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Salsa Drumming / Every Kid Plays (4 - 5)

Last changed: 07/13/2022 8:31pm
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1 45 min
In-School Workshop In-School Performance (intended for individual classes of a grade level to experience separately).
October, November, April, May, June In-School,
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A diversity of professional quality, Caribbean-style percussion instruments for every student and educator to play.
Armless chairs for the students and educators.,
Chairs arranged "band style" by school personnel; Minimum of sixty minutes for load- in and setup; Minimum of forty minutes to re-pack and load out.
I CAN be great at playing drums and percussion instruments. I CAN play beats for Latin songs including salsa. I CAN collaborate with classmates. I CAN play music with my family, friends, and the community.
SALSA DRUMMING is a 100% participatory activity,The leaders, Bob Bloom and Arnaldo Rivera partner with the students to play salsa music on a diversity of high-octane, Caribbean-style hand drums and percussion instruments. They take away incentive and skills to play along with their favorite Latin songs during school time and during after-school time with family, friends, and their community. The experiential activities build confidence, curiosity, innovation, self-regulation, and teamwork.
Professional providers can assist students with disabilities to access the instruments and adaptive accessories.

Grade 4

Grade 4: Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use #6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g. quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g. wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
Grade 4: Music: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and Conceptualize artistic ideas and works. b. Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.

Grade 5

Grade 5: Language Standards: Knowledge of Language #3: Use knowledge of language and its' conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. a. Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader / listener interest, and style. b. Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g. dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
Grade 5: Music: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. b. Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and accompaniment patterns) within specific related tonalities, meters, and simple chord changes.