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Creative Kids Co-Op Curricular Guide Fourth Grade
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Creative Kids Co-Op Curricular Guide Fourth Grade
Curricular Overview
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Day 4 Reinforcing Ti - notation (There’s a Light in the Window, The Wind Blow the China Right Down in Town)
Day 6 Syncopation (Four White Horses & Peg Leg the Pirate)
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Day 9 Pitched and unpitched instruments (Ai Di Di Di Dai) (Gypsy in the Moonlight)
Review Gypsy in the Moonlight and what is important about it. (minor 6 and syncopation dotted quarters)
Review the Song
Have them Stand up and play the game a few times.
Hello Song
Sing Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho at least twice.
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Discuss: Ask them what they heard? Did they notice anything different from other songs they have song?
Then sing it again and have them raise their hands when they hear something unique.
Discuss what is a minor key signature (lowered third) and si (a raised 5th or sol).
Have them sing the song by you singing it all the way through and then have them sing the first section with you, then them
listen to the second section and then put it all together.
Sing the song multiple times.
End Class with Goodbye song.
Hello Song
Sing Vamos a Remar
Have students join in
Once they get the hang of the song ask them to start singing it and say you will sing different part
Start the song and then come in with the start of the song a measure after forming a round
Split into two groups and have them sign in rounds
Split into as many as four groups
Move on to Four White horse they can sing in rounds up to 4 parts while playing the game
Hello Song
Have students in previous class pick their favorite songs they have done over the course
With the songs they picked review the importance of each one (the song had leaps or the song had syncopation)
Sing through them and play game if there was one
Put students into groups
One group can sing the songs, one can use pitched or unpitched percussion instruments to improvise over the songs, and
another group can either sing the song or improvise a melody of the songs
Goodbye Song
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Hello Song
Notation:
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Mode: Major
Game: Insert the name of any color to get the student in line or in class or any way you need to structure it for the students. In
addition to this, add different movements to the end of the song. Feel free to improvise. This song should be very welcoming for the
students and get them ready to learn.
Name of Song
Notation:
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Mode: Major
Game:
O Lebisibiyo
Notation:
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Mode: Ionian
Game: One child is selected and is sent somewhere they cannot hear the other student. Another student is then selected to be the
“spoiled child”. The first one will then come in. The students will sing the song as the student walks around the circle. When the first
verse ends, the “spoiled child” gets up and starts trying to catch the other student before the end of the second verse. When the
second verse ends, the student being chased has to make it to the empty spot in the circle without being caught.
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Notation:
Source: Kodaly Background: The Sunshine and the China were ships; they were lying in Kingston
harbor during a hurricane and were blown out of the water and into the streets of the
town. Originally from the bahamas
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Mode: major
Game:
Notation:
Mode: F maj
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Game:
Notation:
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Mode: Hexatonic
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Learning Facets:
- Forma analysis
- Movement while singing
- rests
Game:1. The "ones" clap partners palms above shoulder level, the "twos" below.
2. All clap own hands together.
3. The "ones" clap partners palms below, and the "twos" above.
4. All clap own hands together.
5. The "ones" clap palms of neighbor on the right, the "twos" to the left.
6. All clap own hands together.
7. Reverse 5. (the "ones" turning to the left, etc.)
8. All clap own hands together
Notation:
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Mode: Minor
Game:
Notation:
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Game: Most common game to go with this song is a line dance. They move in towards each other for 4 measures and back out for 4
measures. When “down the river” starts, the two on the end sashe their way down to the other end of the line. Song then repeats until
everyone has gone.
Ai Di Di Di Dai
Notation:
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Mode: Aeolian
Game:
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Notation:
Game:
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Vamos a Remar
Notation:
Mode: Ionian
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Learning Facets:
Game: This is a round! So we can begin by singing the song all together and then the teacher can sing the song over top of the class so that they can hear it! Then you can
break them off into different groups.
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http://altonpeters.weebly.com/musicianship/orff-arrangement-and-experience-design
Understanding Statements
Students will be able to sing diatonic melodies
Students will be able to perform and read syncopated rhythms.
Students will be able to sing the tone set of the piece from low la to high la.
I Can Statements
I can sing a diatonic melody written on a treble staff.
