These activities are completely voluntary and are intended as options for students and families during this challenging time.
Week of June 8
- I made a video of another fun camp song for you this week - "Hi, My Name is Joe."
- A BIG THANK YOU to Mr. McQuaid for helping me set up and organize some skipping videos, and to all the staff who participated!! We had fun but we sure miss having you at school!
- I would love to see you try out one of the activities below, make up your own skipping chant, or challenge a family member to a skip off!
- You can use the "Submit Activity" button to upload your work, or send me an e-mail at [email protected].
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Week of June 1
Explore the relationship between music and visual art, then create artwork based upon a musical experience:
- Read this definition of the word synesthesia:
“a sensation perceived in one sense when a stimulus is applied to another sense” - Examples of synesthesia would be seeing an image in your mind when you hear a certain sound, or hearing a sound in your mind when you smell a certain odor.
Has this ever happened to you? - Learn about synesthetic artist Melissa McCracken in the YouTube video below:
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- Watch the video below and focus on how the music and the painting interact.
- How did the painter react to the elements of music in this piece? If you were painting to this piece of music, would you have approached it the same way as this artist, or in a different way?
- Draw to music! Cue up the Synesthesia YouTube Playlist below.
- Put out ten pieces of paper - one for each song. When each song begins, try to draw without thinking or planning what your subject will be. If you’d like, continue to draw after the music ends.
- Reflect on the experience. Examine your 10 drawings and the similarities and differences between them. What do you notice?
For an additional resource, check out the YouTube video below about Kandinsky: The Artist Who Heard Colours:
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*Lesson sourced from Teachrock.org, and Andrea Lewis, Fine Arts Coach, Anglophone South School District
Week of May 25
Camp Songs
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Week of May 19
Rap with Dr. Seuss
- Wes Tank is taking Dr. Seuss to another level. He has selected a number of Dr. Seuss stories and is reading them over some pretty famous rap beats.
- Click on the video links below to check out his versions of "Fox in Sox," "The Lorax," and "Green Eggs and Ham."
- Give it a try! You can rap any rhyming verse, poem or story over a backing track. You have to pay close attention to the tempo* of the beat* and the rhythm* of the words.
*tempo: speed of the beat
*beat: steady pulse in music
*rhythms: long and short sounds and silences - I would love to hear how you are doing. You can use the "Submit Activity" button to upload your work, or send me an e-mail at [email protected].
*Lesson inspired by Beth Ward, Music Specialist SSMS
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Here are some backing tracks for you to try rapping your own Dr. Seuss or rhyming verse:
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Week of May 11
Design an Imaginary Instrument
- Design an imaginary instrument by combining the characteristics of existing instruments or creating something entirely new!
- Keeping in mind the ways that existing instruments make sound, design your own imaginary musical instrument and draw it (you can colour it too). You can take an existing instrument and modify it, combine the characteristics of two or more instruments, or create something entirely new!
- Your instrument should be able to produce different pitches (high and low) and different dynamics (loud and soft).
- Do not design your instrument with the idea of physically building it - that will limit your ideas too much. Make it as grand and imaginative as you like!
- Create an advertisement or commercial to promote and sell your instrument.
* Lesson sourced from from Andrea Lewis, Fine Arts Coach, Anglophone South School District. Click here to download and print an offline pdf copy.
Check out Some Unusual Instruments
(both real and imaginary)
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Week of May 4
Introduction to Body Percussion
- Check out the videos below to learn some fun body percussion rhythms (sourced from: www.bodypercussionclassroom.com, Michelle Wirth, B.M., M.Ed).
- There are 3 different levels of videos, and in the spirit of May the 4th, I have named them Padawan, Jedi, and Jedi Knight.
- Have fun performing some of these rhythms along with your favourite songs! I would love to see what you come up with!
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Body Percussion Lesson - Offline
If you are unable to watch the above videos, check out the lesson below from Andrea Lewis, Fine Arts Coach, Anglophone South School District. Click here to download and print a pdf copy.
If you are unable to watch the above videos, check out the lesson below from Andrea Lewis, Fine Arts Coach, Anglophone South School District. Click here to download and print a pdf copy.
- How many different sounds can you make by clapping your hands? Try holding them flat, cupping them, using two fingers, etc. How many different sounds can you make with your feet?
- Create body percussion patterns to accompany a song of your choice.
- Use your feet, pat your legs, clap your hands, snap your fingers - get creative! Make some sounds loud and others quiet.
- Try to use rhythms you have learned in music class, such as quarter notes, eighth notes, and rests (ta, ti-ti- and shh).
- Create 3 different body percussion patterns called A, B, and C. Write them down in a way that makes sense to you. Decide what order you will perform them in.
- Practice your body percussion accompaniment to your song.
- Teach your body percussion composition to someone. Record it and share it with family or friends, or me!
Celebrate Music Monday 2020
Monday, May 4th is Music Monday in Canada!
A message from the Coalition for Music Education in Canada:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjk-DsFWM6XNiq9HeUpLKA
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/CoalitionCanadaCA/
Monday, May 4th is Music Monday in Canada!
A message from the Coalition for Music Education in Canada:
- On May 4, hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, parents, musicians, and music lovers will join #TogetherInHarmony for a day of performances and warm wishes from all over Canada!
- Our 12-hour digital broadcast will take viewers on a musical journey from coast to coast to coast, with performances from every province and territory! The broadcast will begin at 9:00 am ET with a specially curated Spotlight Celebration which will air three times throughout the day, and regional content beginning in Atlantic Canada and ending in British Columbia.
- To view the Music Monday @ Home broadcast please select one of the options below:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjk-DsFWM6XNiq9HeUpLKA
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/CoalitionCanadaCA/
Week of April 27
Middle School Music Activity for April 27 – May 1
Check out the activity below, or choose an activity from a previous week.
Send to [email protected] or respond in ClassDojo.
Check out the activity below, or choose an activity from a previous week.
Send to [email protected] or respond in ClassDojo.
For most people music is an outlet. No matter what mood you're in there's always a song that understands your situation and how you are feeling. In this present time, we all have different moods and emotions that we are dealing with.
- Complete this activity alone or with your family: write down a song you listen to when you’re feeling any of the emotions below. Don’t worry if you can’t think of a song for each category, or if you have more than one for each! Send me whatever comes to mind.
- I will compile your responses to make YouTube playlists and will post them here next week.
*Lesson adapted from Arlene DesRoches BMusEd, Music Specialist LES
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Week of April 20
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Week of April 13
If you happen to have a recorder, ukulele or a guitar at home, there are great on-line resources for learning and playing here (there are 'Pop Songs' tabs for the ukulele and guitar pages):
Recorder: https://musicplayonline.com/recorder/
Ukulele:https://musicplayonline.com/ukulele/
Guitar: https://musicplayonline.com/guitar/
I would love to see videos or hear recordings of how you are doing!
If you happen to have a recorder, ukulele or a guitar at home, there are great on-line resources for learning and playing here (there are 'Pop Songs' tabs for the ukulele and guitar pages):
Recorder: https://musicplayonline.com/recorder/
Ukulele:https://musicplayonline.com/ukulele/
Guitar: https://musicplayonline.com/guitar/
I would love to see videos or hear recordings of how you are doing!
Play around with the various activities found on Chrome Music Lab:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
If you create something, send it to me!
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
If you create something, send it to me!
Play around with the various activities found on Incredibox (there is a web version and also an app):
https://www.incredibox.com/
If you create something, send it to me!
https://www.incredibox.com/
If you create something, send it to me!