Post on 29-Jan-2021
Reeves Elementary Music Learning Packet
Music Directions: Choose any activity (online, paper, or activity)
Quaver Access for all grade levels: You can also watch the video uploaded on Mrs. Marler’s website for more information.
1. Go to https://www.quavermusic.com/info/
2. Click on student Interactives at the top of the screen.
3. Enter the classcode- HR2VW
4. Now students have access to all Quaver Interactives.
Other music online resources:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
www.musictechteacher.com - click on quizzes and game
www.incredibox.com
www.isleoftune.com
www.nyphilkids.org/games.phtml
https://www.animatedscience.co.uk/animations/orchestra/orchestra.htm
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/music.html
https://pbskids.org/games/music/
https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/ - check out learn or activities
http://www.philtulga.com/index.html click on activities
Kindergarten and First Grade
Online-
Daniel the Tiger: Spin & Sing
Daniel the Tiger: Music Shop
Block Music
Comparing Melodies
Virtual Boomwhackers
SFS Kids
Paper Resources-
FREE TPT Beginner Composer Template
FREE TPT Loud & Soft Worksheet
FREE TPT Easter Rhythms Coloring Sheets
FREE TPT Train Rhythms
FREE TPT Instrument Coloring Sheets
Activities-
· Freeze Dance: Dance to upbeat music (from any source) until the music is paused or muted. Freeze in position until the music starts again.
· Sing your favorite song from music class for a family member, friend, or babysitter. Tell that person why you love it so much. Be sure to use your Singing Voice!
· Practice keeping a steady beat while listening to any music. Practice by clapping, stomping, patting, nodding your head, or however you’d like!
· Practice using different voices! Sing a song we have learned in music class, using your speaking voice, singing voice, silly voice, whispering voice, cowboy voice, alien voice, turtle (slow) voice, or any others you can think of!
· Find anything around your house (with a parent's permission) that you can turn into a Percussion Instrument! Practice using Ta and Ti-Ti to make a rhythmic song. Play it for your family!
Second and Third Grade
Online-
Chrome Music Lab
Incredibox
Virtual Drum Machine
Music Tech Teacher: Games & Quizzes
Virtual Orchestra
SFS Kids
Paper Resources-
FREE TPT Mozart Activities
FREE TPT Instrument Family Worksheets
FREE TPT Easter Rhythm Coloring Sheets
FREE TPT Tempo & Dynamics Scavenger Hunt
FREE TPT Minecraft Music Theory
Activities-
· Create an instrument from something around the house. Some ideas include making a “trumpet” out of a paper towel roll, a drum out of a coffee can, or a guitar out of a shoebox and rubber bands. Be creative! Bring in instrument with packet.
· Freeze Dance: Dance to upbeat music (from any source) until the music is paused or muted. Freeze in position until the music starts again.
· Listen to your favorite song, and list the instruments you hear, as well as the families they belong to.
· A famous musician once said that the reason he loved the banjo so much was because you can’t play a sad tune on it. Are there any other instruments that you can think of that can only play happy, uplifting music? If you can’t think of one, write about why you think the banjo has that one special quality.
· What’s the first song you remember learning as a child? Who taught it to you? Do you still remember the words and music?
Fourth and Fifth Grade
Online Resources-
Watch three Piano Guys videos on youtube and document which 3 you watched. Which was your favorite? Why?
Chrome Music Lab
Incredibox
Virtual Drum Machine
Music Tech Teacher: Games & Quizzes
Virtual Orchestra
SFS Kids
Paper Resources-
FREE TPT Beatles Info & Worksheet
FREE TPT Music Math
FREE TPT Notespeller Worksheet
FREE TPT Spring Haiku Rhythm
FREE TPT: Symbol Safari Music Worksheets
Activities-
· Friedrich Nietzsche said “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Do you agree or disagree? Please explain.
· Listen to your favorite song, and list the instruments you hear, as well as the families they belong to.
· Write your own lyrics to a song about a friend or family member. The song should have a chorus and two verses.
· Your music teacher has acquired a musical instrument that the aborigines used in Australia called a didgeridoo. Only one student is going to be allowed to learn the instrument. You want to be that student. Write a persuasive letter to your teacher telling her why you want to play the didgeridoo.
· Choose a specific establishment (shopping mall, law firm, doctor’s office, sports stadium, fast food restaurant, fine dining establishment) and imagine you were in charge of choosing the music for it. Explain how music can affect one’s mood. Explain what type of music you’ll use and why.