Grade Four Unit Plan

Joy and Winter Celebrations December 2016 8 classes

Generative Topic: Now that we have worked very diligently on recorder for the
last two months, it is very important to bring it full circle. The month will begin
with wrapping up the recorder karate using a tried and true Christmas song as
the minimum summative level (Jolly Old St. Nicholas). From there on we will
focus on form, rounds, and repertoire. It is very important as students get older
to ensure that they have a quiver full of songs that can be brought into day-today life or back into the music room. Furthermore, the importance of rounds
comes down to an understanding of harmony, how one voice works with
another, and how voices can easily accompany one another.
Unit Title: Joy and Winter Celebrations
Big Idea: Wrapping up recorder and ramping up repertoire
Essential Questions:
1.

How can I use my recorder skills to possibly play songs in my day-to-day

life?
2. How can I use my voice in partnership, rather than in replication with
other voices?
3. How can I use my body to demonstrate form?
Concepts Taught:
Curricular Outcomes:
S20 Extend the use of sol-fa training with hand
Introduce fa and ti into solfege
signals to include fa and ti
training

RW22 Extend the use of sol-fa training to include fa

and ti

Activities:
- Follow the Leader
- Here we come A Wassailing
- Note Naming Game
- BAGED mad minute
- Jolly Old St. Nicholas (Green)
- Christmas Bells
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Christmas Round
- Sleigh Ride
- Huron Carol

Materials Needed:

Lesson Summary
Joy and Winter Celebrations December 2016 8 classes

Less
on
1

By the end of the

lesson, students
will be able to
Identify notes on a
staf
Play the correct
notes with a good
tone

Assessment/
Evaluation
Observation
Checklist
- BAGED
notes
BAGED mad
minute (s)

Play the correct

notes with a good
tone

Observation
Checklist
- BAGED
Green Belt Test
(S)

Perform a full
arrangement of
Christmas bells in 2
part canon

Perform a full
arrangement of
Christmas Bells in 4
part canon

Observation
Checklist
- Mallet
percussi
on
- canon
Observation
Checklist
- Complex
canon

Perform a complex
body percussion
arrangement to
Leroy Andersons

Observation
Checklist
- Rhythm
patterns

Activities

Resour
ces

Follow the Leader

Here we come awassailing (7
min)
Note Naming Game (5 min)
BAGED mad minute (5 min)
Run through Green Belt
piece (10 min)
Follow the Leader
Here we come awassailing (3
min)
Run through Green Belt
piece (5 min)
Green belt testing (20 min)
- Pull students to one
side of the classroom
to complete green
belt test while others
are practicing higher
level tests
Follow the Leader
Christmas Bells (20 min)
- Up to 2 part canon

Follow the Leader

The Holly and the Ivy (10
min)
Christmas Bells (15 min)
- Up to 4 part canon
Follow the Leader
Christmas Round (8 min)
- 2 part round
Sleigh Ride (20 min)

GP 49

TIM
5/190
GP 49

TIM
3/195
GP 52

Sleigh Ride
Perform a 2 part
round
Perform a full
arrangement of
Christmas Bells in 4
part canon

Extended
form (S)

Observation
Checklist
- Following
melody
- Complex
canon (s)

Follow the Leader

The Holly and the Ivy (5 min)
Huron Carol (10 min)
Christmas Bells (10 min)
- review

Perform a variety of
repertoire pieces
developed over the
season

Observation
Checklist

Perform a variety of
repertoire pieces
developed over the
season

Observation
Checklist

Follow the Leader

Huron Carol (8 min)
Christmas Round (8 min)
- 4 part round
Jolly Old St Nicholas (8 min)
Here we come A Wassailing
(5 min)
Follow the Leader
Christmas Bells (10 min)
Sleigh Ride (10 min)
Huron Carol
Chrustmas Round
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Here we come a wassailing

TIM
5/190
TIM
3/146

TIM
3/146
TIM
3/195