4th Grade Holidays and Cultures (Dec)

During the month Dec., the 4th Grade  music classes will be celebrating multiple holidays through song.  We will learn about, sing about, dance, and use instruments to accompany songs for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Las Posadas (3 Kings Day). This unit will directly address Standard E-1.b Demonstrate learned melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns using expressive elements; Standard E-1.c Demonstrate and differentiate between songs in major and minor keys; Standard T-1.a Melody: Identify and perform, or respond to in major/minor tonalities; Standard R-1.a Evaluate how a variety of musical elements influence musical performance and preference; Standard R-1.b Communicate similarities and differences in music from various historical periods with music of today; and Standard R-2.b Communicate similarities and differences throughout the history of American music.