Fourth Grade Songs

Music and PE Collaborative Dance Unit! 

In November, we met in the gym for both PE and Music classes, and learned dances from different cultures, as well as New England Folk dances and party dances. Here are the dance-along videos we learned; kids are welcome to keep practicing at home!

Folk Songs 

4rth graders learned about folk songs: songs that are passed down in a culture through generations.

We focused on singing these songs using our best strong singing voices 

"This Old Hammer" tells the story of John Henry, which we learned about before singing this song.

"Wayfaring Stranger" is a folk song about being in a sad place, but hoping that the future will be better. 

Folk Songs 

4rth graders learned about folk songs: songs that are passed down in a culture through generations.

We focused on singing these songs using our best strong singing voices 

"This Old Hammer" tells the story of John Henry, which we learned about before singing this song.

"Five Hundred Miles" is a SAD song about being far away from your family. We talked about how some people like to listen to sad music, even when they aren't sad themselves, because they like the strong emotions of the song.

"The Erie Canal" is a work song from New York. We only had one class that learned this song, but they really enjoyed how the TEMPO (the speed of the music) changed from slow to fast.

"This Land is Your Land" is a song that celebrates the beauty of America and reminds people that our country belongs to everyone. 

Ukulele Videos! 

We are playing ukulele in fourth grade! Here are some resources and fun play-along videos if you have a ukulele at home! 

If you don't have a ukulele and your family would like to buy one for you, I'd reccommend the Kala brand as a good started ukulele! They sell "ukadelic" and "waterman" soprano ukuleles  for under $50!