4 th Grade Arts Advantage Music Curriculum Unit 2 Gallery Walk Discussion Questions

1. Good Morning Fabulous Arts Educators!Please take this time to set up your student samples for the gallery walk and bring in your unit 2 materials.The gallery walk will begin at 9:30 and we will then reconvene as a whole group at 10:15.

2. 4th Grade Arts Advantage Music Curriculum Unit 2Gallery Walk Discussion Questions • How well did the lessons on elements, rounds and ostinatos in Unit 1 prepare students for the assessment? • How well does the assessment reflect the expected student learning of the California music standards for this unit? • Do you see evidence that the students were or were not able to: a) describe music according to the elements; b) sing a round; c) sing an ostinato; d) identify and compare two musical styles? • If you could suggest one improvement to the assessments, what would it be?

3. Please take this time to fill out the Unit 1 reflection form.

4. 4th Grade Arts Advantage Music CurriculumUnit 3 Lidia E. Sánchez, Presenter

5. Tentative Agenda • 10:30 – 11:30 Unit 3, Lesson 1Ostinato with Instruments • 11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH (on your own, enjoy!) • 12:30 – 1:30Unit 3, Lesson 2,Sing and Play • 1:30 – 2:30 Unit 3, Lesson 3, Perform with Voice and Instruments • 2:30 – 2:45Wrap-up and reflections

6. Group Norms • Listen carefully (body language, eye contact) • Cell phones on vibrate • 15:2 for verbal processing and notes • Participate, participate, participate!

7. Lesson 1:Ostinato with Instruments

8. IMPORTANT NOTE:For the summative assessment, students will be required to select a song, sing it and perform it with a composed ostianto.I suggest to carve out a little bit of rehearsal time each session to learn and practice each of the three songs you will be using for this unit.

9. Important Vocabulary • RHYTHM – the combination of long and short, even and uneven sounds that create a sense of movement in time • OSTINATO – a rhythmic or melodic pattern that repeats • MELODY (tune) – an organized sequence of notes • TEMPO – the speed or pace of the music

10. REVIEW: What is an ostinato? • What is an ostinato? • Aural example: Sound Machine – Joanne Hammil (# 8 on The World’s Gonna Listen CD) • Can you identify an ostinato? • Clap it out with music • Clap it out without music  RHYTHMIC OSTINATO • Another aural example: Chi Chi Bud (Track 8 from the Wee Sing CD)

11. Let’s Add Ostinato! • Listen to Circle the Earth by Joanne Hammil (Track 2 from The World’s Gonna Listen CD) • Can we add an ostinato to this song? • Brainstorm words and rhythm • Let’s try it! • Let’s clap it! • Let’s play it with instruments! • Let’s share it!

12. Improvising an Ostinato • Listen to NaniWale Na Hala(track 44 from the Wee Sing CD) • GROUP TIME! • Create a rhythmic ostinato that is 8 beats long. • Brainstorm rhythms • Decide on a rhythm • Try it with the music • Perform it!

13. Lesson 2:Sing and Play

14. Important Vocabulary • COMPOSITION (Compose) – creating original music by organizing sound. • IMPROVISATION (Improvise) – spontaneous (spur-of-the-moment) creation of music • PATTERN – repeated parts in music

15. Reviewing Note Values • For today, there are 4 beats/counts in a measure (time signature is 4/4). • How many of each note would fit in a measure? (See Notes Charts) • Why do you think each note has the name that it does? (connect to fractions) • What happens when we try to fit more notes into a measure? • These can all be mixed up to create a rhythm in a piece of music.

16. Reviewing Rest Values • For today, there are 4 beats/counts in a measure (time signature is 4/4). • How many of each rest would fit in a measure? (See Rests Chart) • Why do you think each rest has the name that it does? (connect to fractions) • What happens when we try to fit more rests into a measure? • These can also all be mixed up with notes to create a rhythm in a piece of music.

17. Practice Composing and Reading • 4-beat pattern: any suggestions? • Let’s practice! • Let’s combine them to make an 8-beat pattern! • (Practice some more if needed)

18. Get Ready, Composers! • Group up! • Choose!Select either Nani Wale Na Hala, Circle the Earth OR EentsyWeentsy Spider(track 4, from unit 1) • Compose!Using an instrument of your choice, compose a new, 8-beat ostinato for the song and write it down on the Unit 3 Template and Rubric Paper. • Use the notes and rests values packet to help you!

19. Critique and Revision • CRITIQUE ETIQUETTE! • Trade compositions with another group • Critique!Try the other group’s composition and give warm and cool feedback • Revise!Use peer feedback to make changes to your composition.

20. Lesson 3:Perform with Voice and Instruments

21. In this lesson, students will be required to both sing the song and play their composed ostinatos.

22. Compositions • Check your composition against the first column on the rubric; you may make any last-minute adjustments if necessary • Choose!Select either Nani Wale Na Hala, Circle the Earth OR EentsyWeentsy Spider(track 4, from unit 1) • Compose!Using an instrument of your choice, compose a new, 8-beat ostinato for the song and write it down on the Unit 3 Template and Rubric Paper. • Use the notes and rests values packet to help you!

23. Let’s Talk About It:What makes a good performance? What does it take to be ready to make a good performance?

24. Rehearsal Time • Practice singing all the songs whole-group • Group up! Decide who will be the singers and who will play the ostinato. • Practice your piece • Perform it!

25. Summative Assessment • Students will assess their classmates’ performance of a song unis the rubric. • Each group performs the song with voice and instrument. • One group will be assessors and one group will be performers. • Each assessor will assess one student from the performing group and score them on the rubric. • Groups then switch roles. • Use Unit Three Rubric Sheet

26. Wrap-up and Reflection • Complete reflection form. • Have a wonderful day andthank you for being a fabulous arts educator! 