We have been making tons of music so far!
All classes are still learning 7 habits songs and incorporating those wonderful habits into our classroom.
The k-2 kids have been working on musical opposites. We've done fast and slow. They love the Old Gray Cat. We just did loud and soft this week. Lucy Locket was another big hit. They love this musical hide and seek game.
Grades 2-4 have been using rockin rhythm raps as a warmup in class. These help us learn several words on our word wall. We've learned about quarter notes and rests, half note and rest, eighth notes, dotted half note, pattern, meter signatures, and repeat signs. We even played these on instruments a few times. We rock with rhythm!!
Grades 3-4 have also learned about reading music on the staff. We loved playing boomwhacker relays.
Grade 4 learned a song from their textbooks called "we remember". We discussed the events of 9/11/01. Then we listened to Alan Jacksons "where were you when the world stopped turning". We definitely explored our emotions on this lesson! Very emotional lesson!
We are also doing Song of the Month. In August, we did "The Leader Song". September has been a "a Star-Spangled September", bc our song is "The Star-Spangled Banner". Ask your child who wrote the song and where he was when he wrote it? We have done several activities this month with this song. Grades 3-4 worked in groups to put the lyrics back together this week.
Next week will be Apple Week for grades K-3 in celebration of Johnny Appleseed Day. Grade 4 will do an activity called Star-Spangled Evaluations, which uses YouTube videos of various performances of this song. Grades 3-4 will also begin music centers.
We've definitely been busy in the music room and I love making music with my students everyday! I know this year is going to ROCK!!