I can perform and notate eighth and quarter notes when syncopated
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Materials
• Gold Coin (Or another trinket)
• Speakers to play music
Process
• Chunk 1 (11 minutes (counting wiggle room)
o Students walk in and immediately sit in a circle with hands palms up on their
knees. (1 min)
o At a relatively slow tempo, reach into your left palm with your right hand and
mime putting something in the left hand of the person to your right. Do this
rhythmically and start to say left, right, left, right, in tempo. (30 sec)
o Sing the song from beginning to end twice. (1 min)
o Ask “What did you hear?” (1 min)
● They will most likely talk about the pirate and his gold
● We are looking for words about how the pirate is feeling
o Say, “This time when I sing it, listen to how he is feeling” (30 sec)
● Sing it again
o Ask, “So how is he feeling?” (1 min)
o “It turns out, I have his gold!” (30 sec)
● Put the gold in your left hand and start doing the motion again
● “Can you sing it with me this time?” (1 min 30 sec)
● Sing it twice, or more if it takes more for them to sing it back.
o Let’s play a game! (3 minutes)
● Have one student sit in the center of the circle (this student is peg leg)
● The students start passing the trinket around the circle
● Once the trinket is being passed, they start singing the song
● § When the song ends, the student in the center guesses who has the trinket
● Do this 4 or 5 times to give a few students a chance to be peg leg
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Assessments
To assess you can have students sing in groups while the rest of the class keeps tapping the beat. Observe if they are doing the
rhythms correctly.
Adaptation
If students are struggling, wind it back and have them simply clap the rhythms and not sing. If they still can’t seem to get them right in
tempo have them keep a steady beat while you or other class members sing the song. If a student is really picking up on the rhythms
you can always have them try to improvise rhythms on a drum while other students sing.
Extension
An extension on this exercise would be to use this as an exercise on major and minor chords because the song ends on a minor
chord. Play the chords with the song and bring students attention to which ones are major and which are minor.
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Summary/Overview: This is a lesson plan for the Creative Kids Co-Op 4th grade general music classroom. It is to be
used on day 7 of their curriculum. This lesson is a continuation on an introduction to the solfege syllable ti, and to
demonstrate where it is on a staff in the key of D Major. They will learn ti by singing the song The Wind Blow the China
Right Down in Town. This lesson will also be used to teach the song “Down the River” which will later be sung while
participating in a line dance. Through this activity students will participate in learning music through aural skills and visual
notation.
Standards:
● 4.2.⅔ Students will sing a varied repertoire of songs alone and with others including singing diatonic melodies
written on a treble staff.
● 4.5.1 The student will respond to music with movement by performing non choreographed and choreographed
movements.
I Can Statements:
● I can sing diatonic melodies that include ti.
● I can identify ti on a staff.
● I can respond to music with movement.
Materials and Visual Aids:
● Highlighters
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Detailed process:
1. Begin with the Hello Song
2. Teacher sings The Wind Blow the China Right Down in Town two times (once on words the other on solfege)
3. Ask class what they remember is special about the song (introduction of ti)
4. Have the students practice singing a major scale on solfege while using hand signs
5. Teacher sings the song again and has them do the movement used on Day 2 assignment when ti is sung.
6. Then put the score on the board and have the student’s figure out which note on the staff is ti.
a. One at a time have students come up and highlight the note ti is on.
7. Then use the score to have read and sing the song.
a. Sing it line by line on solfege.
b. Sing entire song all together on solfege.
c. Sing the song line by line on words
d. Sing entire song all together on words.
e. Sing the entire song 2 times all the way through.
8. Sing Down the River two times
9. On the second time singing it have them bounce/tap their hands on their knees the beats.
10. On the third time singing it have the students sing with you on the refrain “Down the River..”
11. On the fourth time singing it have everyone sing and maintain the steady beat.
12. Sing the Goodbye Song
Assessment:
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As a way to asses to see if the students can sing ti, you can split the song The Wind Blow the China Right Down in
Town up and have groups of two sing the verse (the first two lines) and then have the entire class sing the refrain (last two
lines). Go around the class and have them sing the song until everyone has had a turn singing the verse.
