This week we started using tiny awards. These little slips of paper are given out to 1-2 students each class.
They may be given out for the following:
1. super singer
2. awesome listener
3. Caught you being awesome
4. Dancing Machine
5. Musician of the Day
Watch your child's folder to see when they receive one.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Patriotic and Halloween fun in music class
We have learned 2 more patriotic songs in music class. We sang God Bless America and God Bless the USA. We learned that God Bless the USA had a pattern to it: verse, chorus, verse, chorus.
We added 2 letters to our music alphabet wall. We learned H for Harp and I for Igil. The harp is a string instrument and we watched a video of a lady playing JS Bach's Toccata and Fugue on the harp. The Igil is a string instrument from central Asia. We also watched a video of a man playing the igil.
We had some fun with the witches pot this week. All classes did the spooky rhythm brew and read rhythmic patterns that included quarter, 2 eighths, and quarter rests. We also did the Witches Brew.
K-1 classes had some fun doing the Pumpkin Pumpkin partner game this week.
We also used the book Dem Bones and learned the song and skeleton dance.
Overall, it was another fantastic week in the music classroom. We ended our week by celebrating Halloween at the school. Our Halloween parade and trunk or treat event was very fun. The high school band provided entertainment for this event. They did a fabulous job!
We added 2 letters to our music alphabet wall. We learned H for Harp and I for Igil. The harp is a string instrument and we watched a video of a lady playing JS Bach's Toccata and Fugue on the harp. The Igil is a string instrument from central Asia. We also watched a video of a man playing the igil.
We had some fun with the witches pot this week. All classes did the spooky rhythm brew and read rhythmic patterns that included quarter, 2 eighths, and quarter rests. We also did the Witches Brew.
K-1 classes had some fun doing the Pumpkin Pumpkin partner game this week.
We also used the book Dem Bones and learned the song and skeleton dance.
Overall, it was another fantastic week in the music classroom. We ended our week by celebrating Halloween at the school. Our Halloween parade and trunk or treat event was very fun. The high school band provided entertainment for this event. They did a fabulous job!
Friday, October 19, 2018
Spiders in music class
It has been a few weeks since I've updated. Last week, my daughter had strep so we missed a few days of school. We have started working on patriotic songs to prepare for our annual Veterans Day performance.
We have been using the "work first, then play" habit in music. We practice our patriotic songs, then we have some Halloween fun.
Here are some of the fun Halloween activities we have done:
1. There's a Spider on the Floor (we loved playing with the spiders)
2. Songs: Skin and Bones, Pumpkin Bones
3. We read the book "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything" and added instruments to the book to make the sound affects.
4. PK and K learned 5 Little Pumpkins.
We also had 2 instruments added to our music alphabet wall. We added the Flute and the Gong this week.
We also added several words to our word wall. We got to walk to the high school this week for a theatre performance. We talked about the words audience, applause, and characters. We really enjoyed the performance and the students were an awesome audience!
It has been a crazy but fun few weeks for sure. Stay tuned for more updates!
We have been using the "work first, then play" habit in music. We practice our patriotic songs, then we have some Halloween fun.
Here are some of the fun Halloween activities we have done:
1. There's a Spider on the Floor (we loved playing with the spiders)
2. Songs: Skin and Bones, Pumpkin Bones
3. We read the book "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything" and added instruments to the book to make the sound affects.
4. PK and K learned 5 Little Pumpkins.
We also had 2 instruments added to our music alphabet wall. We added the Flute and the Gong this week.
We also added several words to our word wall. We got to walk to the high school this week for a theatre performance. We talked about the words audience, applause, and characters. We really enjoyed the performance and the students were an awesome audience!
It has been a crazy but fun few weeks for sure. Stay tuned for more updates!
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Frogs, scarves, and beanbags and more.......
Well it's Wednesday and there is 1 more day in this school week. No school for kiddos on Friday! Teachers have Professional Development training.
We have had a super week in music class!
PK has done 2 Quaver lessons. The first one was about 5 green frogs who were sitting on a log and couldn't count backwards from 5-1. They asked a dragonfly for help. After learning this story, we sang the song "5 green and speckled frogs". The second lesson was about high and low and magic words. Our friends Boobam and Songbird never got a sucker from their bird friend because they didn't say the word "Please". After learning this story, we sang a song called "High Low Wherever You Go(please say please and thank you).
We used scarves to move to high and low sounds in Tchaikovsky's Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker.
Kindergarten has had a super fun week. We had an introduction to rhythm this week. We used rhythm sticks, scarves, and beanbags to help us with this lesson. We sang a few songs we have learned in the past few weeks also with this lesson. Kindergarten also played a fun game called "ABC Sing With Me" and we learned about rest (silent beats) in this game.
1st grade used rhythm sticks to echo some rhythmic patterns that I played for them. We watched a Quaver video about rhythm. We learned that bar lines help make measures.
Overall, it's been another fantastic week in the music classroom at Chapmanville Primary!!
We have had a super week in music class!
PK has done 2 Quaver lessons. The first one was about 5 green frogs who were sitting on a log and couldn't count backwards from 5-1. They asked a dragonfly for help. After learning this story, we sang the song "5 green and speckled frogs". The second lesson was about high and low and magic words. Our friends Boobam and Songbird never got a sucker from their bird friend because they didn't say the word "Please". After learning this story, we sang a song called "High Low Wherever You Go(please say please and thank you).
We used scarves to move to high and low sounds in Tchaikovsky's Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker.
Kindergarten has had a super fun week. We had an introduction to rhythm this week. We used rhythm sticks, scarves, and beanbags to help us with this lesson. We sang a few songs we have learned in the past few weeks also with this lesson. Kindergarten also played a fun game called "ABC Sing With Me" and we learned about rest (silent beats) in this game.
1st grade used rhythm sticks to echo some rhythmic patterns that I played for them. We watched a Quaver video about rhythm. We learned that bar lines help make measures.
Overall, it's been another fantastic week in the music classroom at Chapmanville Primary!!
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