Computer Lab

All 3rd-5th grade classes will be in the computer lab next week. We will be doing a lesson on Louis Armstrong on BrainPop. Students will take quiz and email to Mr. Thomas. If a student does not do well, they can retake quiz. Please call the school or email me if you have any questions.

Music Week 18

All 3rd-5th grade classes have been working on Winning Rhythms: Rhythm Sheet 2 Line C
Song: Sing A Song of Winter


All 3rd grade classes with the exception of Mrs. Leggons class have been working on
Book-Do It! Play Recorder-Pg 8 #1. The name of that song is Cobbler,Cobbler. The objective was to play C on the recorder.

4th grade classes worked on Book-Alfred's Piano Lessons pg. 30 or 44
The objective: write in correct fingering and perform on keyboard. