Elementary Music Curriculum Grades 4-6: Lessons, Songs, Activities

Teaching upper elementary music? Get songs, games, music lessons and more in this music lesson bundle of resources for grades 3-6.  All lessons are based on Orff and Kodaly methodologies and blend well with any music curriculum.  Most music lesson songs are original and teach basic music concepts with lesson materials to help students SING, PLAY INSTRUMENTS, DECODE RHYTHMS and CREATE &/OR COMPOSE music activities..

These upper elementary music activities are based on the themes of the school year comprising 3-5 activities for each month. (Fall, Halloween, Holidays, Pirates, Winter, Valentine’s, President’s, St. Patrick’s, Spring)

In addition, this bundle of music lessons and activities includes the Music Theory Bundle of materials with: Teaching Presentations Lessons, Games, Activities, I Can Statements, Posters, Flash Cards, Worksheets, Videos, Song Tracks to teach MUSIC NOTE NAMES, MUSIC SYMBOLS, NOTES/RESTS AND RHYTHM PATTERNS, MUSIC ALPHABET AND NOTES ON THE STAFF.

Imagine having all of your basic music theory lessons planned for you!

Easy to use Mixed Rhythm Bundle includes 12 Google drag and drop activities, play alongs and teaching presentations and lesson ideas.

BASIC CONCEPTS:  These music activities provide opportunities for students to experience music elements EXPRESSION, PITCH, MELODY, HARMONY, TIMBRE, TEXTURE, RHYTHM, BEAT, ARTICULATION, TEMPO, FORM DYNAMICS through a variety of learning activities such as singing, playing, moving, creating, composing, performing.

SCOPE & SEQUENCE: Planner is included so you can pick and choose the activities and use them as needed.  Materials are organized by themes according to the school year.  The Music Theory, Rhythm, Solfege activities are used to teach basic skills needed for the lessons.

RHYTHMS:

• Whole note and rest
• Half note and rest
• Quarter note and rest
• Eighth note and rest
• Sixteenth note and rest
• Dotted half note and rest
• Dotted quarter note
• Syncopa
• Triplet

DYNAMICS:

• I can show fast and slow.
• I can show high and low.
• I can show loud and soft.
• I can show long and short.
• I can show forte and piano.
• I can show legato and staccato.
• I can show allegro and largo.
• I can show crescendo and decrescendo.

 SYMBOLS: Treble Clef, Bass Clef, Sharp, Flat, Repeat Sign, Crescendo, Decrescendo, Staff, Fermata, Natural, Time Signature, Fortissimo, Forte, Mezzo Forte, Mezzo Piano, Piano, Pianissimo, Segno, Coda, Bar line, Double Bar line.

SOLFEGE: Students will have opportunities to learn the solfege scale, sight read and sing solfege.

CHORAL SONGS: sight sing, read notation, sing phrases, follow dynamic markings, hand actions, melody, harmony, expression, 2 part singing

 56 RESOURCES!

RESOURCES INCLUDED:

“Music Theory Lessons, Games, Song, Worksheets, Flash Cards, Videos, 1-6 BUNDLE (3 Resources)

Elementary Music Rhythm Lessons and Activities Bundle {3-6} (12 Resource Activities)

Elementary Music Rhythm Lessons and Activities teacher guide

Music Games: Solfege Hand Signs| Kodaly Music Activity

LESSONS:

• Music Lesson: “Apple Tree”(so-mi-la) Sixteenth Note, Game, Worksheets, Video Mp3
• Upper Elementary Music Class Chant, Game and Rhythm Lesson: “Get to Know Ya”
• Music Class Hello Song: “Hello, Hello How Are You?” Choral Round, Solfege
• Music Rhythm and Melody Drag and Drop Digital Lesson and Activities LEVEL 2
• Music Rhythm Activities Level 2: Digital Google Slides & Presentation Posters
• Choral Song & Solfege Lesson “Come Along and Sing With Me” 3 part acapella round
• Pirate Rhythm Chants: Music Lessons, Activities and Printables K-6
• Music Theory Game “Slam It!” Notes, Symbols, Flash Cards
• Halloween Music “Let Me Out!” Song, Activities, Actions Mp3 Tracks, Choral Round
• Halloween Music “Have You Seen the Ghost of John?” Song, Activities, Actions, Mp3
• “Skin and Bones” Halloween Music Lesson Orff, Kodaly Activities
• Halloween and Fall Music Class Dynamics & Expression Worksheets
• Thanksgiving Action Song: “I’ve got The Turkey Blues” Video, Mp3 Tracks
• Music Class November Composing and Rhythm Activities K-6 No Prep Worksheets
• Thanksgiving Recorder Lesson and Songs: BAG
• Turkey Music Lesson Unit “Fluffy Feathered Turkey”: Orff Arrangement
• “Patriotic Song and Music Lesson “We Remember Veterans” Orff, Kodaly, Color Notes
• Choral Song: “Let’s Celebrate in Love and Peace”
• Holiday Orff Song: “”December Lights”” Recorder, Guitar, Orff
• Holiday Music Lesson: “Jingle Bells” Orff, Guitar, Keyboard, Printables, Mp3
• Holiday Music Class No Prep Rhythm and Composition Worksheets K-6
• Winter Rhythm Game “Toss The Snowballs” Rhythms K-6 Levels
• Music Kodaly & Orff Lesson: “Frosty Weather” Game, Song, Worksheets, Mp3 Tracks
• “Gonna Catch a Snowflake” Orff Rhythm Chant, Body Percussion Activity, Music Lesson
• President’s Day Orff Song, Lesson and Game: “Lincoln and Washington”
• February Music Composition and Notation Worksheets
• President’s Day Coin Rap, Orff Arrangement & Games “Who is on the Coin?”
• March Music Chant, Dance and Game Rhythm Activities K-6 Music Lesson
• MUSIC RHYTHM GAME: “Don’t Steal My Gold” Note and Rest Values
• Music in Our Schools Month Orff Song: “MARCH IS MUSIC MONTH”
• March Music Rhythm, Solfa, Symbols, Compose Worksheets  K-6 NO PREP
• Spring Elementary Music Worksheets: Composition, Rhythm, Symbols, Notes K-6
• Game Song “Where’s the Easter Egg” Music Activities (Dynamics, Kodaly, Orff)
• Rhythm Chant: “If You Buy A Pepperoni Pizza” Sixteenth Note Lesson, Activities
• May Music Class Composition, Rhythm, Melody, Symbols Worksheets
• Treble Clef Music Lesson, Song, Games, Activities “Be a Wiz on the Treble Clef”
• Music Lesson: “Dragonfly” with Kodaly, Orff, Ukulele and Guitar Lessons
• “Peace Like a River” Music Lesson on Phrasing and Dynamics with Hand Actions
• Choral Song: “Be A Point of Light” Elementary, Middle School Choir, 5-8th Grades

A comprehensive music curriculum for 4-6th grades.

• Monthly Thematic Lessons and Activities including Songs, Worksheets, Rhythm and Theory Activities
• Lessons include Solfege and instrumental parts in Orff arrangements.
• Many lessons include videos (all rhythm activities) as well as audio files.
• Lesson Plans are in each individual activity resource. The teacher will need to coordinate the Rhythm, Theory activities with the music lessons and songs.

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