Welcome to 4th Grade Music

Dear Parents and students, Welcome to another year at Painted Sky, and welcome to Mrs. Marcy’s music class. I am looking forward to another great year of music learning. Here are some items that you will find helpful regarding music class this year.

I. This 9 Weeks In Music Class

4th Grade Music Program

"CRUSIN' ARIZONA" SONG WORDS

II. Listening

2009/2010 Listening focus will be International Music

III. Grading/Music Homework

I. This Month In Music Class:

Students will perform this musical Wednesday, October 7th at 7:00 for parents, with a daytime performance for Painted Sky students at 9:15

More information will be made available as the time gets closer.

SONG WORDS:

CRUSIN’ ARIZONA

Cool Water
All day I face the barren waste, without a taste of water – cool water,
All day and night my throat burns dry and my soul it cries for water,
Cool, clear, water.
Keep a movin Dan, don’t you listen to him Dan, he’s a devil not a man
And he spreads the burning sands with water.
Dan can’t you see that big oak tree where the waters running free
And its waiting there for you and me….water,
Cool, clear water.

Arizona State Song
(Chorus)
Come to this land of sunshine, to this land where life is young.
Where the wide, wide world is waiting, the songs that will now be sung.
Where the golden sun is flaming, into warm, white shining day.
And the sons of men are blazing, their priceless right of way.
(Verse II)
Not alone for gold and silver is Arizona great,
But with graves of heroes sleeping all the land is consecrate.
O, come and live beside us, however far ye roam,
Come and help us build up temples and name those temples “home”.

Crusin’ Arisona
Crusin’ Arizona in our SUV, going round the corners there’s so much to see.
Happy to be livin in a state so fine, boy I am so lucky to have family time,
There’s so much we can see, cruse along with me,
Child 1: Mom he’s touching me,
Child 2: This is my side of the seat,
Child 3: Mom he’s touching me again
Dad: You kids stop that fighting or I’m going to pull this car over and….
Crusin’ Arizona, cruse along with me – repeat
Crusin’ Arizona in our SUV, mountain tops and painted rocks are waiting for me.
Slippery rock, Tombstone, and the canyon grande,
Meteors, saguaro’s and lots of sand,
There’s so much we can see, cruse along with me.
Children: Are we there yet, are we there yet etc (x 4)
Mom and Dad: No (between each are we there yet)
Mom: Can’t you kids say anything else?
Children: We’re hungry
Crusin Arizona on our ATV’s, scorpians and cactus keep attacking me,
Dodging javalinas and a quail family, rattlesnakes and rabbits and coyotes,
There’s so much we can see, cruse along with me.
Child: I have to go to the bathroom,
Child: Mom he ran down the battery on the gameboy
Child: Do we have to look out the window, I want to watch another movie
Child: Dad, the dog threw-up in the backseat again
Mom: Next time, lets just stay home,
Dad: You’ve got that right –besides its in Arizona too.

Great State of Arizona
Let’s all learn some facts about the great state of Arizona,
Let’s take us a grand look around,
Let’s all learn some facts about the great state of Arizona,
And see what kind of wonders can be found,
We’ve learned the meaning of the flag,
And other symbols too.
We’ve learned the counties A to Y
And we’ll say them all for you,
1. A copper star sits in the middle, to remind us of that industry,
It rises from a field of blue into the rays of the setting sun.
The setting sun represents Arizona as a western state,
Thirteen rays for the first 13 states,
Blue and gold are Arizona’s colors.
These are symbols of Arizona
2. We became a state in 1912,
The cactus wren is our state bird,
The saguaro blossom is our state flower,
Paloverde is our state tree,
The ring-tailed cat is our state mammal
The Arizona tree frog is our state amphibian,
The Apache brown trout is our state fish
Arizona’s reptile is the ridgenosed rattler.
3. Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, Yuma.

Las Chiapanecas
Cuando la noche llego, llego (repeated 3 times)
Bai-la mi chia-pa-ne-ca (sing 3 times)
Chia-pa-ne-ca ll-go, ll-go.

Arizona’s 5 C’s
Cattle and citrus and climate and copper and cotton combine to make our state the finest, Yes, cattle and citrus and climate and copper and cotton the 5 C’s of Arizona

Too Hot to Tango
Hot, hot, it’s so very, very hot, hot,
And when it’s too hot to tango, then comes the rain-o
The monsoon will cool me down,
It’s so hot, hot it’s so very, very hot, hot
And when it’s too hot to tango, dance a fandango, til the winter comes,
When it’s cool, oh so cool, not so hot but oh, so very cool
It’s so hot, hot. It’s so very, very hot, hot.
And when it’s too hot to tango, we’ll make a change-o,
To the Mountain tops, where it’s not too hot, it’s not too hot,
It’s not too hot, to Tango.

Cowboys Lament
As I walked out in the streets of old Tucson,
As I walked out in old Tucson one day,
I spied an old cowboy dressed up in fine clothing
All dressed in fine clothing and then he did say.
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy,
I see by your outfit the you’re a cowboy too,
We see by our outfits that we are both cowboys,
If you get an outfit, you can be a cowboy too.

