TEACHERS CHOICE music 6A GRADE 6A
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Contents Philosophy iii CD LIST 1 Lesson one: Note and Rest Value Review 2 a) Instruction Card 1: Note / Rest Value Review Sheet 4 b) Note Tree 5 c) Rest Tree 6 d) Note Chart 7 e) Rest Chart 9 f) Musical Worksheet 11 Lesson two: Review of Accidentals 13 a) Instructional Card 2: Sharp 15 b) Instructional Card 3: Flat 16 c) Instructional Card 4: Natural 17 d) Accidental Assessment Sheet 18 Lesson three: Keyboard 20 a) Naming Sharps and Flats 22 b) Semitones 23 c) Whole Tones 24 d) Keyboard 25 Lesson four: Review of Key Signatures 27 a) Key Signature Note 28 b) Key Signature Assessment Sheet 29 Lesson five: Vocal Warm-ups 31 a) Breathing Technique 33 b) Instructional Card 5, Singing Vowels 34 c) Vocal Warm-up 3, Mezzo-Soprano 35 d) Vocal Warm-up 3, Tenor/Alto 36 e) Vocal Warm-up 3, Baritone 37 f) Vocal Assessment Sheet 1 38 i
Contents Lesson six: Singing Major Scales 39 a) C Major Scale, Baritone 41 b) F Major Scale, Tenor/Alto 42 c) C Major Scale, Mezzo-Soprano 43 d) Scale Extensions Sheet, Baritone 44 e) Scale Extensions Sheet, Tenor/Alto 45 f) Scale Extensions Sheet, Mezzo-Soprano 46 g) Vocal Assessment Sheet 2 47 Lesson seven: Tone Colour 48 a) Tone Colour Note 50 b) Tone Colour Note: Teacher Reference 51 c) Tone Colour Worksheet 1 52 d) Tone Colour Worksheet 2 54 Checklist Evaluation 56 Glossary of Terms 57 Assessing Vocals in Junior Grades 70 Program Rubrics 71 ii
Lesson one TOPIC: Note and Rest Value Review CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS: Students will: read correctly, familiar and unfamiliar music that contains whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes, and their corresponding rests in 4/4 time MATERIALS: Instructional Card 1, Note and Rest Value Review Sheet (p.4) Note Tree (p.5) Rest Tree (p.6) Note Chart (p.7) Rest Chart (p.9) Musical Worksheet (p.11) SUGGESTED LESSON SEQUENCE: 1. Distribute a copy of the Note/Rest Value Review Sheet (p.4), to each student. 2. Orally review the values of the whole-note, half-note, quarter-note, eighth-note, and sixteenth-note, as well as the values of their rests. 3. Question the students about the relationship that exists between notes. (e.g. How many half-notes equal the value of one whole-note? etc.) 4. Distribute a copy of the Note Tree (p.5), to each student. 5. Explain to the students that this chart shows the relationship that exists between each of the aforementioned notes. (i.e. The value of one whole-note is equal to the value of two half-notes, etc.) 6. Distribute a copy of the Rest Tree (p.6), to each student. 2
Lesson one 7. Question the students about the relationship that exists between rests. (e.g. How many quarter-rests equal the value of one whole-rest? etc.) 8. Explain to the students that this chart shows the relationship that exists between each of the aforementioned rests. (i.e. The value of one whole-rest is equal to the value of two half-rests, etc.) 9. Give the students an opportunity to review these sheets on their own. 10. Distribute a copy of the Note Chart (p.7), to each student. 11. Have the students complete the worksheet by filling in the correct names and values for each note. 12. Distribute a copy of the Rest Chart (p.9), to each student. 13. Have the students complete the worksheet by filling in the correct names and values for each rest. 14. Distribute a copy of the Musical Worksheet (p.11), to each student. Have the students complete the sheet by naming the notes, and applying their knowledge of note and rest values to determine the number of beats per measure. (The first part of the worksheet is a review of the note names on the treble staff. If students are experiencing difficulty with this section, review Grade 4B, Lesson 2. For quick reference, see "treble staff" in the Glossary.) N.B. Remind the students that when eighth-notes and sixteenth-notes appear in groups, they are written as follows: ee = q q and xx = q q EVALUATION STRATEGIES: Assess the Note Chart. See Note Chart Answer Sheet (p. 8). Assess the Rest Chart. See Rest Chart Answer Sheet (p.10). Assess Musical Worksheet. See Musical Worksheet Answer Sheet (p.12). See Checklist Evaluation, Note Chart, Rest Chart, Musical Worksheet (p.56). 3