Silver Burdett Making
Music
Fourth Grade
September:
Concept: Beat/Rhythm
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 3, Strong Beat/Weak Beat
Unit 2, Lesson 4, 4/4 Meter
Unit 3, Lesson 3 and Unit 4, Lesson 3,
Sixteenth notes and eighth/sixteenth combos
(i.e. ti-ki-ti-ki; ti ti-ki, ti-ki ti)
Unit 4, Lesson 11 and Unit 5, Lesson 2, ¾ time
Composer: J.S. Bach
Listening Lessons:
"French Suite" pg 238
"Air in D" pg 23
"Partita in E" pg 113
"Toccata in D minor" pg 233
Recorder:
Rhythm reading, initial technique, BAG on staff
Seasonal Songs:
Sourwood Mountain pg 65
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
All Night, All Day pg 180
Happy Wanderer pg 89 (BE's started with the MMH pilot in 3rd)
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean pg 338 (with my movements)
California Here I Come pg 287 (JD only, Randy teaches at BE)
October:
Concept: Melody
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 6, Pitch/Direction
Unit 1, Lesson 7, Pentatonic Scale (they haven't had before)
Unit 3, Lesson 6, Extended Pentatonic Scale
Unit 4, Lesson 8, Melodic Contour
Composer: Beethoven
Listening Lessons:
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Rondo, pg 185
Symphony No. 6 The Storm pg 365
Symphony No. 9 Ode to Joy pg 151
Recorder:
BAG, emphasize melodic direction, add C
Seasonal Songs:
Little Shop of Horrors pg ?
My own Halloween collection including "Watch Out!"
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Cielito Lindo pg 270
Glendy Burke pg 262
November:
Concept: Form
Concept Lessons:
Unit 2, Lesson 5, Verse/Refrain Review, Call/Response
Unit 3, Lesson 5, ABA
Unit 4, Lesson 5, AABA
Unit 5, Lesson 5, Rondo
Composer: W.A. Mozart
Listening Lessons:
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Minuet, pg 71 (AABA I think)
Concerto in E-flat, Rondo, pg ? (Rondo)
Recorder:
BAGC and add D
Add Norm Sands piece in AABA form
Seasonal Songs:
For the Beauty of the Earth, pg 356
Soldier, Soldier pg 11 (Vet's Day)
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Cindy, pg 387
La Raspa, pg 302
Oh Susanna, pg 264
December: (occasionally interrupted by my concert
schedule)
Concept: Expression
Concept Lessons:
Unit 2, Lesson 1, Tempo
Unit 3, Lesson 1, Legato/Staccato
Unit 4, Lesson 1, Dynamics
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Trumpets pg 71
Four Seasons pg 75
Recorder:
BAGCD, add e
Start to use dynamics in playing
Seasonal Songs only:
Let It Snow
Ocho Kandelikas
Twelve Days of Christmas
Al Quebrar La Pinata
Harambee (Kwanzaa)
January:
Concept: Timbre/Harmony
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 9, Vocal Timbre
Unit 2, Lesson 10, Brass and Woodwind
Unit 3, Lesson 9, Strings
Unit 4, Lesson 9, Percussion
Composer: Chopin
Listening Lessons:
Prelude in A Minor pg ? (ask them where piano belongs, what family?)
Waltz in D-Flat (Minute) pg ?
Recorder:
BAGCDe, 2 part songs, Norm Sands
Seasonal Song:
We Shall Not Be Moved
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
All songs should be rounds, partners, echoes
Kookaburra pg 186
Peace Round pg 348
February: new semester, new school
Concept: Beat/Rhythm
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 3, Strong Beat/Weak Beat
Unit 2, Lesson 4, 4/4 Meter
Unit 3, Lesson 3 and Unit 4, Lesson 3,
Sixteenth notes and eighth/sixteenth combos
(i.e. ti-ki-ti-ki; ti ti-ki, ti-ki ti)
Unit 4, Lesson 11 and Unit 5, Lesson 2, ¾ time
Composer: J.S. Bach
Listening Lessons:
"French Suite" pg 238
"Air in D" pg 23
"Partita in E" pg 113
"Toccata in D minor" pg 233
Recorder:
Rhythm reading, initial technique, BAG on staff
Seasonal Songs:
Love Somebody (not in 4th grade book but they like it)
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
All Night, All Day pg 180
Happy Wanderer pg 89 (BE's started with the MMH pilot in 3rd)
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean pg 338 (with my movements)
California, Here I Come pg 287 (JD only, Randy teaches at BE)
March:
Concept: Melody
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 6, Pitch/Direction
Unit 1, Lesson 7, Pentatonic Scale (they haven't had before)
Unit 3, Lesson 6, Extended Pentatonic Scale
Unit 4, Lesson 8, Melodic Contour
Composer: Beethoven
Listening Lessons:
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Rondo, pg 185
Symphony No. 6 The Storm pg 365
Symphony No. 9 Ode to Joy pg 151
Recorder:
BAG, emphasize melodic direction, add C
Seasonal Songs:
Dayenu (Passover) pg ?
O Danny Boy pg 48
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Glendy Burke pg 262
Cindy, pg 387
April:
Concept: Form
Concept Lessons:
Unit 2, Lesson 5, Verse/Refrain Review, Call/Response
Unit 3, Lesson 5, ABA
Unit 4, Lesson 5, AABA
Unit 5, Lesson 5, Rondo
Composer: W.A. Mozart
Listening Lessons:
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Minuet, pg 71 (AABA I think)
Concerto in E-flat, Rondo, pg ? (Rondo)
Recorder:
BAGC and add D
Add Norm Sands piece in AABA form
Seasonal Songs:
For the Beauty of the Earth, pg 356
Sourwood Mountain pg 65
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Cielito Lindo pg 270
La Raspa, pg 302
Oh Susanna, pg 264
Sweet Betsy from Pike pg 244
May: occasionally interrupted by my concert schedule
Concept: Expression
Concept Lessons:
Unit 2, Lesson 1, Tempo
Unit 3, Lesson 1, Legato/Staccato
Unit 4, Lesson 1, Dynamics
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Trumpets pg 71
Four Seasons pg 75
Recorder:
BAGCD, add e
Start to use dynamics in playing
Seasonal Songs:
Soldier, Soldier pg 11 (Memorial Day)
Spring and summer songs from my own collection
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Tina Singu pg 300
Wade in the Water pg 268
June:
Concept: Timbre/Harmony
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 9, Vocal Timbre
Unit 2, Lesson 10, Brass and Woodwind
Unit 3, Lesson 9, Strings
Unit 4, Lesson 9, Percussion
Composer: Chopin
Listening Lessons:
Prelude in A Minor pg ? (ask them where piano belongs, what family?)
Waltz in D-Flat (Minute) pg ?
Recorder:
BAGCDe, 2 part songs, Norm Sands
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
All songs should be rounds, partners, echoes
Kookaburra pg 186
Peace Round pg 348