This week in...
Kindergarten- we played the steady beat AND learned to play the melody of the song "Star Light, Star Bright" on mallet instruments. This was a difficult but fun challenge! We also took a listening quiz about music moving upward and downward, as well as identifying walking and jogging music.
1st/2nd grade- students took a quiz that assessed their ability to hear pitch and rhythm patterns similar to those we have been studying in class. We also learned to play the melody of the song "Tinker, Tailor" on mallet instruments.
3rd/4th grade- we learned about major scales and played a C major scale on mallet instruments. We also played the song "Do Re Mi" on mallet instruments and sang. We continued to practice playing songs on recorders and note reading skills, and also began to learn the song "True Colors."
5th grade- students learned a new note, D, on recorders and began to learn the song "Old MacDonald." We also began learning to sing "Start Your Day With a Song", an upbeat, swing style tune. We continued to improve our ability to identify notes on the staff by spelling out words using music note cards and we also did some music Mad Minutes.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
This week (1/17-1/20)
This week in...
Kindergarten- students continued to learn about foot motions to match music, including walking, jogging, and galloping. They learned the song "Star Light, Star Bright" and helped me draw a picture on the board to match the melodic shape of the song. We also played some listening games with music moving upward and downward.
1st/2nd grade- students echo sang patterns using so, mi, and do. Students learned the song "Mother, Mother" and worked with their music buddies to create a 4-beat pattern (using so, mi, and do) to perform for the class. Students also decoded patterns that I sang to them using the syllable "oo" and showed me if I was singing so, mi, or do.
3rd/4th grade- we continued to work on the songs "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music and "Trail to Mexico", both of which include 2 parts going on at the same time. Students assessed their progress on playing recorders with the song "It's Raining." We also learned about music stepping, skipping, or leaping from note to note and about how long different notes and rests last.
5th grade- we had a drum circle! Students reviewed known rhythms and learned a brand new rhythm: eighth note triplets, which is three sounds equally distributed on one beat. This is one of the rhythms used in the beginning of the song "Wavin' Flag." We learned to play that rhythm on drums and did some call and response improvisation. We also reviewed the Spanish sections of "Wavin' Flag."
There will be a sing along tomorrow morning at 10am in the auditorium. Hope to see you there!
Kindergarten- students continued to learn about foot motions to match music, including walking, jogging, and galloping. They learned the song "Star Light, Star Bright" and helped me draw a picture on the board to match the melodic shape of the song. We also played some listening games with music moving upward and downward.
1st/2nd grade- students echo sang patterns using so, mi, and do. Students learned the song "Mother, Mother" and worked with their music buddies to create a 4-beat pattern (using so, mi, and do) to perform for the class. Students also decoded patterns that I sang to them using the syllable "oo" and showed me if I was singing so, mi, or do.
3rd/4th grade- we continued to work on the songs "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music and "Trail to Mexico", both of which include 2 parts going on at the same time. Students assessed their progress on playing recorders with the song "It's Raining." We also learned about music stepping, skipping, or leaping from note to note and about how long different notes and rests last.
5th grade- we had a drum circle! Students reviewed known rhythms and learned a brand new rhythm: eighth note triplets, which is three sounds equally distributed on one beat. This is one of the rhythms used in the beginning of the song "Wavin' Flag." We learned to play that rhythm on drums and did some call and response improvisation. We also reviewed the Spanish sections of "Wavin' Flag."
There will be a sing along tomorrow morning at 10am in the auditorium. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
This week (1/3-1/6)
Welcome back after break!
This week in....
Kindergarten- we greeted each other after the break with a "Hello" echoing song. We learned "Car Song", "Little Blue Truck", and listened to a story called "Wiggle and Waggle." This helped to learn about music moving upward and downward. We also reviewed the term tempo, meaning to speed of the music.
1st/2nd grade- we learned the song "Tinker, Tailor", learned to put the notes of the song on the music staff, and learned a game to go with the song. Students learned the pitch "do" from the scale in the context of the song "Little Sally Walker." We learned to draw new notes on music white boards.
3rd/4th grade- we continued to read notes with Mad Minutes and learned "It's Raining" on recorders. We learned about home tone with the song "Trail to Mexico" and learned the song "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music.
5th grade- we reviewed and learned songs on recorders, including a latin tune called "The Time Traveler's Trombone." We learned about the composer Franz Schubert and wrote reactions to two of his pieces as well as Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" on our music logs.
This week in....
Kindergarten- we greeted each other after the break with a "Hello" echoing song. We learned "Car Song", "Little Blue Truck", and listened to a story called "Wiggle and Waggle." This helped to learn about music moving upward and downward. We also reviewed the term tempo, meaning to speed of the music.
1st/2nd grade- we learned the song "Tinker, Tailor", learned to put the notes of the song on the music staff, and learned a game to go with the song. Students learned the pitch "do" from the scale in the context of the song "Little Sally Walker." We learned to draw new notes on music white boards.
3rd/4th grade- we continued to read notes with Mad Minutes and learned "It's Raining" on recorders. We learned about home tone with the song "Trail to Mexico" and learned the song "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music.
5th grade- we reviewed and learned songs on recorders, including a latin tune called "The Time Traveler's Trombone." We learned about the composer Franz Schubert and wrote reactions to two of his pieces as well as Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" on our music logs.
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