Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Beethoven at Bat

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

4

Overview

Students will read The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis.  They will discuss the composers listed in the book.  They will listen to Violin Concerto, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven.  They will discuss the Negro Baseball League and identify the teams.  

    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Music

    AE17.MU.4.16

    Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MU.4.16

    Vocabulary

    Rhythm
    • Conducting patterns in
    • Syncopation
    Melody
    • Pitch set: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, Ti
    • Treble clef reading (La, So, Mi, Re, Do)
    • Middle C through High B
    • Create melodic sequences
    • Half-step
    • Whole step
    Harmony
    • Canons
    • Chord components
    • Chord progression (I, V)
    • Crossover bordun
    Form
    • Phrasing: antecedent and consequent
    • D.C. al coda
    • Fine
    Expression
    • pp through ff
    Other
    • Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
    • Orchestra instruments within the 4 families
    • Age-appropriate pitch matching (A3-E5)

    Essential Questions

    EU: Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.
    EQ: How do individuals choose music to experience?

    Skills Examples

    Performing
    • Demonstrate and explain how specific music concepts (such as form, timbre, etc.) are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as social and cultural contexts) through various means (such as manipulatives, movement, and/or pictorial representation).
    Creating
    • Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.
    Reading/ Writing
    • Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, citing evidence from the elements of music.
    • When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.
    Responding/ Evaluating
    • Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of music applied to a listening example using teacher-given vocabulary (such as different sections of complex forms, teacher-selected orchestral instruments, etc.).
    • Explain how the elements and subject matter of music connect with disciplines outside the arts.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Music

    AE17.MU.4.19

    Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MU.4.19

    Vocabulary

    Rhythm
    • Conducting patterns in
    • Syncopation
    Melody
    • Pitch set: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, Ti
    • Treble clef reading (La, So, Mi, Re, Do)
    • Middle C through High B
    • Create melodic sequences
    • Half-step
    • Whole step
    Harmony
    • Canons
    • Chord components
    • Chord progression (I, V)
    • Crossover bordun
    Form
    • Phrasing: antecedent and consequent
    • D.C. al coda
    • Fine
    Expression
    • pp through ff
    Other
    • Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
    • Orchestra instruments within the 4 families
    • Age-appropriate pitch matching (A3-E5)

    Essential Questions

    EU: The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
    EQ: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?

    Skills Examples

    Performing
    • Demonstrate and explain how specific music concepts (such as form, timbre, etc.) are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as social and cultural contexts) through various means (such as manipulatives, movement, and/or pictorial representation).
    Creating
    • Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.
    Reading/ Writing
    • Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, citing evidence from the elements of music.
    • When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.
    Responding/ Evaluating
    • Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of music applied to a listening example using teacher-given vocabulary (such as different sections of complex forms, teacher-selected orchestral instruments, etc.).
    • Explain how the elements and subject matter of music connect with disciplines outside the arts.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
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    Cleveland Orchestra
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