Saturday, November 19, 2011
Happy break!
I hope that everyone has an enjoyable week off! Parents of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students: encourage your child to practice his/her recorder once or twice over break using the 'Recorder Music' page on the blog. As for me, I will be enjoying music by playing my clarinet for my family back in Minnesota. Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday, November 14, 2011
This week (11/14-11/18)
This week in...
Kindergarten- we will be learning about slow, medium, and fast speeds in music through listening, singing and playing instruments. Students will learn 3 songs about trains to work on hearing fast and slow speeds: "Engine, Engine, Number Nine", "Git on Board", and "Little Red Caboose."
1st/2nd grade- we will be creating the sound of a rain storm with body percussion and with instruments since we have been working hard on the song "Rain, Rain, Go Away." We will learn to write the pitch "la" on the music staff erasable white boards, and we will learn a new song/game called "Acka Backa."
3rd/4th grade- students will be assessed on their ability to hear equal versus unequal sounds in music. We will continue developing our note reading skills through doing Mad Minutes as well as playing songs on recorders. We are also working on learning the song "Wavin' Flag" in Spanish!
5th grade- students will continue to learn about syncopation (unexpected rhythms that include stress on a normally unstressed beat) through singing and playing instruments. Students are also having fun dancing with the song "Mango Walk." Students will learn "Merrily We Roll Along" on recorders and continue to watch the film Sister Act 2.
Let's have a great week and enjoy your week off next week! Happy Thanksgiving!
Kindergarten- we will be learning about slow, medium, and fast speeds in music through listening, singing and playing instruments. Students will learn 3 songs about trains to work on hearing fast and slow speeds: "Engine, Engine, Number Nine", "Git on Board", and "Little Red Caboose."
1st/2nd grade- we will be creating the sound of a rain storm with body percussion and with instruments since we have been working hard on the song "Rain, Rain, Go Away." We will learn to write the pitch "la" on the music staff erasable white boards, and we will learn a new song/game called "Acka Backa."
3rd/4th grade- students will be assessed on their ability to hear equal versus unequal sounds in music. We will continue developing our note reading skills through doing Mad Minutes as well as playing songs on recorders. We are also working on learning the song "Wavin' Flag" in Spanish!
5th grade- students will continue to learn about syncopation (unexpected rhythms that include stress on a normally unstressed beat) through singing and playing instruments. Students are also having fun dancing with the song "Mango Walk." Students will learn "Merrily We Roll Along" on recorders and continue to watch the film Sister Act 2.
Let's have a great week and enjoy your week off next week! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
This week (10/31-11/4)
Monday was Halloween and I loved seeing all the great costumes at the parade! This week is also the end of trimester 1 and grades will be given out soon.
This week in......
Kindergarten- my 4 classes are in slightly different places. In two of them, we finished up Halloween songs, and we also learned about loud and soft in music by listening to different examples and talking about loud/soft movements. In the other two classes, we learned further about loud and soft and took a quiz to see how well we could identify loud versus soft.
1st/2nd grade- again, my classes are in slightly different places. Some classes worked on matching pitch with the song "I'm a Little Ghost." We also learned more about rhythm- reading rhythms, how to draw notes, and composing rhythms- with the song "Rain, Rain, Go Away." We played the composed rhythms on rhythm sticks.
3rd/4th grade- students continued to identify notes B, A, and G on the music staff and play songs on recorders. Students performed a self-assessment which required them to evaluate their recorder playing in four categories- tone, rhythm, fingerings/posture, and tonguing. We also learned about equal and unequal sounds in music by examining two songs: "Charlie" and "Bate, Bate."
5th grade- students began watching the film "Sister Act 2", which will help us learn about the development of choirs. We also played songs, new and old, on recorders and continued to work on identifying B, A, and G on the staff.
Have a great, extra long weekend!
This week in......
Kindergarten- my 4 classes are in slightly different places. In two of them, we finished up Halloween songs, and we also learned about loud and soft in music by listening to different examples and talking about loud/soft movements. In the other two classes, we learned further about loud and soft and took a quiz to see how well we could identify loud versus soft.
1st/2nd grade- again, my classes are in slightly different places. Some classes worked on matching pitch with the song "I'm a Little Ghost." We also learned more about rhythm- reading rhythms, how to draw notes, and composing rhythms- with the song "Rain, Rain, Go Away." We played the composed rhythms on rhythm sticks.
3rd/4th grade- students continued to identify notes B, A, and G on the music staff and play songs on recorders. Students performed a self-assessment which required them to evaluate their recorder playing in four categories- tone, rhythm, fingerings/posture, and tonguing. We also learned about equal and unequal sounds in music by examining two songs: "Charlie" and "Bate, Bate."
5th grade- students began watching the film "Sister Act 2", which will help us learn about the development of choirs. We also played songs, new and old, on recorders and continued to work on identifying B, A, and G on the staff.
Have a great, extra long weekend!
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