Remote Learning
Music Lesson 5, May 19

1.        Review the lyrics to Fifty Nifty United States.

Who wrote the song?  (Ray Charles)

"Fifty Nifty United States"

Fifty nifty United States from thirteen original colonies
Fifty nifty stars in the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze

Each individual state
Contributes a quality that is great
Each individual state
Deserves a bow, we salute them now

Fifty nifty United States from thirteen original colonies
Shout 'em, scout 'em, tell all about 'em
One by one 'til we've given a day to every state in the U.S.A.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

North, south, east, west
In our calm, objective opinion CALIFORNIA is the best of the...

Fifty nifty United States from thirteen original colonies
Shout 'em, scout 'em, tell all about 'em
One by one 'til we've given a day to every state in the good old U.S.A.

2.      Rewrite part of the song Miss Mary Mack
 
Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack                   Miss Mary Med Med Med
All dressed in black black black              All dressed in red red red
With silver buttons buttons buttons      With purple ribbons x3
All down her back back back                  All  on her head head head
 
Miss Mary Feen Feen Feen                       Mr. Larry Bran Bran Bran
All dressed in green green green            All dressed in tan tan tan ____________________________            ______________________
____________________________            _______________________
 
Make up a verse using your own words that rhyme. Find a color (such as pink) and a part of the clothing (like a pocket) and then something that happens (such as they got lost, broken, smashed, wet, etc.). Not all colors can be easily rhymed.
 
3.      The next show you watch on TV, listen to only the music part of the show. Why did they choose that music to put with that particular scene? If the scene is of mountains in nature, what instruments would you choose to use? If the scene is a dog chasing a cat, what kind of music would you use?
 
TEMPO  (Speed of the music)      Fast       Medium      Slow
PITCH     (Notes or pitches)           high        middle        low
INSTRUMENTS USED        
        Percussion         (instruments you hit to play)
        Strings         (instruments that use strings to play)
        Woodwinds (instruments you need to blow to play)
        Brass        (instruments you blow in that are made of brass)
 
List as many instruments as you can remember.  Which category do they fit into?  If you can, like we did in class, try to draw the instrument from memory.

You can email me the answers to any of the activities that you have done since we have not been able to go to school.  I will put them up on the board next year when we come back.

HAVE A VERY FUN AND SAFE SUMMER!!

Music Lesson 4                              

1.      Review the lyrics to It’s a Grand Old Flag. Can you make up hand motions to go with the words?  Like moving your hands up for the words: “It’s a high-flying flag.”
 
2.      Go to National Geographic for Kids.  
 
A.     There are rap videos for each state.  Pick a state and learn the song or a part of it.
 
B.     Watch Bottled Music.  Each bottle has enough water in it to produce one note.  You can play the bottles like an instrument. Try this at home.  Get five different glasses and fill them with a different level of water in each.  Rap on the glass with a pencil and make up your own tune.  Or try to play a simple tune like Mary Had a Little Lamb.
 
C.     Take the Instrument Personality Quiz.
 
3.     Review the Honesty Song.  Here are the lyrics.  Sing it for a friend or parent.  Can you remember the tune?
 
I look into your eyes and what do I see?  Honesty.  Honesty.
I listen to you talk and what do I hear? Honesty. Honesty.
   You don’t lie.  I don’t lie.  We don’t whisper secrets.
   You don’t lie.  I don’t lie.  We have no regrets.
I look into your eyes and what do I see?  Honesty.  Honesty.
I listen to you talk and what do I hear? Honesty. Honesty.
   It you’re honest, you will see.
   I trust you and you trust me.
I look into your eyes and what do I see?  Honesty.  Honesty.
I listen to you talk and what do I hear? Honesty. Honesty.
   We are honest you and me.  We believe in honesty.  Honesty!

​​Music Lesson 3, May 7

​1.      Review the lyrics to America the Beautiful.  Can you remember the sign language that goes with it? 
 
2.      On Netflix, if you get it, is a program called ABSURD PLANET.  In the first episode is a song about Dung Beetles and Poo that is very funny!  It shows beetles crawling around in all kinds of animal poo while the song is playing, plus it gives you the lyrics.

3.      Netflix also has a number of musicals that you will love.  
 
A.    Mary Poppins Returns
B.     Beauty and the Beast
C.     The Lion King
D.    The Sound of Music
E.     Aladdin

4.     Interview your grandparents or an elderly neighbor.  Ask them what their favorite song was when they were your age.  Ask if they would teach it to you.  When we get back to school, you can share your grandparent’s favorite childhood songs.
 
