4th Grade

Quarter 2: 

Every day in music class, the students participate in a daily sight-reading example using notes of the pentatonic scale in the keys of C, D, F, or G. 

Weeks 1 and 2:

Music Theory: Note head, stem, beam, and stem rules
 
Music Listening: Biography of J.S. Bach, Listen to J.S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
 
Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11
 

Weeks 3 and 4:

Music Theory: Value of a dot, types of rests
 
Music Listening: Listen to Bach's "Air" from Suite in G, "Toccata and Fugue in d minor"

"Monster Mash" with Boomwhackers
 
Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11

Weeks 5 and 6:

Music Theory: Intervals

 

Music Listening: Antonin Dvorak's Biography, Listen to "Symphony No. 9: From a New World", "Rusalka"

Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11
 

Weeks 7-11:

 
Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11
 

Reflect on Concert and Play Music Games

Quarter 1

Weeks 1-2:

• Notation/Melody – 

• Week 1: Review Solfege hand signs, begin with Sol-Mi-La patterns

• Week 2: - Mystery Melody with various Sol-Mi-La patterns

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Week 1: Rhythmic Training using ta, ti-ti, ti-ri-ti-ri, whole note hold it, and sh (quarter note, pairs of eighth notes, groups of 4 sixteenth notes, whole notes, and quarter rests) 

• Week 2: Mystery Rhythm with varying patterns (use percussion instruments to demonstrate understanding)

• Theory – 

• Week 1: “Music Staff, Drawing Treble Clef”, pgs. 1-2

• Week 2: “Drawing the Bass Clef”, pg. 3

• Boomwhackers/Science of Sound:

• Week 1: Discuss vibrations and sound waves and how sound is created.

• Week 2: Dive deeper into different types of sounds from instruments and how they are created.

• Music Listening:

• Week 1: Introduction to the Baroque Era

• Week 2: Strings Family Focus and “Four Seasons: Spring” by Antonio Vivaldi

Weeks 3-4:

 

• Notation/Melody – 

• Daily Mystery Melodies include a variety of the following pitches: Sol, Mi, La, and Do.

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Daily Mystery Rhythms include of variety of the following rhythmic symbols: quarter note, pair of eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, whole rest, half rest

• Theory – 

• Week 3: “Drawing the Bass Clef”, pg. 3

• Week 4: “Treble Clef Lines and Spaces”, pgs. 4-5

• Boomwhackers/Science of Sound:

• What is sound and volume?

• Play “Minuet in G” by J.S. Bach on Boomwhackers

• Music Listening:

• Week 3: Woodwind Family, Listen to “Little Fugue in G Minor”, by J.S. Bach

• Week 4: Brass Family, Listen to “Prelude and Fugue in C Minor”, by J.S. Bach

Weeks 5-6:

 

• Notation/Melody – 

• Pentatonic Scale: Do, Re, Mi, Sol, and La

• Penta - Five, Tonic - Sound

• Students to sight-read varying patterns of the pentatonic scale.

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Daily Mystery Rhythms include of variety of the following rhythmic symbols: quarter note, pair of eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, whole rest, half rest

• Theory – 

• Week 5: “Treble Clef Lines and Spaces”, pg. 5

• Trick: Lines - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge / Spaces - F A C E

• Week 6: "Bass Clef Lines and Spaces", pg. 6

• Trick: Lines - Great Burritos Don't Fall Apart / Spaces - All Cows Eat Grass

• Music Listening:

• Week 5: Percussion Family, Listen to "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten

• Week 6: Keyboard Family, Listen to "Pathetique" by Ludwig van Beethoven

• Concert Preparation: Continue to work on our holiday and winter songs for our concert on December 11! :)

Weeks 7 - 10:

• Notation/Melody – 

• Pentatonic Scale: Do, Re, Mi, Sol, and La

• Penta - Five, Tonic - Sound

• Students to sight-read varying patterns of the pentatonic scale.

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Daily Mystery Rhythms include of variety of the following rhythmic symbols: quarter note, pair of eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, whole rest, half rest, and groups of four sixteenth notes.

• Theory – 

• "Grand Staff", pg. 8

• Review treble and bass clef notes, pgs. 9-11

• “Treble and Bass Clef Jeopardy"

• Music Listening:

• G.F. Handel: Listen to "Water Music"

• Domenico Scarlatti: Listen to the "Cat's Fugue"

• Review Baroque Composers: Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel

• Play Baroque Jeopardy

• Science of Sound:
• Identify the terms;
• Pitch
• Volume
• Sound Waves
• Concert Preparation: Continue to work on our holiday and winter songs for our concert on December 11!