I typed up the lyrics for the Kindergartners and included them here.
Archway Lincoln Family,
I am so thankful that we still have means to stay in contact in this current situation.
Each email that I received this week from you brought me great joy. Thank you for taking the time to think of me and my family and reach out with words of encouragement, photos of student work, and friendly faces!
I want to apologize for the missing music assignment in the packets that were sent out. Things are shifting quickly and there was a miscommunication regarding youtube videos. It was not able to be edited before the hard copy print deadline. The good news is that I have included the assignments here for your scholars. It actually gave me the time to add something else!
I have recorded piano tracks of the Spring Concert selections for your scholars. :)
They can perform for you or simply sing along as part of their music lesson this week. Kindergartners learned their music by rote so I do not have any lyric power points for them. I think they will remember as they start to sing. For 1st and 2nd grade, I have included the lyric power points. Please give it a try without the words for the first day.
I look forward to seeing your faces soon!
Here are the week's assignments:
Day 1
- Sing your concert songs. Spring Concert Piano Tracks
Listen to: "Can Can" by Offenbach
- 1st Time Listening: Choose a position (sitting, standing, laying) and listen with your thinking voice while moving. You should hear 2 different dynamics (forte/piano).
March around
the room while listening.2nd
Time Listening: The form is ABA.
- 2nd Time Listening: The form is ABA.
A section-
Jump clap clap (forte)
B section-
March around the room (piano)
A section-
Jump clap clap (forte)
Day 2
The orchestra is a large group of instruments that play together. You heard an orchestra while listening to Can Can. The orchestra has 4 instrument families: String, Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion.
- Color the worksheet of the Orchestra. Make sure you use 4 different colors, one for each family.
- 3rd Time Listening: Circle the instruments you hear on your coloring sheet.
Beethoven and Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy”
Beethoven grew up in Germany. He lived in an unhappy home
where his father would force him to practice for hours and hours. Somehow, he
still loved music and became a famous composer. What is a composer? Say it with me: A composer is a person who
writes music! Around the age of 30, Beethoven became deaf. He could no
longer hear the music with his ears but he could hear it in his head! Beethoven’s
9th and last symphony was written after he was deaf! At the end the
first performance in 1824, a violin player had to tap Beethoven on the shoulder
so he would turn around and look at the audience. He could not hear them cheering
for him and his beautiful music! Even now, many people all over the world still
love and perform his music.
Video Notes:
*This link is on youtubekids. They require an account to be set up by the parents. If you do not want to create an account, the title can be google searched.
This video is 20 minutes long. Feel free to skip around to the parts mentioned below.
3:30- You will hear the low basses and cellos play the melody of “Ode to Joy” very piano.
*This link is on youtubekids. They require an account to be set up by the parents. If you do not want to create an account, the title can be google searched.
This video is 20 minutes long. Feel free to skip around to the parts mentioned below.
3:30- You will hear the low basses and cellos play the melody of “Ode to Joy” very piano.
4:30- The violas, and bassoons come in as all the instruments join, little by little.
6:00- The entire orchestra plays it together, forte!
14:00- Beethoven added something special to his last
symphony: a giant choir singing along! They sing in German, his language.
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Bonus Challenge Activity
Listen to this brief podcast about Beethoven on Classics For Kids and complete this
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Sheet music to play along
Sheet music to play along
