This week we have all sung songs about Martin Luther King. Our song of the day was Sing About Martin, which is a call/response song.
Kindergarten did a speech piece called Martin Luther King in ABA form. The A part was loud and we used drums and triangles. The B part was soft and we used sticks.
First grade used their Big Book and read about Martin and sang 2 songs called Martin Luther King and Everybody Oughta Know. Both songs use an AABA form.
We have also been learning about loud and soft. We played a singing game in PK and K called Grizzly Bear. When the bear gets woke up, he is very LOUD AND MAD!!!
PK has enjoyed their loud and soft Quaver stories. This week we did "The Cowboy Cavelier Comes Home". He sings softly when he is in the hot desert and loud when he is close to home. We also listened to the story "The Rain, The Wind, and the Cloud". The 3 characters are fighting over who is louder and who is softer. The sun comes and helps them solve their problem by teaching us that it really doesn't matter b/c we all need to work together and be friends.
It has been a fun week in music class! Enjoy your 3 day weekend!
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Thursday, January 10, 2019
New Year, New Start!
First of all, December was a blast in music class. Our Christmas programs were fabulous! I'm very proud of our students.
This week has been a great week in music class. Here is what we have done this week.
PK completed 2 lessons this week. The first one had a "New Year, New Start" theme. We talked about how making a fresh or new start can feel good. We watched a Quaver story called JJ's Big List. JJ had a list of new, different, and exciting things he wanted to do in the new year. After our story, we sang the song "This Little Light of Mine". We talked about how we could let our light shine in 2019. We listened to Handel's Music for Royal Fireworks and jumped to the beat.
The 2nd lesson PK did was about the ocean and loud and soft sounds. We sang two songs: "At the bottom of the sea" and "Charlie Over the Ocean". Our Quaver story was about Charlie and how he caught his big fish. Ask your child, how Charlie caught his fish? Also, ask them if Charlie's dad snores loudly or softly?
We sang the song Charlie Over the Ocean loud and soft. Then we listened to Camille St. Saen's Aquarium music and pretended to be a fish.
K-1 have had a great week too! We read or well sang the book Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See. Then we played the singing game with our music friends(puppets and beanie babies). Every child sang a solo with this activity.
We also read the book Polar Bear Polar Bear What do you Hear. In this book, the students created the animal sounds. We used zoo pal plates to create an animal song on our carpet. It was very fun to perform our song as a class!
We also talked about loud and soft sounds. We really like Haydn's Surprise Symphony.
It has been a fabulous week in music class!
This week has been a great week in music class. Here is what we have done this week.
PK completed 2 lessons this week. The first one had a "New Year, New Start" theme. We talked about how making a fresh or new start can feel good. We watched a Quaver story called JJ's Big List. JJ had a list of new, different, and exciting things he wanted to do in the new year. After our story, we sang the song "This Little Light of Mine". We talked about how we could let our light shine in 2019. We listened to Handel's Music for Royal Fireworks and jumped to the beat.
The 2nd lesson PK did was about the ocean and loud and soft sounds. We sang two songs: "At the bottom of the sea" and "Charlie Over the Ocean". Our Quaver story was about Charlie and how he caught his big fish. Ask your child, how Charlie caught his fish? Also, ask them if Charlie's dad snores loudly or softly?
We sang the song Charlie Over the Ocean loud and soft. Then we listened to Camille St. Saen's Aquarium music and pretended to be a fish.
K-1 have had a great week too! We read or well sang the book Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See. Then we played the singing game with our music friends(puppets and beanie babies). Every child sang a solo with this activity.
We also read the book Polar Bear Polar Bear What do you Hear. In this book, the students created the animal sounds. We used zoo pal plates to create an animal song on our carpet. It was very fun to perform our song as a class!
We also talked about loud and soft sounds. We really like Haydn's Surprise Symphony.
It has been a fabulous week in music class!
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