Dear Families,

Here is an American Folk Song for you to sing with your family called Great Big House In New Orleans. This is a very cute song.

There are a pair of two new musical notes that we are not familiar with that will be introduced to you in the drum part of this song.

This new notes is called a pair of Sixthteenth Notes.

These pair of sixtheenth notes only gets 1/2 of a count, which is the same amount of counts a single eighth note gets.

This is a single Eighth Note.

Please note that the drum part has the sixtheenth notes in it.

Enjoy!

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Assignment

Play the video and sing the song and look for the pair of sixtheenth notes in the drum part.

Play the video, again, and clap the rhythm of the drum part this time.

Dear Families,

I hope that you and your child and/or children are excited to learn about our new musical symbol today, which is called the accent.

The purpose of the accent

is to tell the player or performer to highlight or make louder a particular note or notes when singing and/or playing music. Do you see the little accent sign above this high E note? Remember, the letter names of the spaces spell the word FACE and you start with the bottom space first.

Please notice in the song La Bamba that there are accents for the music for the musicians playing the maraca part.

This is a picture of a pair of maracas.

Enjoy!

Warmly,
Ms. Wilder

Assignment

Clap the maraca part and make sure you accent or make louder the note that is accented in the rhythm. How did you do? I feel certain that you did great! Good job! Miss you!

Dear Families,

Here is some information about how pitches or notes can move on the staff. The staff is what the notes and/or rests are placed on. There are five lines and four spaces on the staff.

Here Are Some Musical Examples Of How Pitches Or Notes Can Move

Pitches Can Leap Or Skip

Pitches Can Stay The Same And Not Move

Pitched Can Move By Step Up Or Down

This will be very helpful information for you as we move forward in your child’s and/or children’s musical learning.

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Dear Families,

Here is a cute song titled Shake The Papaya Down, which is a Jamaican Children’s Song. Sing a long with this song and follow the pitches as they go up and down and repeat! Also, in the second video, you will see how they used Ta’s and Ti’s to create the rhythm. The rhythms that they are creating are called syncopation, which means that the notes do not always fall on the steady beat.

Enjoy!

Movement OF Pitches

Pitches Going Up By Step

Pitches Staying The Same

Pitches Leaping Up

Enjoy!

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Shake The Papaya Down – Jamaican Children’s Song

Assignment

What type of note and rest was used to create the drum rhythm?

What notes or rests did you notice that were used in this song?

Assignment

Clap the syncopated rhythm with the Ta’s and Ti’s.

How did it go? I am certain that you did great! Good job! Miss you!

Dear Families,

I found a great song with wonderful rhythm parts that you and your child and/or children and/or your family could perform together, which would be amazing and so much fun! Your child and/or children could teach you about the quarter note, whole note, paired eighth note, and quarter rest.

Here is a reminder sheet about these notes and rest.

I hope you find this reminder sheet helpful!

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Che Che Koolay From Ghana, Africa – An Orff Arrangement

Assignment

There are several rhythm parts that you can pick.

You can choose the following instrument parts

1. egg shaker part
2. xylophone part
3. drum part
4. rhythm sticks part

Which part did you pick to clap and/or pat on your legs?

Practice your part with the song. Did you find your part in one of the squares around the outside? If not, please ask for help to find it. Next, pick a new part. Try all four rhythm parts.

How did it go? I feel certain you did amazing! Great job! I miss you!

Dear Families,

Your child and/or children had so much fun when we played this very fun singing game, which is called Jump Jim Joe. I felt so happy when I found this resource for you online so that you and your child and/or children could play this singing game together or you can play it as a family, too.

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Jump Jim Joe

Assignment

Can you sing this song while patting a steady beat on your lap? Are you able to remember the movements? I feel certain that you did great! Good job! Miss you!

Dear Families,

As we move to on-line learning with the the closing of schools, I feel hopeful that you are finding the resources that I am providing for you to be helpful. If you have any suggestions or topics of interest that you would like for me to find resources for, please feel free to email me any time. In the classroom, my choices are driven by my students interest in different activities and lessons and I want my online classroom to also be drive by the students interests, too. Thank you for your help with this.

I found another great resource for you and your child and/or children to practice clapping rhythms to.

Please remember the quarter notes and eighth notes and quarter rest for this activity.

Notes Rests

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Assignment

Clap the rhythm throughout the song. How did you do? Did you remember that the quarter note and quarter rest gets one count? I am certain that you did a great job!

Dear Families,

I found a cute clapping game song titled Bim Bum, which will be so much fun to you and your child and/or children to sing and clap to. The tricky part is that it keeps getting faster and faster. Can you sing along and clap the rhythm as the song gets faster and faster? I feel certain that you can!

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Here are the words to this song

Bim Bum Biddy Biddy Bum

Here is the clapping game song.

Assignment

Make this a family challenge. See who can sing the song and clap the rhythm as the song gets faster and faster. Who can be the most accurate? Who improved the most? Who had the most fun?

Dear Families,

To help you and your child and/or children practice singing over the next few months, I have been looking for different enrichment opportunities to expand your students understanding of singing. Here is a video that shows your child and/or children the notes on the staff and the solfege that goes with these notes and the video plays that pitches with a teacher singing and then, your child and/or children have an opportunity to sing the pitches on his/her own.

Enjoy!

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder

Dear Families,

I have been teaching your child and/or children how to count rhythms with numbers and also, how to say Ta’s and Ti Ti’s to rhythms, as well. This video supports your child’s and/or your children’s learning of how to say rhythms using Ta’s and Ti Ti’s.

Warmly,

Ms. Wilder