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Grade Four Unit Plan: Joy and Winter Celebrations - December 2016 - 8 Classes
Grade Four Unit Plan: Joy and Winter Celebrations - December 2016 - 8 Classes
Generative Topic: Now that we have worked very diligently on recorder for the
last two months, it is very important to bring it full circle. The month will begin
with wrapping up the recorder karate using a tried and true Christmas song as
the minimum summative level (Jolly Old St. Nicholas). From there on we will
focus on form, rounds, and repertoire. It is very important as students get older
to ensure that they have a quiver full of songs that can be brought into day-today life or back into the music room. Furthermore, the importance of rounds
comes down to an understanding of harmony, how one voice works with
another, and how voices can easily accompany one another.
Unit Title: Joy and Winter Celebrations
Big Idea: Wrapping up recorder and ramping up repertoire
Essential Questions:
1.
Activities:
- Follow the Leader
- Here we come A Wassailing
- Note Naming Game
- BAGED mad minute
- Jolly Old St. Nicholas (Green)
- Christmas Bells
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Christmas Round
- Sleigh Ride
- Huron Carol
Materials Needed:
Lesson Summary
Joy and Winter Celebrations December 2016 8 classes
Less
on
1
Assessment/
Evaluation
Observation
Checklist
- BAGED
notes
BAGED mad
minute (s)
Observation
Checklist
- BAGED
Green Belt Test
(S)
Perform a full
arrangement of
Christmas bells in 2
part canon
Perform a full
arrangement of
Christmas Bells in 4
part canon
Observation
Checklist
- Mallet
percussi
on
- canon
Observation
Checklist
- Complex
canon
Perform a complex
body percussion
arrangement to
Leroy Andersons
Observation
Checklist
- Rhythm
patterns
Activities
Resour
ces
GP 49
TIM
5/190
GP 49
TIM
3/195
GP 52
Sleigh Ride
Perform a 2 part
round
Perform a full
arrangement of
Christmas Bells in 4
part canon
Extended
form (S)
Observation
Checklist
- Following
melody
- Complex
canon (s)
Perform a variety of
repertoire pieces
developed over the
season
Observation
Checklist
Perform a variety of
repertoire pieces
developed over the
season
Observation
Checklist
TIM
5/190
TIM
3/146
TIM
3/146
TIM
3/195