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Fourth Graders Learn and Compose Music to Explore Themes of Respect

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Fourth graders are beginning the year by learning the classic rap "Respect Rap." Using this chanted piece as a springboard, students are learning about musical form and collaborating as a class to composing a unique "B section"—a chorus or refrain—to recognize all of the people, places, and things in their lives whom they respect. These fourth-grade musicians are improvising on non-pitched percussion and pitched percussion to bring their performance to the next level by playing and chanting at the same time. At the same time, the students are reading The Song for Everyone by Lucy Harris, to emphasize an understanding of the power of music within the classroom music community.

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