WES 4th Students! I am excited to share Music Lessons with you online. Enjoy! We meet for music once every other week in X Y groupings (class & a 1/2 class). I'll post Wednesdays lessons on Wednesdays as we are engaged in distance learning. Please email me with any questions or follow up: kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

How to use this page:

Please scroll down to see newest lessons for your online WES music lesson (dated).

These lessons are accumulative - please continue to practice, listen, enjoy each music lesson throughout the week and you may refer back to older lessons throughout this online teaching experience.

Lesson for Wednesdays March 18 = 4X; March 25 = 4Y -End of the School Year songs.

For each song below:

1/ Listen 2x

2/ Read over the lyrics with you. Say the lyrics back- working on memorizing. read and recite the lyrics to each song to a friend on the phone or a family member (read over a total of 3x)

3/ Listen again & sing along (2x)

If you have time, practice all songs from now until June 10, 2020.

June 10, 2020 is our final Wednesday line-up celebration of the 8th graders, Teachers, and students' great accomplishments over the 2019-20 school year! (Starts at 8:20 AM)

4/ Once you have completed the practice assignment, please complete the final You-Nique Reflection Worksheet found after this song. Please share your work with a parent, sibling or care giver. It is due April 3. You may also scan & email it to me at Kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us.

Lesson for Wednesdays March 30 = 4X; April 15 (if needed) = 4Y -Instruments

1/ Please continue to practice the above End-of-the-School-Year songs.

2/ Watch each Instrument Family video below and complete the attached worksheet for each instrument family.

3/ Worksheets are due via email by April 20 - kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

Lesson for Wednesdays April 22 = 4X; April 29 (if needed) = 4Y -Instruments

1/ Please continue to practice the above End-of-the-School-Year songs.

2/ Watch each Instrument Family video below and complete the attached worksheet for each instrument family.

3/ Worksheets are due via email by May 1 - kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

Tuesday & Wednesday

1/ Search your music library to find a song that you feel will inspire hope and build resiliency to cope! (Music Library = pandora, itunes, google play, spodify, Apple Music, YouTube…etc)

**You may also write your own song if you want**

2/Pick 1 song to focus on.

If it’s a vocal song:

Write out the words (type on your computer or handwritten) to the chorus (chorus= repeated section). Work on singing the song. You may also arrange it with drums, pots/pans, recorder, harmonica, kazoo,…add instruments as accompaniments or to play parts of the melody)

If it’s an instrumental song:

Pick 16 measure of the song to practice and learn.

Learning GOAL: Students will be able to create a 30-45 second video of themselves (solo or family group) singing, playing an instrument, or both a song that promotes the sense of well-being, resiliency to cope, and builds community.

*Please keep this in mind when you are selecting your song or composing a song for this assignment.

Thursday & Friday

1/ Prepare and record your performance of the song. Length should be 30-45 seconds (please do not go past 45 seconds).

2/ You may record yourself (solo) or add family members (as many as you want!)

3/ EMAIL Dr. D your recording – due 3 PM Friday – kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

(If you need more time – feel free to extend this due date as needed)

4/ With permission from your parents, share the video with friends and family to lift their spirits and help them build resiliency to cope!

Make Your Own Instrument!

Go to: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/activities/make-your-own-instrument?fbclid=IwAR09FjXQviHDIsVclHFXLpdvt_ikrCMs8bQkSqvRjxhowzhSsdkk9oHGk8s

Choose the instrument you would like to create.

Make it (and feel free to be creative and make it your own way!)

Take a picture of the instrument and email to me: kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

or take a short video of you playing your instrument and email to me: kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

Extension: Explore DSO Kids website! Play the music games & learn about the instruments of the orchestra!

https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/

4th Grade- Practice music reading over the summer!

Watch the two videos to provide you with an understanding of Treble/G-Clef reading.

Practice naming the notes on the G-Clef with this fun online music game:

https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/note_names.php

Once you mastered Treble (G-clef) click Bass (F-Clef) to learn that staff.

Enjoy & Prep for 5th grade band!

There is NO WORK to email me this week -just have fun!

Have fun reviewing and deepening your knowledge of music. Try to get a line of bingo once a week during the summer!

Practice these songs for our 1st day of school assembly ALL-SING!

Lunch Time Jams!

Wednesdays 12:30 PM – 1PM

Each week Dr. Kara Ireland D’Ambrosio will host a Lunch Time Jam at 12:30 on Wednesdays.

All WES Students are invited. This will be run as a sing-a-long and a sharing time.

I will post the sing-a-long list on the bottom of your grade levels music websites (so you can practice ahead of time, if you want).

If you want to share a song (sing, play an instrument) you may email me at kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us (First come, up to 10 student performances a week, performance need to be no longer than 2 minutes). This presentation should be PRACTICED-performance ready only, please.

Netiquette!

1/ Log on to zoom link below (12:30-start)

2/ Mute yourself

3/ SIGN IN to the chat (write your 1^st and last name & your grade level)

*Younger students ask parents, caregivers or siblings to help you

4/ If you interrupt the song/presentation you will be taken off the zoom

5/ Please clap and support each other at the end of the song.

6/ Please be patient and flexible with me…I am new at zoom.

Zoom Weekly Invitation:

FIND in your email