What's Happening In Music?

Happy to be back to school and ready to start making music with the students again!!

Thank you for a successful Veteran’s Day Program! The students performing did a great job and it was a great tribute to our Veterans.

4TH AND 5TH GRADERS DON’T FoRGET THAT CHOIR FORMS AND MONEY ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21ST!!

Here’s what’s happening in music for the next few weeks:

5th Grade: Recorder review- How to hold the recorder, create a good sound, identify parts of a staff, read B A G notes.

4th Grade: Introduction to Recorder- How to hold the recorder, tonguing, what kind of air to use, read B note on staff.

3rd Grade: Program: Students will start work on their program “Crazy Carols.” We will learn notes and lyrics while practicing good singing posture and correct tone (use of head voice.)

2nd Grade: Steady beat Vs. Rhythm: Using the song “In Right Out Right” students will move to the beat and tap rhythm of the words. They will also recognize quarter note, eighth note, half note, and quarter rest.

1st Grade: Steady Beat vs. Rhythm: Students will sing the song “Bounce High” and keep the beat while the ball is bounced to them. I will introduce eighth and quarter notes using this song and the stuents will identify those rhythms in the song.

Kindergarten: 4 Voices/Steady Beat: The students use their 4 voices (whisper, shout, sing, and speak) in a game using the “super special” microphone. Students will also identify/show the steady beat in multiple songs by taping it on their legs, clapping it, and marching to it.