To compose your own verses to the song If All the Raindrops.
1. Watch the video and sing along.
2. Write your own verses to If All the Raindrops by using the worksheet from your At Home Music Learning Package or from the Student Template in Seesaw.
3. Using the words at the bottom of the sheet, choose which words you want to use to fill in the FIRST and LAST line of the verse. Blue words fit in the first line and yellow words fill in the last line. (See example in photo below.)
4. What kind of candy do you wish would fall from the sky? Write your answers on the MIDDLE TWO lines.
Below you will find the genre/style of music, musician, title of the song and a YouTube video of the musician performing. If you have your parent's permission, you can explore more music by the musicians on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Music.
1. Choose a video and watch and listen to a Canadian Musician. (You can always come back and listen to more after your assignment is complete.)
2. In Seesaw, answer the following questions:
A) What song did you choose to listen to?
B) What genre
or style of music was it?
C) Tell me TWO
things you noticed the music or the musician.
Each Monday I will focus on different genres or types of music. In the Manitoba Music Curriculum, students need to learn about other cultures, times and places. This includes music from the past and present, from our community, Manitoba, Canada and the world. There is so much music out there; unfortunately we cannot cover it all so it will be just a smattering of a variety of music. We briefly cover some of these outcomes in Music class. Because we cannot be together as a class, this is the perfect opportunity to focus on these outcome as we cannot develop some of our other group music making skills at this time. Just a friendly reminder that students need to be aware that there are different kinds of music. We may not like it all, and this is perfectly okay, but we need to be respectful and have an open mind as we listen to and experience all kinds of music.
Please note that I have tried to carefully choose songs that are appropriateto listen to "at school". That means that the words of the song as well as the subject and content is "clean" and appropriate for children.
Each Monday I will focus on different genres or types of music. In the Manitoba Music Curriculum, students need to learn about other cultures, times and places. This includes music from the past and present, from our community, Manitoba, Canada and the world. There is so much music out there; unfortunately we cannot cover it all so it will be just a smattering of a variety of music. We briefly cover some of these outcomes in Music class. Because we cannot be together as a class, this is the perfect opportunity to focus on these outcome as we cannot develop some of our other group music making skills at this time. Just a friendly reminder that students need to be aware that there are different kinds of music. We may not like it all, and this is perfectly okay, but we need to be respectful and have an open mind as we listen to and experience all kinds of music. Please note that I have tried to carefully choose songs that are appropriateto listen to "at school". That means that the words of the song as well as the subject and content is "clean" and appropriate for children. When you scroll down, you will be able to listen to some examples of Manitoban musicians who currently live in our province. These are just a few choices as there are many more making music in our province. They may not be as famous as the previous Manitoban musicians we learned about but they have received recognition and awards in Manitoba and Canada, specifically a Juno nomination or award. Maybe you will see one of these musicians walking down our Winnipeg streets, playing at a summer festival or small concert. Enjoy!
Your assignment: Below you will find the name of the musician, title of the song, genre or type of music, awards they have won and a YouTube video of the musician performing. Click on the musician's name and it will bring you to more information about the musician. If you have your parent's permission, you can explore more music by the musicians on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Music. Enjoy! 1. Watch and listen to TWO or THREE Manitoban Musicians. (You can always come back another day and listen to more!) 2. In Seesaw or an email, tell me: A)which musician you like the best from the ones you listened to B)what style of music they perform
PS. If you read to the bottom of the post you will find out that my favourite song right now is Time Wanders On by The Small Glories. I like the banjo sound in this song and how fast her fingers are moving on the strings. I think the words of the song are beautiful and it makes me think of the prairies of Manitoba. :)
On Monday, May 4, 2020 hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, parents, musicians, and music lovers from coast to coast to coast will celebrate the importance of music in our lives.
Join us online for a nationwide celebration and register for Music Monday!
This year, so Canadians can celebrate safely, we welcome you to our first Music Monday @ Home!
The day-long broadcast will include a series of exciting regional broadcasts with:
live performances
new music from our Youth4Music Ambassadors
interactive activities for kids of all ages
messages from prominent Canadians
a specially curated Spotlight Celebration, highlighting some of our favourite content from across the country
and an epic After-Party!
Our 2020 Music Monday anthem is Oscar Peterson’s iconic “Hymn to Freedom,” with lyrics by Hariette Hamilton. Check out the Oscar Peterson Learning Guide on the website to read more about this Canadian legend, and champion of music education.
Click on below links for more information. Families can register online:
Schedule is listed in Atlantic time. Subtract 2 hours for CST/Manitoba times.
Let's celebrate making music together as a family, school and nation.
Assignment (posted on Seesaw on Monday, May 4) :
Monday, May 4, 2020 is Music Monday. Almost 8 million Canadians will be celebrating and making music on this day!
1. Watch the Hymn to Freedom video posted above.
2. Explore the Music Monday website and watch a scheduled event. Information on the Music Blog.
3. Do one of the following options listed below:
Option 1 - Use the Bingo sheet in the Student Template to get five in a row for a bingo during a Music Monday Spotlight Celebration. Times are listed on the Music Blog.
Option 2 - What is your favourite song or who is your favourite musician? What style or genre of music do they perform? I will be creating a list of Crestview students' favourite songs/musicians/styles of music that will be posted on the music blog on a Music Listening Monday in May.
Option 3 - How are you making music as a family? Send me a video of you making music with your family or write how you make music with your family. Let's make music together as a nation raising our voices and playing instruments and making sounds together.
Music Monday's 2020 anthem is Oscar Peterson’s iconic “Hymn to Freedom,” with lyrics by Harriette Hamilton. At a time when our world can seem divided and fractured, “Hymn to Freedom” sends a message of unity and equality, which resonates as deeply today as it did in the 1960s, when it was embraced as the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.
I look forward to joining #TogetherInHarmony with you on Monday, May 4.
Let's sing together!!
Hymn to Freedom - Music Monday Anthem Song
A choir of over 350 youth singing Hymn to Freedom.
ClickHERE to learn more about the song, Hymn to Freedom and it's composer and jazz musician Oscar Peterson.
On Monday, May 4, 2020 hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, parents, musicians, and music lovers from coast to coast to coast will celebrate the importance of music in our lives.
Join us online for a nationwide celebration and register for Music Monday!
This year, so Canadians can celebrate safely, we welcome you to our first Music Monday @ Home!
The day-long broadcast will include a series of exciting regional broadcasts with:
live performances
new music from our Youth4Music Ambassadors
interactive activities for kids of all ages
messages from prominent Canadians
a specially curated Spotlight Celebration, highlighting some of our favourite content from across the country
and an epic After-Party!
Our 2020 Music Monday anthem is Oscar Peterson’s iconic “Hymn to Freedom,” with lyrics by Hariette Hamilton. Check out the Oscar Peterson Learning Guide on the website to read more about this Canadian legend, and champion of music education.
