calendars.
Posted on September 7th
These amazing musicians have learned the first 4 measures of Un Elefante. They should be practicing for 5-10 minutes every day at home using one of their stands and their sheet music. This helps them with their muscle memory and their music reading skills. They continue to practice their songs: Come Forth Every Day, You Are Good and If I Were There.
Homework: Continue playing the first four measures of Un Elefante. Isolate what challenges you. If moving to the F from G is tricky, just practice those 2 notes over and over until you can easilt transition from one note to the other. Always playing from the beginning to the end only practices your mistakes.
Students should be able to sing all of Come Forth Every Day and the Refrain/Chorus of If I Were There by memory.
Posted August 31st
Another great week in music class. The students continued working on "Un elefante" on the recorder. Remember to use the fingering charts for help when needed. They practiced singing Come Forth Every Day, You Are Good and began If I Were There.
Homework: Practice the first 4 measures of Un Elefante. Be able to play it at a steady tempo. Memorize the lyrics for the first verse and chorus of Come Forth Every Day.
Posted August 24th
The Fourth Grade had an amazing first week of music classes for the 2024-2025 school year.
We reviewed the Learning Site, Seating arrangement, general classroom rules, began learning "Un Elefante" on the recorder and practiced singing our new school song "Come Forth Every Day."
Homework: Practice the first line of "Un Elefante" so that you can play it with a good tone and keep a steady tempo. Remember that you can access the sheet music on the Learning Site if you forgot your copy at school. You can also access the recorder fingering chart if you need to double check a fingering.
Thank you for a good start on our musical journey of the 24/25 school year.
Reach out through email or speak to me at school if you have any questions.
Come Forth, Every Day!
Songs to Memorize
Angels We Have Heard on High lyrics
Come Forth, Every Day rehearsal mp3
If I Were There lyrics bold only
If I Were There Mp3 only the refrain
II'll Give My Love Lyrics bold only
I'll Give My Love MP3 only the refrain
I'll give You My Love acc only
We Wish You a Swingin' Holiday Lyrics
Welcome to the 4th Grade 2024-2025 Musical Journey!
4th Grade Music Information
The following items are needed for music classes
Kingsley Recorder
Table top Music Stand (from Third Grade) for Tuesdays
Folding Music Stand for Thursdays
Pencil
Folder for sheet music and other papers (provided by the school)
iPad
Your Homework will be posted on this site. Check this site several times during the week to find information on what we plan to do during class and/or a review of what we accomplished.
I am here to support you.
Please reach out by email or in person if you have any questions.
If you do not understand my response, keep asking.
Working together, we can learn and have fun making music!
Please remember that If you forget your recorder, are absent or leave class early, you will need to make a short video of yourself performing the music covered during the missed class and submit it through email to Mrs. Faw, pfaw@sainthilaryschool.org
You may also save it to drive and share it.
If you forget your recorder or leave early, the video is due that day. One point deducted for every day late. If you are absent due to illness, follow the policy as stated in the handbook.
