Tuesday, March 24

Good morning Chapmanville Primary!

Here is the classes that need to take a music break today:
PK: Mrs Ashley & Mrs. Preston
1st: Mrs. Adams, Ms. Stover, & Ms. Thompson
K: Ms. Elkins, Mrs Adkins, and Mrs. Chelcie

Everyone else take a PE break and remember to get 60 minutes of movement a day! Don't let your parents forget recess!

Your music lesson is posted on Monday- check it out! Share your Spring art with me if you can!

Also, grades K and 1 log into your Quaver accounts. I added a lesson that includes 2 songs and a Quaver video on Beat. There is a quiz to take after you watch your video. I hope Quaver is bringing lots of family fun to your house! If you log into a computer and enable flash you can visit the Quaver music room and also take a metro ride with your family!

Share your music experiences with me online! Have a terrific Tuesday and stay safe!!

Spring

Hello Chapmanville Primary friends!! The first day of spring has past so it's time for a composer drawing.

Do you remember the composer Vivaldi?

Vivaldi was an Italian composer and you probably remember from class that he wrote music for the 4 seasons.  

For this lesson: 

1. Listen(first time):  Pat the beat on the A section(it will return), do you hear the birds, the water in the streams thawing out after the winter, also listen for the spring thunderstorm. 

2. As you listen (2nd time), draw on a piece of paper what the  music makes you think of. 

3. Hang your masterpiece on the fridge! (also have your parents share with Mrs. Carroll: I'd love to see your beautiful spring artwork).  

For your PE day( if weather allows), go outside and get some exercise in! Keep a log of what movement you do each day. Ms. Conley would love to see how you kept yourself moving!
Remember 60 minutes of movement a day helps keep your heart healthy!
So, get up and move!!

Stay tuned for more music and PE fun! We miss you and hope you are staying safe!

Wednesday

Hello Chapmanville Primary! It is Double Day Wednesday, so that means it's a gym day! Make sure you move today. It looks like it's going to be a nice day, so put on some shoes and your coat and go outside and get some fresh air!


Some ideas to do outside:
1. take a walk around your house
2. if you have a pet, walk them with you or play with them.
3. Ride a bike, jump rope, or play ball.
4. Run like Ms. Conley is chasing you with a  noodle.

If you decide to stay inside:
1. do some exercises
2. Have a family dance party
3. GoNoodle

Enjoy your day!

Music Madness

Good Morning Chapmanville Primary! Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Don't forget to check out the last post for a fun leprechaun lesson. 

Today I want to share the results of our first grade Music Madness 2020 edition. Due to school being shut down, we only have an Elite 8 of songs! 

The four styles of music for this year were rock, country, pop, and latin. 

In the rock category, every 1st grade voted for "I Already Love You".  It was a 3-2 vote for the 2nd rock song. 3 classes voted for "Multiply, Multiply" because they said they liked math.  The other 2 classes voted for the song "Rockin' Out". 

In the country category, every class voted for "I Wanna Go To The Country".  The 2nd song was Sunny Days, but 1 class voted for "Rocky Top".  

In the Pop category, the songs "You're A Star" and "You-nique" won! 

In the Latin category, the song "Miami" and "El Cascabel" won! 

So the results of Quaver's 2020 Music Madness are: 

Rock: I Already Love You & Multiply Multiply

Country: I Wanna Go to the Country & Sunny Days

Pop: You're A Star & You-nique

Latin: Miami & El Cascabel

Have a great day kiddos! :) 

Happy Saint Patricks Day!

Hello Chapmanville Primary! Let's have some fun for Saint Patrick's Day which is tomorrow. Don't forget to wear your green.

First of all, do you know what a lullaby is? ( Discuss with your parents/guardians)

A lullaby is
a quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep. 

Enjoy this Irish lullaby with your family! Rock your favorite stuffed animal as you listen!

Here is a fun song about a leprechaun.
Discuss with your family:
**What do they say you may find at the end of the rainbow?
**While you listen see if you can hear 2 types of voices. We know the 4 voice types: singing, whisper, shouting, and speaking/talking. Which 2 are used in this song?
**The form of this piece is ABA- on the A part walk around your room like you are looking for a leprechaun. On the B part, freeze in your spot and say the words.

If you said, singing and speaking voice, you were correct!

For your PE day, go outside and play if it's not raining. If it's raining, do some exercises (10 jumping jacks, 10 hula, 10 arm circles, etc. ) Remember, movement if important to keep our hearts healthy!

Have a great day and keep singing! 

Mrs. Carroll :)

Fun in music....

I really need to update more! We have been having so much fun in music I forget to update this blog!
Here are some of the exciting things we’ve done since I updated last:

1. Our Veterans program was wonderful again this year! We made our veterans very happy!
2. We learned a new song called Shoo Turkey in November. It was a new one for me as well and will definitely go in my resources for next year.
3. Our Christmas program was also wonderful! I was extremely proud of all of my students!
4. K-1 students have begun using our drums alive materials. We did a lesson with Instruments featuring the song Old Town Road.
5. All students have been learning our January song of the month called January Jumpin’. It’s a great song to get your heart a pumpkin’.
6. All students have sang songs about Martin Luther King. We even played instruments with a Martin Luther King speech piece.
7. PK students have been focusing on the musical opposites loud and soft.

We have had a lot of fun in music! Stay tuned for more updates!

New year, another new room

Im really behind on updates. If you don’t know by now we are in a different room for music. We are busy making music and having fun in our new room.
Here is a few updates from each grade:

PK-
Songs: Thumbkin, Open them Shut Them, Days of the Week,
We have been working on musical opposites fast and slow. We love playing the Old Gray Car.
We performed 2 songs for our grandparents day celebration.
We have learned the 4 ways to use our voice too.

Kindergarten:
Songs- EEncy Weency Spider(even in Spanish),  Happy & Know It, Happy grandparents Day, Lets go see our grandparents

We are working on musical opposites fast and slow. We are doing several activities that show that we can move to show different tempos,

1st Grade:
We have worked on discussing steady beat. We learned about composer Haydn and used his Clock Symphony to show we could bounce a tennis ball.

We have been working on musical opposites fast and slow. We went on a bear hunt and learned a song called “I am slowly going crazy”

On Wednesday, Ms Conley and  myself started a “I can tie my shoe” club. We have several who have already made the club.

So far we are off to a great start in the world of music.