K-5 Virtual Music Classes-K-5 Assignments

The dances in triple meter are really fun and easy!  
First, watch the videos in the activities, then play and repeat them until you have mastered the steps! 
Get a family member to be your partner or to stand beside you and do the dances.
Let me know if you could do at least two of the triple meter (3/4 time signature) dances!   DANCING in triple meter is more common in other countries. 


Your assignment:  Answer this question in the message box,
What country can you name that dances in triple meter (1-2-3, dance with me)?

K-2, do Activities #1 & 2 
3-5 do Activity #3 Rocky Mountain Dance


You can dance alone or with family and friends.  The main thing, is to listen to the music, count the beats if necessary (Activity #3) and get your body involved!  No sitting this week!  Get up and dance to the folk music


When you "turn in" your assignment, tell me who you were able to get to dance with you this week!  Mom?  Dad? Grandma?

Learn to waltz this week by watching the videos posted on my lesson plans.  Turn in that you've completed the lesson if you can explain the appropriate movement for a folk dance/waltz, 1-2-3, compared to the National Anthem, which is also in meter of 3, 1-2-3 (no movement - stand still to show love of country).


Have fun waltzing around.  I would LOVE to see a video of you waltzing with mom, dad or a sibling:)

Complete the grade level assessment,
Let me know if there is something that you don't understand by
messaging me in the "turn-in" section of this assignment.


Have fun learning the songs in Activities #1, #2 and #3

K-5, watch video for movement for the fun song, "Stinky Pirates" which is the link below.
Watch the teacher's instructions, then, do the dance with the students.


Retake end of year assessment for grade-level and for fun, take the grade-level below your grade-level OR above!


Complete Activities #1, #2, & #3, on the lesson plan
When you've completed the assessments and activities, let Mrs. Mac know one fact about Frances Scott Key from Activity #3
K-2, basic book
3-5, advanced book

Watch the link - Peter and the Wolf, and then go through the lesson plan,
Activities #1 and #3.  Watch in #3 for the grade level split!  Have fun learning about 20th Century music, and composer Prokoviev!

We saw the string family in Baroque, Classical and Romantic music, but we have strings in modern music as well! Listen to the following styles and try to guess the names!

https://www.quavermusic.com/QR/WBUX9L
Which one has the electric guitar? How about the string bass? It’s good to be able to pick out the different styles by their different qualities. Read through today’s lesson, Activities 1, 2, & 3, to learn more about modern styles. Have fun making music!

Watch the Quaver video on the brass family to see why brass instruments are so much louder than the others - necessary addition to the Romantic Period orchestra!!

Play the Activator game and see if you know the four instrument families

Do Activities #1, #2, & #3

Take the assessment!

"Turn in" on this assignment sheet to indicate that you did this week's assignment on instrument families

Watch my instructional video this week, then open the lesson plan and click on the links in Activities #1, #2 and #3.
Scroll down to the grade-level ASSESSMENTS and have fun using the knowledge you've learned from doing the activities.
Go to the "turn in" section of the assignment and let me know what you used at home to tap out the rhythms
in Activity #3!!

Watch the video on the Classical Period.
Choose a composer to learn about and then, tell me which one you chose in the message section of the assignment's "turn in" section.
Have fun learning about the Classical Period this week. There are several fun games in this lesson plan - Jeopardy at the bottom of it. And you can play the match game from last week as well.

Listen to the video at the top of the lesson plan (15 mins) and complete the Activities, and the quiz as an assessment. Let me know your score in the message box on the "turn in" section of this assignment.
Have fun learning about Baroque music!

Watch the video (14 minutes) on the blues
Do Activities #2 & #3 in the lesson plan
Take the quiz in the assessments section on the lesson plan
Let me know your score in the message area of the assignment when you "turn in"

for extra fun making music, try the "grooves" link in the added rigor section (bottom) of my lesson plan.

Have fun making groovy blues music this week at home!