Hey Na
Hey nay yah nah, hey yah, hey yah nah, Hey day yah nah, hey yah hey yo, hey yah hey yo. I walk in beauty, yes I do, yes I do, I talk in beauty yes I do, yes I do, I live in beauty yes I do and just for you hey yah, hey yah hey yo.

Orange song
Oh I wish I was a little juicy orange, oh I wish I was a little juicy orange,
I’d squishy and I’d squirty over eveybody’s shirty, oh I wish I was a little juicy orange,
Oh I wish I was a bright yellow lemon, oh I wish I was a bright yellow lemon,
You’d licky and you’d tastey til you puckered up you facey oh I wish I was a bright yellow lemon. Oh I wish I was a big grapefruit, oh I wish I was a big grapefruit,
You’d say “Oh me oh my” as I squirt you in the eye, oh I wish I was a big grapefruit.

II. Listening:

Each week in music class, we will be focusing our listening and learning on music from around the world. We will visit these countries in the following order. Students may do extra credit by researching songs, instruments, performers, etc. of the countries we will be studying.

1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France
4. Russia
5. Polynesian Islands

IV. Grades/Music Homework

1st nine weeks: 4th grade music grades will be based on students participation in the 4th grade musical. Students may earn an "O" (outstanding) by doing their best in the 4th grade musical, and by attending the evening performance. Students who do not attend the evening performance, or who do not participate and do their best.

2nd and 3rd nine weeks: Please refer to the information below intitled "Information Letter". This grading scale will be used during the 2nd and 3rd nine weeks.

4th nine weeks: 4th Graders will be playing guitars, and just like recorders in 3rd grade, guitar grades will be individually based upon levels passed off in the guitar book. More information will come in Febuary.

INFORMATION LETTER 2009/2010

Dear Parents and students,
Welcome to another year at Painted Sky, and welcome to Mrs. Marcy’s music class. I am looking forward to another great year of music learning.
Here are some items that you will find helpful regarding music class this year.

Grading
Students in all grades may earn an S in music by coming to class, participating, and acting appropriately.
If the grade is lower than an S it will be due to poor class participation or behavior.
If your student is in 4th or 5th grade, and they choose to earn an S+ or an O in music class, they must complete homework assignments and turn them in to receive credit. Some homework opportunities will be made available during school time, but the majority of these assignments will need to be done by the student on their own time.
Here is the breakdown for homework credit:

4th Grade – 2 homework assignments each term to earn an S+
3 for an O
5th Grade – 3 homework assignment each term to earn an S+
4 for as O

Please be aware that even if your student turns in 4 homework assignments if their participation or behavior in class is not appropriate, they will not receive an O.

ALL homework assignments must be completed and turned into the homework file on or before the following dates.
· December 10th
· March 11th

NO late work will be accepted. I have to have my grades turned into the classroom teachers in time for report cards.

MUSIC HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT LIST

You may only do one of each numbered assignment within a nine weeks grading period. But you may repeat these assignments the next grading period.

1. Be a part of Band, Orchestra or Chorus, write a paragraph explaining something positive you have learned from being a part of these groups.
2. Attend a concert or other musical performance, write a paragraph describing the event and your thoughts on the performance.
3. Take private lessons, or be a part of a non-school sponsored musical or dance group. Write a paragraph explaining something positive you are learning.
4. Read a book that has something to do with music or the people involved in music. Write a short summary of the book.
5. Plan and perform a well prepared musical performance for “Performance Day”
6. Write down appropriate words to one of your favorite songs.
7. Do a theory page.
8. Catalog your music at home. Write down the styles of music and place your music within the different styles you have found.
9. Teach a new song to someone. Perform it with that person for Mrs. Marcy.
10. Make up your own words to a song.
11. Write the music to a song you made up.
12. Learn a new instrument, perform a song for Mrs. Marcy.
13. Do a musical survey – find out what kinds of music 10 people like, (5- adults, 5- students) Write it down.
14. Watch a musical, on stage, or on TV/DVD. Write a paragraph on how the music was used and your opinion on it.
15. Help with scenery or props for the grade level performances.
16. Help with a younger class during music. (By permission only)
17. Make a music video.
18. Put new words to a familiar song.
19. Watch a movie about music or people who work in music. Write a paragraph.
20. Learn 3 songs from TV shows, sing them for Mrs. Marcy.
21. Learn a song from a movie, sing it for Mrs. Marcy.
22. Be a part of a musical performance. (Grade level performances will count)
23. Do a report on a person who has or does work in music, composers, rock stars etc.
24. Pass of rhythm patterns.
25. Pass of melody patterns.
26. Any other approved activity (approved by Mrs. Marcy).

You may work together with a partner or in groups (no more then 4 in a group) as long as everybody participates equally.
There is a lot of good music out there, but there is also a lot of inappropriate music and lyrics. Please make sure that all songs and words are appropriate for performance on the elementary school level.
Thank you – and have fun.