Gr. 1/2

1. Draw a picture, or write in a few sentences, about what you’ve learned and experienced as a Seaforth music student this school year.
2. Make a short song or instrumental piece of music that expresses what you’ve learned and experienced as a Seaforth music student this school year.
3. Write about what you hope to learn and experience in music classes next year.
4. Complete a previously posted activity of your choice that you have not yet done.

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

1. Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
2. Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
3. For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
4. Also for large file submissions, Mr. Clift can add you to a Microsoft Team where you can upload the file in the “Assignments” tab.

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Echo sing the patterns you hear with the following link. Select the “La-Sol-Mi” or “Sol-Mi-Do” tab first: https://musicplayonline.com/solfa-practice-echo-sing/
2. Draw on a piece of paper a pattern of ta, ti-ti, and za symbols. Submit a recording showing the written pattern with yourself playing the pattern with body percussion (e.g. claps, pats) or with an instrument or object that you have at home.
3. Imagine you are in a particular place where you would hear lots of particular sounds (e.g. in the city; in a forest with sounds of birds and leaves rusting). Recreate the sounds that you might hear using objects that you have at home. Write down your sounds and the instruments/objects you used to recreate the sounds, or if possible send a recording of yourself making the sounds and say what each sound is supposed to be.
4. Complete any previously posted activities that you have not yet done.

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

1. Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
2. Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
3. For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
4. Also for large file submissions, Mr. Clift can add you to a Microsoft Team where you can upload the file in the “Assignments” tab.

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Using the web site “Rhythm Randomizer”, play the rhythms that are displayed on the screen using body percussion or an instrument/object that you have at home: http://www.rhythmrandomizer.com/. If possible submit a video showing the rhythms on the screen along with you playing them.
2. Pick a song, practice singing it, and submit a recording of yourself singing it. You can have music in the background to sing along to or sing acapella (singing only). Feel free to use any of the resources on the blog site home page, or any resources of your own.
3. Watch the videos provided in this document that involve storytelling and musical learning. Tell me which video was your favourite, why it was your favourite, and what you learned from it. MUSIC VIDEO STORYBOOKS
4. Make a list of sounds that you can hear when you are outside your home, in the yard/balcony or on the street. For each sound, pick a musical instrument that you think could recreate that sound. Write a second list of musical instruments that match the sounds that you hear.
5. Complete any previously posted activities that you have not yet done.

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

1. Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
2. Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
3. For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
4. Also for large file submissions, Mr. Clift can add you to a Microsoft Team where you can upload the file in the “Assignments” tab.

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Compose your own piece of music to from instruments/objects that you have at home. Maybe consider expressing in your music the thoughts and feelings you’ve experienced since you’ve been at home away from school. Maybe get family members to help by playing other instruments/objects at the same time. If possible submit a recording of your composed music.
2. Pick a story that you like. Create music to accompany the story. Strategies could include using instruments or objects at home to create sounds that represent characters or events in the story, or singing some of the words of the story with a tune that represents characters or events in the story.
3. Echo the rhythms played on the drum in this video using claps, pats, a combination of pats and claps, or an instrument that you have at home: https://musicplayonline.com/rhythm-practice-new/. Submit a recording of yourself doing the activity.

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

1. Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
2. Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
3. Add it to Google Drive and invite me through the ‘share’ option (probably the best method for submitting large files such as long video recordings).

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Submit a video or audio recording of yourself singing at home. Suggestions include singing along to one of the videos on the HOME page, or singing one of our school concert songs along to the song’s Youtube video.
2. Go outside, close your eyes, and listen. Think about what sounds you can hear. Then write a list of all the things that you could hear.
3. Learn and explore music using any of the resources posted on the HOME page of the blog site.

Here are three musical activities that can be done from home:

1. Can you sing the Elevator Song, moving your body up and down along with your voice? Can you do it fast, medium, and slow?
2. Can you find something in your home that makes a non-pitched sound, such as a pot or two sticks to hit together, and make up a rhythmic pattern using ta, ti-ti, and za that you can repeat to a steady beat?
3. Can you write about one of your favourite songs and why it’s one of your favourite songs? Can you talk about elements of music such as pitch (high/low), tempo (fast/slow), and dynamics (loud/soft)?