This week in...
Kindergarten- we have been learning all about high and low sounds in music. We stretched up high like a star when we heard high sounds, and scooted down low like a star fish when we heard low sounds. We played a listening game with high and low in which we lined up behind either a picture of a mountain (high) or a submarine (low) depending on what we heard in each musical example.
1st/2nd grade- we learned a dance to go with the song "Shoofly." This was a beginning folk dance and we will learn more difficult versions of this dance soon! We kept the "fly" theme going and listened to "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." I then sang the students a story very similar to that called There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves. Students took a quiz with their music buddy on the erasable white boards. Questions focused on whether each musical example had a steady beat or no steady beat.
3rd/4th grade- we continued to be introduced to recorders- see post from last week. Some classes also got to do short call and response compositions with their music buddy. These were also performed for the class.
5th grade- we reviewed B and A on recorders. We also learned about the life and music of Mozart as we filled out our music logs. We learned the following poem:
Deedle deedle dumpling my son John
Went to bed with his stockings on
One shoe off and one shoe on
Deedle deedle dumpling my son John
We learned a body percussion (stomps, pats, claps, and snaps) to accompany this poem. We also made 4 beat word chains and played them on our recorders. This became a fun performance in ABA form. We also listened to the song "Win" by Brian McKnight, which we will be learning to sign in sign class this year. Here is a link to the video:
"Win" video
Happy weekend!
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