Music Week 9.0

We were supposed to do stations this week in music class but due to illnesses in my family,I missed part of the week. We reviewed concepts from last week on the days I was here.

Music Week 8

This week 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and to my surprise a couple of the 1st grade classes attended the Metales M5 Mexican Brass Quintet concert. Students from my 4th and 5th grade band and myself had the opportunity to sit front row center at the CPA as well as meet the quintet afterwards.

As for the rest of the week: 2nd, 3rd and 5th grades had to do a writing response to M5 Brass Quintet. Here are the questions:

Name 3 things you learned at the concert.

What was your favorite thing?

What was your least favorite thing?



We also continued with our respective instruments: 3rd grade-Recorder Skills,4th Grade-Piano Skills,5th Grade-Guitar/Uke Skills.

We also did a Halloween song called Mwa Ha, Ha. It was a song from last year that everyone wanted to do again.

K-2nd classes did an activity called Play Your Sound. Here is a description and the process:

Play your Sound-

Objective: Identifying music notes by sight and sound and playing the music notes on rhythm instruments.

1. Divide class into five sections and have them sit in a circle. Each section will be playing a different music note on a different instrument indidated in the music.

2. Place picture of each note on floor and board in front of each section in the circle.

3. Student will sing the song and play their instrument when they hear the teacher sing their note.

4. After all the notes have been played studnets move to the right in the circle to the next note and repeat the song. The song continues to repeat until all students have rotated throught each of the music notes on the different instruments

Music Week 7

2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students went to the computer lab to use Brain Pop in preparation of our trip on Monday. We did the lesson on Brass Instruments. We watched them movie, took the quiz, and emailed the quizzes to Mr. Thomas. Hopefully, all the grade will be thoroughly prepared for this trip.

K-1 finished up Tick-Tock. Tick Tock

The objective was Steady beat and playing the steady beat on orff instruments and temple blocks, solfege objective so, mi, do.

Here is the process:

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


I videoed Ms. Skippers class demonstrating the game. Click on the Wildcasts link to view the video. It is listed as SkipperTickTock.