{"id":1636,"date":"2025-12-06T09:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/?page_id=1636"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:33:38","slug":"grade-5-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/grade-5-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade Five\/Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Students in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are going to compose a\u00a0<em>Blues song\u00a0<\/em>from now until the end of the year, in groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The expectations is that they are: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The children are in a group of 4-6 people<\/li>\n<li>They are contributing the the writing of lyrics on a theme<\/li>\n<li>Their lyrics will be performed by the group sung in a melody<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The melody will go with the 12 Bar Blues (taught in class)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The part of the group will play the <em>12 Bar Blues<\/em> on instruments in the music room as some or all of the group members sing<\/li>\n<li>The children will observe proper performance and audience etiquette as they share their work<\/li>\n<li>The children will work cooperatively in a group<\/li>\n<li>There will be a section of the song in which one or more members of the group will\u00a0<strong><em>improvise a melody (taught in class)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is the rubric with which they will be marked:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsd41blogs.ca%2Fkarlsons%2Ffiles%2F2026%2F04%2FBlues-Rubric.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/files\/2026\/04\/Blues-Rubric.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>And here is a self\/group evaluation each member will complete at the end of the assignment and performance:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsd41blogs.ca%2Fkarlsons%2Ffiles%2F2026%2F04%2FBlues-Self-evaluation.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/files\/2026\/04\/Blues-Self-evaluation.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>March &#8211; April 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Divisions 3 and 4 are playing\u00a0<em>The Final Countdown\u00a0<\/em> on instruments and singing for our concert. Here are the lyrics to practice at home:<\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">We&#8217;re leavin&#8217; together<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">But still it&#8217;s farewell<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">And maybe we&#8217;ll come back<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">To Earth, who can tell?<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">I guess there is no one to blame<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">We&#8217;re leaving ground (leaving ground)<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Will things ever be the same again?<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">It&#8217;s the final countdown<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The final countdown<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oh<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">We&#8217;re headin&#8217; for Venus (Venus)<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">And still we stand tall<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8216;Cause maybe they&#8217;ve seen us<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">And welcome us all, yeah<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">With so many light years to go<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">And things to be found (to be found)<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">I&#8217;m sure that we all miss her so<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">It&#8217;s the final countdown<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The final countdown<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The final countdown (final countdown)<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(Oh)<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oh<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here is the video. (We are just doing the first part of the song, up until the guitar solo)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Europe - The Final Countdown (Official Video)\" width=\"863\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jK-NcRmVcw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>January-March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Divisions 3 and 4 will be learning to play\u00a0<em>The Final Countdown\u00a0<\/em>on xylophones this term, and playing this song in our concert. Here is the video for <em>The Final Countdown <\/em>by the band, Europe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"space play videos\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLQiC3VdKU_i3Axnfz4Maw5KyEgGhleQ1B\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We will also explore drama concepts and set making as we prepare to participate in our school play.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The children in Division 3 are learning some songs that include many instruments.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall, we learned about chords and played a bit of guitar and ukulele.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are exploring the recorder, and playing melodies.<\/p>\n<p>Put a melody together with some chords, and you have a full orchestra!<\/p>\n<p>So, the children learn the melody of the song on recorder, then have the choice to play any harmony instrument to accompany that melody. The choices are:<\/p>\n<p>Xylophones<\/p>\n<p>Piano<\/p>\n<p>Guitar<\/p>\n<p>Ukulele<\/p>\n<p>And when we put it together, it&#8217;s such a lovely sound!<\/p>\n<p>We even learned\u00a0<em>Jolly Old Saint Nicholas<\/em> in two parts on the recorder, so there is a\u00a0<em>counter-melody<\/em>, or harmony on the recorder as well.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of December we will learn some rounds. A round is a melody that multiple people can play, and start at different times. This way it creates harmony, but everyone is playing the same melody!<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of a round we will learn on the recorder:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hey, Ho, Nobody&#039;s Home- two part round\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-25xwkRcTzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May Students in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are going to compose a\u00a0Blues song\u00a0from now until the end of the year, in groups The expectations is that they are: The children are in a group of 4-6 people They are contributing the the writing of lyrics on a theme Their lyrics will be performed by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/grade-5-6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grade Five\/Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3867"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}