Well this week was the first week of fall, even though it felt like summer with the high temperatures. Not complaining though b/c it was a beautiful week!
We had some fall fun in the music room.
Grades K-2 played a steady beat pass the apple game with the song Apple Tree. When the students get "out" in this game, they got to play rhythm instruments. We used rhythm sticks, tone blocks, drums, and maracas. We also used this same song to play the Rotten Apple game.
Grades 1-2 had some more fall fun with the song Apples and Bananas. What a silly song this one is!
Kindergarten had a lot of fun learning 2 cute action songs called "Two Little Apples" and "Criss-Cross Applesauce".
Kindergarten enjoyed playing rhythm sticks this week with Apple Tree and Open Them Shut Them.
3rd grade did a multicultural lesson with a song called "Egy Uveg Alma", which means "One Jar of Apples" in Hungarian. We learned to count to 10 in Hungarian.
3rd and 4th grade had a lot of fun with our warmup activity this week. We used tennis balls to learn whole note, half note, quarter note, and eighth notes. The music for this activity was "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa.
4th grade showed some awesome synergizing skills by working together in groups to put the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner in order. Each group was given an envelope that contained the lyrics of our song of the month in it. They had to put them in order. The first group done received a tiny award slip for their hard work.
After a wonderful week in music, we ended our week outside for our "double day" Friday. The students got to do centers that involved scoops, balls and Frisbees, and footballs. It was a beautiful day to end a busy, but successful week.
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