Listen to the clarification video
Click on the Lesson plan
Do Activities #1, #2, #3
Answer the questions about Michael Jackson (three things) in the message box and "turn in"

Click on the Lesson Plan
K-2 watch the videos on Activity #1, Valentines Day, Activity #2, Make New Friends song and then, Activity #3, print out musical valentines and color them!
K-2 message me "thank you" for the Valentines to show me that you've done the lesson

3-5 watch the video on the Romantic Period in Activity #1
Learn the song in Activity #2
Print out the Valentines in Activity #3
Take the Quize in the Summary section of the Lesson plan
3-5 message me two things you learned about the Romantic period! "Turn in" and enjoy those valentines!

Download the lesson plan and click on the first link to watch Quaver's video on Middle C
Scroll down to download on each 2-3 minute video in each section:
Activator video
Activity #1 - rhythms
Activity #2 - pitches
Activity # 3 - adding expressive dynamics

Use the virtual pitched instrument links to play the songs. You can print them out or read them from a second i-pad OR split your screen.
Answer "yes" in the message box on this assignment if you can do the three success criteria listed after today's Target: "I can read and perform notes with expression."
Message me on Dojo or e-mail, or here on the assignment page if you have any questions.

Click on the music lesson plan below and listen to my video at the top
After opening the links about music pitches, music rhythms and music dynamics (Activities 1, 2 & 3), answer the question in the message box of this assignment and "turn in".
Question:
Which of the three can you perform the best when making music?
pitches (colors & letters)
rhythms (tahs and ti ti's)
dynamics

Open the lesson plan
Click on the activator video link, then scroll down the lesson plan for activities 1, 2 & 3
(The bell challenge got left off this copy of the lesson plan in Activity 2, so I added it below)

For something harder, (added rigor) add the chords listed in the songs at the bottom of the plan
For something easier, just play the rhythms in the songs at the bottom of the plan
Answer these 2 questions in the message box and "turn in"
1. Did you think those Harvard guys did a good job moonwalking?
2. Name a tune (or two) on the worksheet

1. Read this week's assignment streamed on the home page of the Google Classroom.
2. Play around with the two games.
3. Open the worksheet and the virtual video piano in split screen
4. Learn to play the songs on the virtual piano, by learning the notes on the worksheet in small sections.
(If you cannot split your screen, print out the worksheet and then play the notes on your virtual piano, from the sheet.

Click on
"Turn in" and answer these questions in the message box:
1. Which Quaver game did you like better?
2. Which song from the worksheet was easiest to play on the virtual piano?

K-2 do Activities #1, #2 and pick one of the Christmas videos (or more) at the bottom of the plan to listen to this week.
3-5 do Activities #1, #2 and #3 and pick one of the links to do on the "increased rigor" part of the plan.
Have fun! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah AND Happy New Year!!!
Virtual Hugs:) Mrs. Mac

Watch the two videos,
1. Tchaikovsky's life and
2. The Nutcracker's story
3. Complete Activity #2 & Activity #3, pat, clap or play the rhythms with forks and spoons. At home, you can tap a cup or pan with a spoon or spatula!
4. Click Turn in when you have completed these three things. Have a great week!

K-2, play the rhythms in Activity# 1
play the ostinato in Activity # 2
sing the song with many different forms of transportation in Activity #3 - then "turn in" when you've done all this.

3-5, play the rhythms in Activity #1 and afterwards, add the C pentatonic pitches to those rhythms
Play the MELODY to Camptown Races in Activity #2 (it's in 3 sections; just follow the ABABCB form)
Play the MELODY of Riding in a Buggy following the notes on the treble clef - then "turn in" when you've done all this!

Have a great week:) And then, a great Thanksgiving holiday.

K-2 learn the first verse and chorus of two American folk songs by Stephen Foster, "Oh Susannah" and "Camptown Races"
Sing them! Try playing some of the notes in Camptown Races, E & D, on "Doo Dah", on the virtual piano click "turn in"

3rd - 5th grades, listen to the Stephen Foster songs, then learn to play "Camptown Races" one section at a time!d When you get "Camptown Races" memorized, try playing it with the guitar player, or with the video that has it written on the treble clef.

In Activity 3, Riding in a Buggy, listen to it as an MP3 from my lesson plans, and see if you can figure out the notes on the treble clef in the lesson plan. I'll give you a hint. The first several notes are all middle C's!!

Have fun, "turn in " that you've been able to open the virtual piano and play the sections of "Camptown Races!"

Listen to the video
Sing and march to the Veterans' March
Try the drumming
Turn in!

