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Learners practice hymn singing and participate as singers in the choir and as accompanists in the bell choir.
Students examine "serious" choral music written for student choirs and the composers who write it. They reflect upon the notion of "serious" music, and examine the trend of concert composers writing pieces for student chorus
Students practice singing "The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and "Laudamus Te" by Antonio Vivaldi in an SSA choir setting in this Choral lesson for High Schoolers. Emphasis is placed on National Standards for Music Education.
Students sing Oh Shenandoah with correct notes, diction, a characteristic choral tone, appropriate style and have an understanding of the history of the lyrics. The version of Oh Shenandoah is for an SSA choir and was arranged by Ruth Elaine Schram.
4th graders practice a three-part round and develop criteria for evaluating their group's performances of the song. They evaluate their own performances and the performance of a middle-school, high-school or community choir.
Learners listen to music and discuss blends and chords. They sight read songs and practice scales. Learners practice diction and explore the differences in forte and piano. Technology, such as CDs, may be used to play the music.
Students practice singing with complete vocal warm-ups in a unified tone. They perform sections of the following songs: "Lamentations of Jeremiah," "Soonah Will Be Done," and "Fairest Lord Jesus." As students sing, they practice intonation, correct rhythms in the descant, correct notes, accurate repeats and expressive musical phrasing.
Learners explore sound production. In this choir lesson, learners will use Oscilloscope software, to examine the sounds from various singing tones and how it relates to science.
Students develop aromaticity of recognizing letters. They recognize short o, /o/, in written and spoken words. Students read a story and discuss the shape their mouths make when saying the short o sound. They identify words with the short o sound.
In this lesson students create a list of random acts of kindness and perform acts of kindness during a kindness week. In this kindness lesson, students participate in a project for being kind to others. Each grade chooses their kindness project. In this lesson students write about their acts of kindness. In this lesson students share their acts of kindness. Each student who receives an act of kindness is asked to show kindness to someone else.


