Music Activities - June 22, 2020

All Grades

Well we did it! We made it to the end of the school year, and what a year it has been! This is your last week of online learning and Google meetings. I am very proud of all of the students at Saddle Ridge School and was so happy to be your music teacher. I hope you all have a great summer! 

Here is a list again of some of my favorite music websites/resources you can continue to check out...

- MusicPlay https://musicplayonline.com/
- DSO Kids (listen + learn) https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/learn-and-listen/instruments
- Classics For Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/
- SFS Kids http://www.sfskids.org/

This week perhaps you can find some to time to reflect and think back on this school year. You can draw pictures, write a poem or song, create a collage, write about what you learned or find someone to share some of your favorite memories with. 💜

Canada Day is July 1st. Here are a few tasks related to Canada Day.

This rhythm sort activity is from the MusicPlay website. 

1. Read the word or words.

2. Clap how many syllables there are.

3. Find the matching rhythm.

Example : Lake Erie  would be ta   ti-ti

Here is a song called Canada in my Pocket, which tells us about the significance of the symbols on Canadian coins. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnZlAOSEmYQ

And of course, this is our national anthem (just click on the link below and scroll down for the video)

https://musicplayonline.com/?s=oh+canada&meter_stat=

Happy Canada Day and 

Happy Summer!

Father's Day

Father's Day is coming up in a couple of days. 

It is this Sunday, June 21st. 

Here are a few songs dedicated to all the wonderful fathers/stepfathers/grandfathers/uncles out there! 

On Father's Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbJHLntUW_o

I Love My Daddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4jDxUqQgg

I Love You Daddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DvzMxn3c2s

A Song for Dad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v34AMLYNZa0

                         

If you want to do a small art project for a special person in your life for Father's Day, here is an idea from Art for Kids Hub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXQK-TNatcE

Music Activities - June 15, 2020

All Grades

Here are some listening activities you can try at home that are related to music. You can pick and choose some of the activities to try, as there are several. 

https://musicplayonline.com/listening/

Here is a nice read aloud called The Dot. An inspirational book to find the artist within. 

https://safeyoutube.net/w/Al7G

This is a great song to sing as we continue our virtual SuperHero Sports Day this week. 

You're a Star!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gElrKmXWo

If you want to learn how to draw some Super Heroes, check out 
Art for Kids Hub on YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PLLMY3qI4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngz2vfk2n1Q

Stayed tuned for some Father's Day songs later this week...  Father's Day is June 21st. 

  

Music Activities - June 8, 2020

Kindergarten and Grade 1

Here is a song that teaches us about the notes we can bring together to make a song to sing. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrtPRQO9pu4

                         All Grades

This is a great song for our virtual SuperHero Sports Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gElrKmXWo

Stay fit with music! Try moving along with this Homerun video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FLVPlKPn_c

Here is a virtual xylophone, metallophone, and piano you can play and try to create your own song. 

https://musicplayonline.com/xylophone/

  Grades 2 - 4 

Can Can - percussion play along

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhsTdfEL1E

Rondo Alla Turka - percussion play along

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebeCOo6XQU

Music Activities - June 1, 2020

Kindergarten and Grade 1

Here is a little song you can play along with. Find a percussion instrument (if you don't have one you can use things around your house like a box or container) or use body percussion 

(clap your hands or stomp your feet).

Listen to the music, and as the bee lands on a flower, you tap your instrument. Notice how the music changes tempo (speed) sometimes by slowing down or speeding up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Pp3RrBRKA&t=36s

This next song is about a chick about to hatch! The music was written by a composer named Mussorgsky. 
(When you open the link, scroll down to find the video.)

https://musicplayonline.com/?s=chick4&meter_stat=

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Time to compose! Here is a link that will let you experiment with music to create your own 1 or 2 part melodies. Check it out!

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Melody-Maker/

Here is a link that will let you explore rhythm to create your own musical patterns, using ta, ti-ti and quarter rest. You can also change the sound to clapping, a piano, a drum, a xylophone or claves. Have fun!
https://musicplayonline.com/activities/rhythm_composition/exercises/rhythm_composition/level_2/level_2.html

Remember I mentioned the MusicPlay website, which is now free to use until later this summer...? Well, if you go to the website and click on 'online learning', there are a bunch of music lessons at each grade level that you can try out if you want.       https://musicplayonline.com/

 Grades 2 - 4 

Here is a video to help us review the line and space notes when we are reading or composing music. (Remember the treble clef is used for higher notes and the bass clef is used for lower notes). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCZ3qOnNOsk

Music Activities - May 25, 2020

Kindergarten and Grade 1

Here is a little song to help you practice some basic rhythms. 
(ta and ti-ti)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-oQe5HR2YE

The kindergarten students are learning about the farm. Check out this song Animals on the Farm and an Old MacDonald Had a Farm dance. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBIjRY3ad_U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXEq-QO3xTg

                          All Grades

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra has recently put out a new 4-part online series called An Orchestra Adventure. Every couple of weeks they will release a new video. The first Webisode is called Wondrous Woodwinds. Check it out!

http://calgaryphil.com/kids-project/

After watching it, can you answer these questions???

- What are the instruments of the woodwind family?
- How would you describe each of their sounds? Which one is the highest, and which one is the lowest? Which one is the oldest?
- Which woodwind instrument was your favorite, why?
- About how many musicians play a woodwind instrument in the orchestra?
- What did you learn about one of my favorite composers named Mozart?

 Art time for Everyone! 

Try drawing some musical instruments or anything else you might be interested in. Art For Kids Hub on YouTube has some really great things to draw and they teach you how to do it. So much fun!

Grand Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp3tnvm4a7k&t=10s

Violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIvHQ_ivkPY&t=1s

Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzjBWlO42cc

Music Activities - May 18, 2020

Kindergarten and Grade 1

Here is one of our favorite silly movement songs related to Spring! It's Singing in the Rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbFGojJxqoo

                         All Grades

In the music room we like to listen to different kinds of music and talk about what we imagined, felt or heard as we were listening.
Listen to this song by a composer named Offenbach and draw a picture or write about it. 
- What did you imagine?
- How did the song make you feel?
- What instruments did you hear? Which ones were high, which ones were low?
- What was the tempo (speed) like? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Diu2N8TGKA

  Grades 2 - 4 

Here is a great video that explains the fundamentals of music including pitch, beat, rhythm, and the staff. Check it out!

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-read-music-tim-hansen 

After you have watched the video, you can answer the following questions:

- What are 5 things you learned about music from watching this video?

- What is pitch?

- What letters make up pitches in music?

- What is the difference between a whole note (ta-a-a-a), half note (ta-a), quarter note (ta) and eighth note (ti)?

Bonus questions:

- What does a time signature do?

- What are bar lines?

Now you can try making your own rhythm and beats using the Chrome Music Lab!
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Rhythm/