There are extra videos for 4-5th graders AND extra songs full of patriotic history!
For those of you who like to do nice things for others - here's something extra for you!

K-2 draw a nice “Thank You” card for our veterans & drop off at the school office by Nov. 9
3-5 write a nice “Thank You” letter for our veterans & drop off at the school office by Nov. 9

K-2 watch, dance, sing and perform the ostinato with Mrs. Mac on the video, activities #1, #2, and # 4. "Turn in"


3-5th watch the video to do Activities #1, #2, #3 and #4, the additional biography on Ritchie Valens and Activity #4.
Type in the answers to the two questions on the bottom of the Lesson Plan, and "Turn in."

Listen to the video.
Play along with the songs using your virtual pianos or xylophones, or real ones if you have one at home!
Open the Lesson plan and click on the song links to practice and perform the ostinati assignments with them.
Example: Open the Halloween Song: open link and play the C, G, pattern that's written in the Lesson Plan

Answer this week's question at the bottom of the Lesson plan, on the message section before you "turn in" your assignment.

Again, please don't be scared off by what the time says on my videos because my editing program always leaves a ton of blank space at the end of each video and it always says it's 20-30 minutes longer than it actually is. I'm trying to find out how to get it to stop doing that!

My videos run between 10- 15 minutes, but this one is a little longer this week than usual because I've added examples for both grade levels within this one video. So, please watch this week's lesson video (K-5 Unit 2, Lesson 3, Music Affects Moods) and then "Just Sing" K-2 and "Happy Song" 3-4-5 in addition to it.
Answer these two questions in the message area of this assignment before you click, "turn in:"

1. How do these songs make you feel?
2. What makes them this way? (speed/tempo, dark/bright sounds, heavy/light)

These are the two additional videos to watch:
Kindergarten, First and Second: “Just Sing”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoJtK7upCdg
Third – Fourth and Fifth Grades: Listen to “Happy Song” and answer the same questions above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAXXI5YobrM

1. Watch the video to learn about F Pentatonic, FGA, C& D! In the video, you will learn the melody of a popular French song. AFTER you watch Mrs. Mac's video, you should be able to play the French melody.
F FFF C F A C C C C C A F
F FFF C F A C C C C C F
2. Click on the French song in Youtube and make it small on your screen so you can bring up the virtual piano or virtual xylophone with it (split screen) and play along. Lucky you if you have a touch screen, otherwise, you have to play the virtual piano with your mouse. That can slow you down on the melody, because it's rather fast!
3. So, if the melody is too fast, play the F & C ostinato along with it instead. You'll have to pick one of the notes to play, because the virtual piano won't play two notes at once, like a real piano. Sorry! Have fun using the virtual piano or xylophone and playing the F Pentatonic notes along with the song, in any rhythm! F G A, C & D will go along nicely with the Youtube video. Don't forget to click "turn in" to let me know you gave it a try! I love hearing how you are doing - so message me as well! Have a great week!
Virtual hugs
Mrs. Mac

Watch this week's video on High and Low Pitches, We'll be singing two little songs today that have motions.
Stand to sing the songs so you can do the motions, such as, reaching high into the sky and then touching the floor.
Remember that high pitches do not mean loud, and low pitches do not mean soft! That's a common misunderstanding in young children.

When you have sung the songs with Mrs. Mac, teach them to your parents and siblings at home. It's so good to sing because singing makes us happy!!!

Click "turn in" when you have finished watching the video. Have a great week! I love hearing from you either on your assignment, or messages in Dojo or e-mail.
Virtual hugs,
Mrs. Mac

This week we start a new unit on pitch, making melodies and tunes because, Music is Tuneful! In Unit 1, we worked mostly on creating and performing rhythms, but that's only half of what we need to know to make music! The other half, is pitch. We're going to focus on the Pentatonic scale (C,D,E, G & A) and create some melodis.

