Grade Four Unit Plan

Remembrance, Peace, Love and Friendship with Recorder November 2016

7 classes

Generative Topic: At this point in grade four, students are primarily using their
prior knowledge to further develop their musical skill. Throughout October and
November students will further their musical knowledge, skills, and attitudes
through learning the recorder and completing recorder karate. Recorders are a
beginner instrument that prepares students for playing various instruments in
the future. They will understand the basics of recorder (fingerings, tonging,
tone quality, notes, etc.). They will also understand that when it comes to
reading music, there are more ways then Sol- Fa. They will learn how a staff
works (5 lines, 4 spaces) and they will begin to understand how the notes they
are playing relate to the notes on a staff. Students will also begin to understand
the rules with playing an instrument together as a class, which will help
prepare them for the upcoming band years.
Unit Title: Remembrance, Peace, Love, and Friendship with Recorder
Big Idea: Musical knowledge, skills, and attitudes in regards to a wind
instrument
Essential Questions:
1.

Do I have the correct posture, hand positioning, and tone while playing
my instrument?
2. How can musical expression (dynamics, tempo, etc.) add to my
performance?
3. How is what Im playing on my instrument shown on the staff?
4. How can I demonstrate form while playing recorder?
Concepts Taught:
Curricular Outcomes:
R16 Duration concepts are extended to include
Introduce sixteenth notes
sixteenth notes
Legato/Staccato

F9 Sections may be identified by letters ABACA

E13 Legato and staccato are two terms that indicate
how music may be performed
L20 Identify rondo form ABACA
RW24 Recognize sixteenth notes and rests
S19 Continue vocal development (legato and
staccato)

Activities:
- Follow the Leader
- Let There be Peace on Earth
- Oh We are Pirates
- Au Clare de la Lune (Yellow)
- Teach E
- The Big Black Bug
- My Paddle

Materials Needed:

Who has Seen the Wind?

(Orange)
Land of the Silver Birch
BAGE mad minute
Teach D
Mary Mac
Two Canadian Folk Songs
Jolly Old St. Nicholas (Green)

Lesson Summary
Remembrance, Peace, Love and Friendship November 2016 7 classes

Less
on

By the end
of the
lesson,
students will
be able to
Identify G, A,
and B on the
staf
Play the
correct notes
with a good
tone

Assessment/
Evaluation

Observation
Checklist
- Note
reading
- Good
tone

Perform E on
their recorder
Identify notes
on a staf

Observation
Checklist
- E
BAG mad
minute (S)

Perform E on
their recorder
Play the
correct notes
with a good
tone

Observation
Checklist
- E
Yellow Belt Test
(S)

Perform E on
their recorder
Play the

Observation
Checklist
- E

Activities

Follow the Leader

Let There be Peace on Earth (7 min)
Oh We are Pirates (5 min)
Go through the Yellow belt piece (10
min)
- By rote, reading rhythms,
reading notes
Note reading game (5 min)
Follow the Leader
Let There be Peace on Earth (7 min)
BAG mad minute (5 min)
Run through Yellow belt Piece (5
min)
Teach E, show fingering, on finger
staf, on grand staf
The Big Black Bug (10 min)
Follow the Leader
My Paddle (7 min)
Oh We are Pirates (5 min)
- Including E
Hand out Orange belt piece
Run through orange belt piece by
rote (5 min)
Yellow Belt Testing (10 min)
- Pull students to one side of
the classroom to complete
yellow belt test while others
are practicing mad minutes
and orange belt test
Follow the Leader
Land of the Silver Birch (7 min)
Oh We are Pirates (5 min)

Resour
ces

TIM
3/144

TIM
3/144

correct notes
with a good
tone
Identify notes
on a staf
Identify notes
on a staf
Perform D on
their recorder

Note
reading

Observation
Checklist
- Notes
- D
BAGE mad
minute (S)

Perform D on
their recorder
Play the
correct notes
with a good
tone

Observation
Checklist
- Fingerin
gs for D
- All Notes
so far
Orange Belt
Test (S)

Perform D on
their recorder
Play a new
piece through
a variety of
learning
styles.

Observation
Checklist
- Note
Naming

Go through the orange belt piece

(10 min)
- By rote, reading rhythms,
reading notes
Note reading game (5 min)
Follow the Leader
Land of the Silver Birch (7 min)
BAGE mad minute (5 min)
Run through Orange belt piece (5
min)
Teach D, show fingering, on finger
staf, on grand staf
Mary Mac (10 min)
Follow the Leader
Two Canadian Folk Songs (10 min)
Oh We are Pirates (5 min)
- Including D
Mary Mac (10 min)
Orange belt testing (10 min)
- Pull students to one side of
the classroom to complete
orange belt test while others
are practicing mad minutes
and Mary Mac
Follow the Leader
Two Canadian Folk Songs (10 min)
Oh We are Pirates (5 min)
Hand out green belt test
Go through the green belt piece (10
min)
- By rote, reading rhythms,
reading notes
Note Naming Game (5 min)
- BAGED