5.     A.  Teach someone the song, Cooperation.  Here are the lyrics we learned this year:
 
Cooperation, cooperation ,cooperation, cooperation.
Cooperation is good to do.  We work together both me and you.
Me and you together.
Cooperation means helping out, cooperation means we don’t pout.
You and me together.
Co-op-er-a-tion.  Working together.  We cooperate!
Cooperation, cooperation ,cooperation, cooperation.
Cooperation is good to do.  We work together both me and you.
Me and you together.
Cooperation means helping out, cooperation means we don’t pout.
You and me together.
We cooperate.  We cooperate!
 
    B.  Have a cooperation family contest.  Keep track of every time someone around you cooperates.  Write down the name and the time.  See who wins each week.  Share when we get back to school.

Classics for kids.com is a great site for music fun!  Click on GAMES at the top of the page.  
The third game is about rhythm.  You will press the space bar on your computer keyboard to try to match the rhythm as it goes by in front of you.  Try to click on the note exactly as it goes over the bar line.  Fun!
The fifth game is about instruments of the orchestra.  We have learned to identify the instruments by sight.  Now we need to learn them by sound.  When you click on any section of the orchestra, you will hear those instruments playing.  
For those who take music lessons outside of school, try out My Singing Monsters.   You can find it on bluebubble.com/education/
 
Monthly Character Trait and American Songs
When we left school in March we were on the Character Trait of RESPECT and the American Song God Bless the USA.  The rest of the year looks like this:
APRIL – Patience, Stars and Stripes Forever
MAY – Love, Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue

​See if you can find these American songs on the web and listen to them. 
Sing along with them and if you are really ambitious, write out or print out the lyrics.
If you want to review all we have done this year, here’s the list. 
 Sing the songs you know to your parents, relatives or friends.
Cooperation – America
Determined – Grand Old Flag
Positive – America the Beautiful
Generosity – Fifty Nifty United States
Responsibility – Star Spangled Banner
Honesty – We Love the USA
Respect – God Bless the USA
​

Music

Music is a cumulative process, always expanding upon students' experiences. The music program at SYVCS helps students develop:

• The ability to participate in the creative processes of music;
• A sensitivity for the beauty of musical sound, leading to a greater interest in and a better understanding of the art;
• An acquaintance with and an understanding of musical symbols; terminology, and notation of music - familiarity with the musical language;
• An acquaintance with a wide repertoire of vocal and instrumental music of many periods and styles, including music by master composers.

Character Traits and American Songs

Our music teacher, Becky Stewart, has written a book of character trait songs to correspond with the school year. Each month every class in grades 1-4 will sing the songs that focuses on a trait such as Cooperation, Honesty, Kindness, Patience, etc. Importance is also given to all students in the learning of the familiar American songs such as America, The Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful and Proud to be an American.  Each of the nine months of the school year, every class will learn a little of the history that goes with a song and will memorize and perform it. ​

Music Is Fun!

When a tune is added to our movement, the brain fires in many directions producing joy, anticipation and engagement.  So Kindergartners absolutely love doing the Hokey Pokey, The Farmer in the Dell and Here We Go Loop de Loo.

First graders color the many instruments of the orchestra while listening to the inspiring story of Tuby the Tuba.  Peepo the Piccolo encourages Tubby when he loses hope.

The second grade music curriculum includes composing and improvising rhythmic patterns to familiar marches such as Pomp and Circumstance.  For this, they use a lot of classroom instruments such as triangles, maracas and tambourines.

Third graders will take that rhythmic instruction to the level of reading notes and rests. A long pattern of notes of differing values is put on the board by a student and the others are usually eager to read and play it.  Then we add music such as the William Tell Overture for a rousing class!

Fourth Graders listen to Moussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition while drawing their own pictures of what the music is describing. The old cart is rumbling over the cobblestones and the old castle gates are squeaking as the viewer walks by each painting at the exhibition.

Performances

Students perform vocally and instrumentally in both formal and informal settings during the school year. Both the California State Teaching standards in music and the national standards include performance at every grade level.  Learning how to perform in front of an audience, stage directions and acceptable etiquette at concerts and events is an essential part of the music program.