Pawling Elementary School

Check out our special area google classroom for more music activities, and continued 3rd grade recorder instruction. Virtual Spirit Challenges can also be found in the stream section. Special area google classroom code d4x2g5w

Brain Pop Jr. Music Lessons

Use this link to access Brain pop jr.

Type the free access username & password:

Username: PESMUSICK-4

Password: PESMUSICK-4

Music Lesson #1: Musical Alphabet

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Click on "easy quiz" to take the quiz

Click on "hard quiz" to take the quiz

Click on "Games" to play games related to the topic

Music Lesson # 2: Time Signatures & Note Values

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Click on "easy quiz" to take the quiz

Click on "hard quiz" to take the quiz

Click on "Games" to play games related to the topic

Music Lesson # 3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Click on "hard quiz" to take the quiz

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Goal(s):  Review CONCEPTS (steady beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, expression) and
SKILLS: (Sing, dance, play, listen to, analyze, create and read music). 

Activity 1: VOCAL WARM-UP  Use this link to see my friend Mrs. Propp's awesome website!

You will find the "Song of the Day" on the left hand side of the website! 

Activity 2: RHYTHM READING  Use the Vic Firth YouTube page to clap and say rhythms

Activity 3: NOTE READING  Use the Music Racer game to practice identifying the notes on the Treble Clef staff. (To play: Pick Your Game → Choose “Note Names” → Pick Your Instrument → Choose “Flute or Piccolo” → click “begin”)

Activity 4: RECORDER PLAYING  Choose from these songs to play on your recorder from VirtualMusicMinds.com: 

• Recorder Warm-up #1: Preparing for "Hot Cross Buns"
  • VMM Recorder Song 1: Hot Cross Buns
• Recorder Warm-up #2: Preparing for Gently Sleep (Suo Gan)
  • VMM Recorder Song 2: Gently Sleep (Suo Gan)

**You can also choose other songs to play from your Recorder Karate folder!**

For each song:

1. Check the time signature (How many beats per measure?)
2. Speak & clap the rhythm on rhythm syllables (ta, ti-ti, too-oo, etc.)
3. Speak & clap the rhythm on numbers (1 2+ 3 4, etc.)
4. Sing on letter names. Give yourself your starting pitch by playing the first note only of the song.
5. Play the song. 

Activity 5: MOVEMENT  Choose from one of these dance videos:

• “Happy” 
• “La Bamba” 
• “I Love the Mountains” 
• “Chan Mali Chan” 
• “Don’t Worry Be Happy” 

Activity 6:  LISTENING  Choose from one of these listening examples and think about the instruments, the tempo (speed of the beat), and the dynamics (loud/soft):

• Vivaldi’s Spring
• Ešenvalds’ “Spring the Sweet Spring”
• Michael Hoppe’s “First Day of Spring”
• LINE RIDER: “In The Hall of the Mountain King”
• LINE RIDER:  “Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony”