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!
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