Welcome to 4th grade music!
E-Learning Resources
QUAVER WEEK 12 HIGHLIGHTS --> June 15th - June 23rd
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Choose your own MUSICAL adventure!
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Pick a musical genre (style)
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Explore this genre in the Quaver library
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Why did you choose this one?
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What makes it different from the others?
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After learning more, did you like it more, or less?
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Tell me about your choices in the final video slide
No matter how you do it, it is always good to hear from you!
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch Endeavour_week12
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
QUAVER WEEK 11 HIGHLIGHTS --> June 8th - June 14th
Exploring the genre of Pop music
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Hear the song "Lean on me"
Learn about the song writer Bill Withers and why he wrote this song
Why do you think it has remained a popular ("pop") song for almost 50 years?
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Test your skill identifying different genres (types) of pop music!
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Take the quiz
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Check next week's newsletter to see if you're the high scorer
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Share your thoughts in the final video slide
Post on SeeSaw, or send me mail.
No matter how you do it, it is always good to hear from you!
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week11
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
QUAVER WEEK 10 HIGHLIGHTS --> June 1st - 7th
MORE science of sound
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Studio sound effects: How do they do that?
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Use homemade instruments to experiment with sound
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Make sound patches using QSynth
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Take the quiz
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Next week's newsletter will mention high scorers!
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Share your thoughts in the final video slide
Post on SeeSaw, or send me mail.
No matter how you do it, it is always good to hear from you!
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week10
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
QUAVER HIGHLIGHTS --> May 25th - May 31st
The science of sound
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Learn what “good vibrations” have to do with music (apologies to the Beach Boys).
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See how waves communicate pitch and dynamics (and you don’t need to get wet!).
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Observe the physics of sound when instruments are played in slo-mo.
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Take the quiz and find out in next week's newsletter if you were a high scorer.
Share your work in the final video slide
Post on SeeSaw, or send me mail.
No matter how you do it, I love to hear from you!
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week9
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
QUAVER HIGHLIGHTS --> May 18th - May 24th
4th graders rock out this week!
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Learn the harmonic structure of rock-n-roll
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Check out instruments found in rock bands (but not in symphony orchestras!)
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Compose a rock song complete with melody and chords.
Share your work in the final video slide,
post on SeeSaw or send me mail.
No matter how you do it, I love to hear from you!
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week8
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
QUAVER HIGHLIGHTS --> May 11th - May 17th
The world of harmony
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Watch a wacky Quaver video, build chords and write a composition for guitar!
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Review high notes on the recorder and learn a new song that’s all about – potatoes!
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Finally, train up your ears with the Interval Monkey!
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Share your work in the final video slide, post on SeeSaw or send me mail.
I love to hear from you!
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week7
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
Quaver notes
Cash in and outfit your avatar, decorate your music room, etc.
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Click on your Avatar on Quaver Street
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Click the MY ACCOUNT tab
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Enter the code where it reads ENTER QUAVERCODE
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Boom-Chicka-Boom! You now have 100 QuaverNotes.
April: SpringIsHere
BONUS CODES:
MusicAtHome - 200 QuaverNotes
MusicAtHome400 - 400 QuaverNotes
MusicAtHome500 - 500 QuaverNotes
As a reminder, QuaverNotes will NOT expire.
QUAVER HIGHLIGHTS --> May 4th-11th
OSTINATOS from INDIA
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Listen to “Bandar Mama,” a song about a monkey in yellow pajamas!
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Pick out the melodic and rhythmic ostinatos
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Melody-mood matching: Can you tell major from minor?
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week6
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
QUAVER HIGHLIGHTS --> April 27th - May 3rd
QUAVER CHALLENGE continues!
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It’s not too late to help Austin Otto finish his song!
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Watch his video here, then submit your lyrics for another verse!
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Deadline is May 1st
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Yours might be chosen and performed! by Austin Otto!
PSYCHED for SYNCOPATION
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Take a jaunt to Alabama and get some motivation for syncopation
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How fast can you move to a beat? Check out “A RamSamSam”
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Perform syncopated rhythms on the recorder - “BabyShark!”
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week5
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
QUAVER HIGHLIGHTS --> April 20th - 27th
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FOLK MUSIC
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Learn about what makes a folk song a folk song
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Watch videos by artists including:
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Peter Seeger (“This land is your land”)
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Peter, Paul and Mary (“Puff the magic dragon”)
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Ms. Caulton gets things started with a performance of “Old Joe Clark”
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RHYTHM RODEO
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Learn what “dot” is all about AND
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Take a dotted note out for a spin with a new recorder song!
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week4
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
Week of April 3rd - 10th
Optional Quaver activities for review
This week's theme is: Duration!
HIGHLIGHTS:
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Quaver videos
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QLibs
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Rhythms of hip-hop, jazz, rock and country
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Compose dance tracks using QGrooveslite
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New animated recorder songs
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AND old favorites (pizza in the car, anyone?)
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Greetings from Ms. Caulton and her sleepy puppies
WHERE?
Quavermusic
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Log into Clever here
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Click on the Quaver icon
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Click on Assignments from the student dashboard
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Launch 4th_week3
QUESTIONS?
Contact me
Week of March 29-April 3rd
QuaverMusic slide show: Endeavour_4thGr_week2
Every Monday look for a video from me and sing, dance and create with Quaver!
How to get there?
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Log onto your student’s Clever account (Clever instructions)
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Click Quaver icon
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Navigate to dashboard (Visual guide to Quaver)
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Click on Assignment icon
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Select Endeavour_4thGr_week2
Other Quaver activities to try this week:
Visit Student Interactives from the dashboard
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Go to Music Theory section (You may need to type name into search if scroll bar doesn't appear)
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Staff champion: Treble lines or Treble Spaces
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Ms. Caulton's score to beat = 18!
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Note and rest grab - level 2
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Ms. Caulton's score to beat = 32!
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