What's Happening in Fourth Grade?

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Week of September 3

Skills	Content	Assessment
Clapping rhythms Playing recorder Singing Movement Listening	Students will learn the song Behold, Behold Students will clap the rhythm to the recorder song Oats, Peas, and Beans Students will identify the notes G, A, B, C, and D on the staff Students will play Oats, Peas, and Beans on the recorder.	Visual and aural review of recorder song

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Week of September 10

Skills	Content	Assessment
Playing recorder Singing Movement Listening	Students will review Oats, Peas, and Beans Students will define opera Students will identify the opera composers Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and Mozart Students will listen to the Opening Scene of Gianni Schicchi and identify its mood and tone	Students will answer questions about the readings and listenings on opera

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Week of September 17

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Listening to and analyzing music Reading and interpreting a short play	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Using script synopses of the Puccini opera Gianni Schicchi, students will read the plot of the story	Visual observation of the reading and acting of the opera

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Week of September 24

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Listening to and analyzing music Reading and interpreting a short play	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Using script synopses of the Puccini opera Gianni Schicchi, students will continue to read the plot of the story Students will listen to selected arias from the opera	Visual observation of the reading and acting of the opera

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Week of October 1

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Listening to and analyzing music Reading and interpreting a short play	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will finish reading the plot of the Puccini opera Gianni Schicchi Students will use the scripts to act out the story	Visual observation of the reading and acting of the opera

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Week of October 8

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Listening to and analyzing music Reading and interpreting a short play	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will use the scripts to act out the story	Visual observation of the reading and acting of the opera

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Week of October 15

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Listening to and analyzing music Reading and interpreting a short play	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will use the scripts to act out the story	Visual observation of the reading and acting of the opera

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Week of October 22

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Halloween activities	Students will learn the song The Twelve Days of Halloween Students will choose between a variety of Halloween songs, dances, videos, and other activities

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Week of October 29

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Halloween activities	Students will learn the song The Twelve Days of Halloween Students will choose between a variety of Halloween songs, dances, videos, and other activities

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Week of November 5

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Playing recorder Independent Learning Center Operetta	Warmup songs Three students will be sent to the Reading Station, Writing Station, and the Game Station Students will begin learning the Corn Song on page 13 in their recorder books Students will be introduced to the operetta HMS Pinafore	Checking Independent stations Listening to recorder performance

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Week of November 12

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Playing recorder Independent Learning Center Operetta	Warmup songs Three students will be sent to the Reading Station, Writing Station, and the Game Station Students will continue learning the Corn Song on page 13 in their recorder books Students will continue to learn about the operetta HMS Pinafore	Checking Independent stations Listening to recorder performance

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Week of November 19

Skills	Content	Assessment
	Thanksgiving reward day--High School Musical 2 video

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Week of November 26

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Playing recorder I. L. C.	Warmup songs Four students will be sent to the Reading Station, Writing Station, Listening Station, and the Game Station Students will sing Jingle Bells, and learn the first part of a duet version of the song on the recorder

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Week of December 3

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Playing recorder I. L. C. Opera	Warmup songs Four students will be sent to the Reading Station, Writing Station, Listening Station, and the Game Station Students will review Jingle Bells Students will be introduced to the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors

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Week of December 10

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Opera	Warmup songs Students will watch Amahl and the Night Visitors

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Week of December 17

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Opera	Warmup songs Students will finish watching Amahl and the Night Visitors

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Week of January 7

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorder	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn the song Kayak Ride on their recorders

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Week of January 14

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorder Musical play-Starlight Express Vocal tone color	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will continue to learn Kayak Ride on their recorders Students will read a brief introduction to the Lloyd-Webber musical, Starlight Express

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Week of January 21

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical play-Starlight Express Vocal tone color	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to Pumping Iron from Starlight Express to evaluate the tone quality of the soloist

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Week of January 28

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical play-Starlight Express Rhythm	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to Pumping Iron from Starlight Express and begin to learn the rhythm exercise which accompanies the song

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Week of February 4

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical play-Starlight Express Rhythm	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to Pumping Iron from Starlight Express and perform the rhythm activity using rhythm sticks

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Week of February 11

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical play-Starlight Express Motive	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to the motive from the song Stalight Express Students will identify other motives used in popular movies when played on the piano Students will count the number of times the motive appears in the song Starlight Express

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Week of February 18

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical play-Starlight Express Gospel style	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to The Light at the End of the Tunnel from Starlight Express to evaluate the tone quality of the soloist Students will identify the musical style of the song as Gospel

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Week of February 25

Skills	Content	Assessment
Rock opera	Students will listen to introduction to the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar Students will watch the first part of the DVD

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Week of March 4

Skills	Content	Assessment
Rock opera	Students will listen to introduction to the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar Students will watch the second part of the DVD

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Week of March 11

Skills	Content	Assessment
Rock opera	Students will listen to introduction to the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar Students will watch the final part of the DVD

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Week of March 18

Skills	Content	Assessment
Easter Break

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Week of March 25

Skills	Content	Assessment
Easter Break

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Week of March 31

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Novelty Song Classroom Percussion	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn and sing the song Rag Mop Students will play classroom percussion instruments of their choice to accompany Rag Mop

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Week of April 7

Skills	Content	Assessment
Standardized Testing

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Week of April 14

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Folk Song Bellsets (Xylophones) Countermelody	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn and sing the Scottish folk song Skye Boat Song The class will use Google Earth to "travel" from St. Jane to the Isle of Skye to chart the path of Prince Charlie Students will learn a countermelody to play on bellsets to accompany the song

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Week of April 21

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical theater--A Chorus Line	Warmup songs Students will be introduced to the song One from A Chorus Line Students will learn the story of the musical Students will sing the song

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Week of April 28

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical theater--A Chorus Line Choreography	Warmup songs Students will work on memorizing the song One Students will learn a dance to accompany the song

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Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Musical theater--A Chorus Line Choreography	Warmup songs Students will work on memorizing the song One Students will learn a dance to accompany the song

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Week of May 12

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Really Fun End-of-the-Year Activities	Students will sing warmup songs Students will do novelty song/dances like Hokey Pokey, Limbo, Chicken Dance, ChaCha Slide Students will play musical Duck Duck Goose Students will watch musical videos

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Week of May 19

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Really Fun End-of-the-Year Activities	Students will sing warmup songs Students will do novelty song/dances like Hokey Pokey, Limbo, Chicken Dance, ChaCha Slide Students will play musical Duck Duck Goose Students will watch musical videos

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Week of May 26

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Really Fun End-of-the-Year Activities	Students will sing warmup songs Students will do novelty song/dances like Hokey Pokey, Limbo, Chicken Dance, ChaCha Slide Students will play musical Duck Duck Goose Students will watch musical videos

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