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May 26th – 5th round of activities (Gr. 6/7)
- Pick a song from the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXA1IqBgeZROfhsGkUE2HrFGN7bKqgpF. Play along with your chosen song in an improvised fashion with any instruments or objects that you have at home. Submit a video of you playing along to your chosen song.
- Compose a short melody using the following online tool (make sure to select your grade level). If you have a melodic instrument at home that you can play, such as recorder or piano, play your composition on the instrument. Submit a recording that shows your composition, with you playing it on an instrument if possible: https://musicplayonline.com/activities/melody_compose/exercises/staff_composition/menu/menu.html
- Pick a favourite song. Write your own lyrics to go with the song, to be sung with the same tune as the vocals of the original. Your lyrics should be about Covid-19, the experiences that you’ve had as a result of the lockdown, and the way you see that the world has changed because of it. Please make sure your words are nicely organized without any strong language. After you’ve re-written the words choose one of the following:
- Send a copy of the words (a word document would be great but a picture of the words handwritten is fine), with a reference for the song for which you’re replacing the lyrics.
- Send a recording of yourself singing the song with your lyrics. If you can find an instrumental (no singing) version of the song that’s great (karaoke-versions of songs on Youtube are great for this), but it’s ok to sing along to the original song as long as we can hear your words clearly over the words sung in the recording.
- 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:
- 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).
- Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
- For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
- 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
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May 26th – 5th round of activities (Gr. 5/6)
- Pick a song from the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXA1IqBgeZROfhsGkUE2HrFGN7bKqgpF. Play along with your chosen song in an improvised fashion with any instruments or objects that you have at home. Submit a video of you playing along to your chosen song.
- Compose a short melody using the following online tool (make sure to select your grade level). If you have a melodic instrument at home that you can play, such as recorder or piano, play your composition on the instrument. Submit a recording that shows your composition, with you playing it on an instrument if possible: https://musicplayonline.com/activities/melody_compose/exercises/staff_composition/menu/menu.html.
- Pick a favourite song. Write your own lyrics to go with the song, to be sung with the same tune as the vocals of the original. Your lyrics should be about Covid-19, the experiences that you’ve had as a result of the lockdown, and the way you see that the world has changed because of it. Please make sure your words are nicely organized without any strong language. After you’ve re-written the words choose one of the following:
- Send a copy of the words (a word document would be great but a picture of the words handwritten is fine), with a reference for the song for which you’re replacing the lyrics.
- Send a recording of yourself singing the song with your lyrics. If you can find an instrumental (no singing) version of the song that’s great (karaoke-versions of songs on Youtube are good for this), but it’s ok to sing along to the original song as long as we can hear your words clearly over the words sung in the recording.
- 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:
- 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).
- Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
- For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
- 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
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May 26th – 5th round of activities (Gr. 3/4/5)
- 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 your recorder and objects that you have at home. Write down the sounds that you thought of with a description of how to play it on recorder and which objects at home you would use. If possible send a recording of yourself making the sounds, and say what each sound is supposed to be, or send a write-up of the sounds you were thinking of and how you’d recreate the sounds with instruments/objects.
- Choose one of the following 3 songs and learn to play it on the recorder based on your music reading skills. You may want to find the song on Youtube and listen to it so that you know what the tune should sound like:
- Pick a song from the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXA1IqBgeZROfhsGkUE2HrFGN7bKqgpF. Play along with your chosen song in an improvised fashion with two or three notes on your recorder, or with objects in your home that can make drum sounds. Submit a video of you playing along to your chosen song.
- Compose a short melody using the following online tool (make sure to select your grade level). Play your composition on your recorder, or another melodic instrument such as piano. Submit a recording that shows your composition with you playing it: https://musicplayonline.com/activities/melody_compose/exercises/staff_composition/menu/menu.html
- 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:
- 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).
- Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
- For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
- 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
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May 26th – 5th round of activities (Gr. 2/3)
- Echo sing the patterns you hear with the following link. Select the “La-Sol-Mi-Re-Do” tab first: https://musicplayonline.com/solfa-practice-echo-sing/
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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).
- Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
- For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
- 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
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May 26th – 5th round of activities (Gr. 1/2)
- 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/
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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).
- Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
- For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
- 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
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May 26th – 5th round of activities (Kindergarten)
- Echo sing each of the patterns you hear at the following link: https://musicplayonline.com/solfa-practice-echo-sing/.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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).
- Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
- For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
- 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
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Edelweiss
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This Little Light of Mine
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NEW ACTIVITIES POSTED FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL!
Please look new assignments for your grade level under “May 12th – 4th Round of Activities” in the header drop down for your class’s grade grouping. If there are any questions about the assignments please email me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca.
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May 12th – 4th round of activities (Kindergarten)
- 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.
- 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
- Make a list of sounds that you can hear when you are outside your home, in the yard 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.
- 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:
- 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).
- Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
- For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
- 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