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Upper Primary Unit
Music

Quarter 1

           


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Song Literature
 

Activities/Skills/Concepts
 

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
(from the American musical, Oklahoma)

» Sing (Daily Gathering Song)

Mary Mack
(melody by Ella Jenkins)

 

» Sing, play accompaniment pattern on xylophones, play accompaniment pattern on floor drums and sticks
 » Following icon chart for learning melody, compare measures and phrases in song
» Play melody of song on glockenspiels, play tune on kazoos

Hakof
(Hebrew melody)

» Sing, play melody on xylophones
» Follow a graphic/iconic representation of the pitches
» Play tune on kazoos

Pony Trot
(Chinese melody)

» Sing, play repeated pattern accompaniment on xylophones
» Play repeated rhythm pattern on tone blocks, play tune on kazoos

Newsreel in Five shots by William Schumann
Horse Race
Fashion Show
Tribal Dance
Monkeys in the Zoo
Parade

» Listen to the 5 movement suite for wind band by an American composer design
» Use creative body movements during listening which match the titles of the movements

Camptown Races
(American folk song by Stephen Foster)

» Sing, play kazoo

You're a Grand Old Flag
(patriotic song)

» Sing, march to beat, play kazoo

Bushels of Apples (ryhme)

» Speak rhyme rhythm
» Use rhythm to improvise melodies on xylophones

Terkische,
from Yiddish Dances by Adam Gorb

 

» Listen to music for wind band recording by UW - Whitewater Symphonic Wind Ensemble 2006

Don Gato,
Mexican folk song

 

» Sing multi-verse song
» Enjoy book w/ illustrations by Pittsburg artist John Manders

Nine Lives
 

» Sing, play melody on glockenspiel
» Begin reading pitches on treble staff