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the recorder in the 4th grade includes review of the fingering
of the notes g, a, and b. The fourth grade students also learn
some new notes including d and e above middle c. Recorders are
then used throughout the rest of the year as an additional instrument
and timbre when learning and performing music.
Throughout the rest of the year, students will learn additional
notes such as f, f#, and c and d on the staff.
Elements
of Music Notation (html)
Elements of
Music Notation (pdf) (includes rhythm pyramid)
Due to copyright laws, sheet
music to songs learned in class cannot be posted on the web. Students
and parents can log into Centerpoint to access these materials.
To log into Centerpoint, go
to http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us.
Then click on the apple and enter your information to you provided
to you from the Iowa City Community School District.
A parental guide to Centerpoint
is available here: http://www.iccsd.k12.ia.us/cp/index.htm
National Standards:
1. Singing, alone and with other, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied
repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
ICCSD Standards: Same as national
standards.
ICCSD Benchmarks:
Melody: Do, re, mi, low sol, low
la,
Rhythm: quarter note, quarter rest,
half note/rest, dotted half note/rest, whole note/rest, paired
eighth notes.
Form: AB, ABA, call and response,
rounds.
Expressive Qualities: Forte, piano,
tempo, legato, staccato.
• Demonstrate reading
of standard symbolic notation.
• Name symbols of rhythmic values.
• Experience aurally, kinesthetically,
and symbolically rhythms used (see above).
• Experience and read songs in 2/4,
3/4, and 4/4.
• Practice, read, perform rhythm
patterns in songs.
• Locate and identify meter signatures.
• Read and lavel bar line, double
bar lines, and measures.
• Locate and identify the treble
cleff.
Purpose: To learn/review recorder
basics. The recorder will be used as an additional musical tool
and timbre choice to learn musical concepts listed above and musical
concepts in the future.
Materials Used:
• Elements of music notation
hand out (compiled by Mr. Anderson).
• Recorder Exercises I, II, III.
• Music selections from the Spotlight
on Music Recorder Method and K-8 recorder play alongs.
• Aretha Franklin Biography Handout
and "This Little Light of Mine".
Objectives:
• Students will demonstrate
skills outlined above under "ICCSD Benchmarks".
• Students will learn about Artha
Franklin and spirituals vs. hymns.
• Students will demonstrate recorder
basics including posture, breathing, tonguing, and proper fingerings.
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