Music Week 35

Last week we had an oral quiz on ostinato. Here is the breakdown

Quiz: Ostinato-Must be able to define the term ostinato. Ostinato=repeated musical figure or idea used over and over
100=word and definition
50=word or definition
0=unable to define

We have been working on ostinato for over two weeks and should be able to define. K did need some prodding but I think they understood what ostinato is. After the quiz was over, I introduced improvisation using previous skills learned through ostinato. Improvisation is spontaneously creating a rhythmic or melodic idea.

If you have any questions about grades or how your child is performing in class feel free to email or call me at the school.

Music Week 34

This week we continued our stomp project. We are still learning ostinatos(musical ideas that are repeated over and over) and playing them on various objects(garbage cans, brooms, etc.)

K-2 learned the song Run, Children, Run. We still were learning the ostinato concept but we used boomwhackers.

Don't forget to click the podcast link to view some of the classes demonstrating ostinato.

Honor Choir

A big thanks to Malik Moore, Chyan Tuff, Gabrielle Gaither, and Jovanna Liuzzo for representing Williams Elementary at the 2010 Alachua County Elementary Honor Choir. Enjoy some of the photos.

Music Week 33

Stomp Project 3rd-5th

Dicuss Ostinato-repeated musical rhythm or pattern

Orff-Schulwerk: Music for Children pg 60

Using brooms, garbage cans, tubs, drum sticks, buckets, mallets rhythm sticks

Brooms-#3
Garbage Cans-#6
Buckets#9
Tub#8, Fill one tub with water, use with gong
Lids?#18 Measure 2

See podcast page


Orff Schulwerk: Music for Children pg 53 #1

Fun with Boomwhackers: Diddle, Diddle Dumpling
teaching ostinato
-teach song by rote
-sing song while clapping ostinato pattern
-transfer to tubes

See podcast page

Music Week 32

3rd-Recorder: Salamander Step

4th Piano-pgs 25-35

5th-C and G chords with songs: This Old Man
possible train to sing for a kindergarten class?

Onward, Upward promotion song

Signal Tune:
Play signal tune on trombone. Students listen to tune, move to beat clapping hands. Tune stops, listen to signal to put one knee on ground, then two knees, one elbow, two elbows, head down, then lie down


Book: Fun with Boomwhackers

Down By the Station:

Teach song by rote, add boomwhacker part

Signal Tune:
Play signal tune on trombone. Students listen to tune, move to beat clapping hands. Tune stops, listen to signal to put one knee on ground, then two knees, one elbow, two elbows, head down, then lie down

Music Week 31

3rd-Latin Recorder-use of latin percussion and recorder

4th-Quiz pg 24 or 28 in piano book

5th-ukulele chord quiz C and G7


K-2

If I Were a Little Frog- song and boomwhackers

K-1

Hokey Pokey compare and contrast
1. Play song on CD 1 track 2-4
2. Play game, have students listen
3. Talk about style of music and what is the same and different for each version of the song

Music Week 30

3rd-Recorder Skills

4th-Piano Skills

5th-Guitar/Uke skills, begin learning 5th grade promotion song: Onward, Upward


K-2

Tick Tock(not the pop song)

Objective: Steady beat and playing the steadbeat on orff instruments and temple blocks, solfege objective so, mi, do

1. Teacher sings the song and has students join in when they know the song
2.Continue singing the song until students can sing without teacher
3.Divide class into two groups.
1.Orff instruments
2.Circle game with temple blocks and rhythm sticks

Game:Students sit in a circle. The temple blocks and a containter of rhytm sticks are in the center of the circle. One child is chosen to be the first temple block player. The studets sing the son and pass one bean bag/tennis ball around the circle to the right on the beat. Whoever has the bean bag on the word "song" will be the next temple block player on the next repition of the song. The child who was chosen before the game started plays the first solo. During this solo the orff instruments rotate over one instrument. After playing solo, the first temple block player gets a pari rhythm sticks and retures to his seat in class. When the song begins again, the ball gets passed around and the rhythm stick players keep a steady beat along with the Orff instruments. After all have had a turn at the temple blocks, switch orff instrument with rhythm stick players

Music Week 28-29

Sorry I have gotten so behind in my posting. The next few posts will how I wrote my lesson plans for a particular week.


3rd Grade: Recorder Review
4th Grade: Piano Review
5th Grade: Ukulele Review

All Classes: Rhythm Rockets if time


Note Passing Game
1.Students stand in a circle and each holding a music note. They will pass the notes around the circle to the teacher drum part as indicated in the score. They hug the note for two beats and then pass the note to their neighbor to the right for two beats.
2.The note-passing game stops on the word 'groove" and everone holds on the notes they have. The teacher says Whole notes or whomever, move your feet, ready go. Those students that have whole notes come to the center of the circle an dmove to the whole note for four measures. After the whole notes have moved to their note, they return to the circle. The next note is called and the teacher continues until all the notes have had a chance to move to their notes in the middle of the circle.
3. If someone comes to the middle of the circle on the wrong note they are out.

OBJECTIVE: Steady beat, identifying the music notes, and moving correctly to the music notes.
-can be taught to all K-5 classes if wanted to.

K:
Singing vs. Speaking:

Teach On a Log Mister Frog:
-ask was this spoken or sung(sung)
-was there a part that was spoken?(animal sounds)
-teach song and movement

Story: Eliington was not a Street by Ntozake Shange
-listen to story
-play Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington while reading

2nd and/or 1st:

Wee Wille Winkie:
-teach song by rote
-add movement
-add woodblock and xylophones
-also can add solfege hand signs