Your assignment:
Watch this week's lesson video
Practice the worksheet pitches in solfege (Do, Re, Mi, etc.) with the virtual piano I've provided for you
Make some melodies on Chrome Music Lab, melody Maker
After doing this, click on "turn in" and that's it! Just let me know you did these things:)

I love hearing from you or your parents in class Dojo messages, here on Google Classroom or e-mail, so let me know if you have any questions or IF you would like for me to hear the melodies you create on melody Maker!
Have a great week creating new tunes and melodies!
Virtual hugs - Mrs. Mac:)

Watch the video to learn about your four different voices, and then, try to learn the song, "This Train," It'd be so great for you and your parents to learn it together and sing it at home as a "get read" song, i.e., get ready to study, get ready for dinner, get ready for bath, etc.
Kindergarten will enjoy the additional video about using different voices!
First and Second graders will enjoy the book about voice volumes: Decibella and Her 6 Inch Voice

Parents:
I had a family needing a PDF of my lesson plan, so I've attached the PDF AND the Word document of it.
I love it when you join your child for music and use the plan as a map, or to explain the concepts being presented.

The assignment! After listening to the lesson video and the extra resource, click on "turn in" so I know you did it. That's it! Have a great week making music. You are the lucky ones who get to sing in your lessons!!! We can't do that just yet in our face-to-face classes becuase of COVID 19.

1. Watch the video and enjoy the party
2. Read through the Lesson plans and make sure you know how to draw a quarter note, eighth note pair, and quarter rest

Your assignment is to let me know if you had fun:) You can send me a message on Dojo, just "turn in" this assignment.

1. Watch the video and enjoy the party!
2. Read through the Lesson plans and make sure you know how to draw a quarter note, eighth note pair, and quarter rest

Your assignment is to let me know if you had fun:) You can send me a message on Dojo, just "turn in" this assignment.

• Virtual Learning assignment for K-2

1. Get something from in the house to use as a drum to practice the rhythm videos several times;
Click on the attachment below to see more rhythms that I want you to be able to play

2. K-2 practice rhythm sheet attachment, quarter notes and eighth note pairs

2nd grade practice rhythm sheet attachment with added half notes (2 beats)

3. Draw notes and rests in the boxes of the last attachment and return to me. Be sure to write your name and classroom teacher's name.
K= 4 boxes
1st grade = 8 boxes
2nd grade = 12 boxes (or more if you want to be a 4!)

When you turn in your drawings of the notes in boxes, remember to tell me if you are a 4, a 3, a 2, or a 1, from the power point today.

3-5 please disregard the assignment for K-2! Unfortunately, we can't seem to separate everyone at this point.
Watch the video below (it's the same one that's in the lesson plan)
Note* we read music from left to right - I said, "right to left" in the video, forgetting that what I'm showing is backwards - sorry!

Go to the link to my calendar to retrieve this week's lesson plan.
Watch the Virtual video and practice the rhythm videos that are within that video.
Go to the lesson plan and see some additional videos to become a 4!
Remember, practice takes time and you will learn to play rhythms if you give it some time!
We are doing this in class, so YOU will be a pro musician in no time at all, instead of falling behind IF you practice!
1. print out the rhythm cards and cut them out
2. lay them in order to make 4 beats, like I did in the video
3. take a picture and send it to me!
4. Compose two measures (8 beats) on the composition attachment and send it to me.
If you have any questions let me know!
This assignment is due by Thursday, September 10, at 3:00 p.m. Be sure your name and teacher's name is on it.
Virtual hugs!
Mrs. Mac

Since we're having some difficulty drawing notes and returning it to me, I would like for you to try Jamboard. Click on the attachment and Jamboard has a pen on which you can click and draw with your computer mouse. It is located on the left side of the board. Draw two measures of notes and return it to me. Be sure your first and last names are on it, and put your classroom teacher's name on it too.

Draw two quarter notes and two pairs of eighth notes on Jamboard for me. You can use your computer's mouse to draw by clicking on the pen in the upper left-hand corner. We want you to be able to identify that a quarter note gets one beat, and sounds like "DAD" or "TAH" or any other one syllable word. We also want you to understand that two eighth notes barred together sound like "ap-ple" or "TI-TI" and these are shorter sounds made together, and are different from a sound like, "DAD" or "TAH" - together, long and short sounds, we make rhythm. If you watched the videos with the powerpoint presentations and practiced performing the rhythms for the past two weeks, this should make some sense to you! If you are still having difficulties, let me know.
K-2, just draw four "beats" which can be any combination of eighth note pairs and quarter notes, just like I did on the Jamboard attachment.
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