Extensions:
The Wind Blow the China Right Down in Town
I would transpose the song into another key, so instead of it being in D Major I would change it to G Major and have them
identify what ti is on the staff then. You can do this with multiple keys.
Down the River is a line dance song. In this lesson you are learning the song. As an extension you can continue on to day
8 and teach them the line dance. This is when the class gets into two lines facing each other. They walk towards each
other for 4 beats and then move away from each other for 4. When the ensemble starts to sing “Down the River…” the
two students at the end sashe to the other end of the line.
Adaptations:
One way we can adapt the activities and wind them forward is by picking up the pace in which they are doing each
activity. So you could teach the line dance on the same day as learning the music. For those students who are struggling
by learning through reading, you can adjust teaching The Wind Blow the China Right Down in Town by teaching by rote.
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To increase the level of difficulty for The Wind Blow the China Right Down in Town, you can remove the lyrics from the
score when they are trying to identify Ti on the staff. This will make them think harder about where it occurs in the song as
well as the key signature because they can’t just remember what lyric it was associated with.
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Notation:
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Melodic Element: They are working towards Do-La skips. Rhythmic Element: syn-co-pa
Mode: F Major
Notation:
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Source: Elizabeth Poston, ed. The Second Book of Christmas Carols Background: A form of “Carol of the Twelve Numbers”. Song occurs
in multiple form with the same theme of all agree in the symbolism of
One, the God.
Mode: Hexatonic
Game:
In the Wilderness
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Notation:
Source: Benjamin Botkin The American Play-Party Song Background: Play party song
Melodic Element: hi do, low sol Rhythmic Element: ta-ti, ta-di-mi, ta-ka-mi, ta-mi
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Game: Standing circle of partner with hand clasped and one girl in the center. Verse 1: All circle left Chorus: All raise hands and circle
to the right Verse 2: The girl’s partner swings her in the center, others stand still and clap. Repeat this sequence with the next girl in
the circle “Second little lady in the wilderness” until all the girls have had a turn. Then repeated dance with boys “find young
gentleman…”
Notation:
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Melodic Element: Low sol Rhythmic Element: 16th notes or dotted eighth notes
Mode: G Maj
Game:
Name of Song
Notation:
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Melodic Element: so-do skip Rhythmic Element: eighth notes and 2 sixteenth notes (ta-dimi)
Game: n/a
Notation:
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Source: Background:
https://imslp.org/wiki/100_Folksongs_of_All_Nations_(Bantock%2
C_Granville)
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Mode: Major
Game:
El Alba
Notation:
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Source: Kodaly Background: The Alba hymn was the song of dawn. In each little settlement the
resador (a community member who leads prayers) arose at dawn, and walked around
the placita singing the Alba. That was a call for everyone to arise, day was coming.
Mode: Aeolian
Learning Facets:
- Jump of a 4th
- Eighth note rests
Game:
Notation:
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Melodic Element: The use of La -> Sol Rhythmic Element: ta-da, ta-ki-da
Learning Facets:
- Historical context of the song (during times of segregation)
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- Introducing La
- Pentatonic scale
Game: Leader walks around the circle while singing. On the last word, he/she taps the student closest to him/her. That person
becomes the next “it.”
Notation:
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Mode: Major
Game:
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Al Corre, Corre
Notation:
ff
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Mode: Lydian
Game: Sing song to gather or greet children, replacing "Jóven" with the name of a child, or a title like maestra(teacher), madre(mother), padre(father), tía(aunt), abuelo
(grandfather), gato(cat). Use hand gestures such as hands running on thighs for "al corre corre", inviting for "Ven", hug or kiss, open to flowers for"flores", hands on heart
for "amores", and hands on face for "feliz".
Notation:
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Source: Beth’s Notes Background: It originated in Scotland, but collected in the U.S.
Melodic Element: Pentatonic scale, Re, So, So, Do Rhythmic Element: Dotted quarter to eighth
Mode: Pentatonic
Game: Theplayers form a circle and, as they sing “this was and that way,” one player chooses a motion which
the others imitate. At the end of the song, the child in center chooses another child to be “it.” If a boy is
chosen, the word “Lassie” becomes “Laddie.”
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Other Websites:
https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/
http://kodaly.hnu.edu/collection.cfm
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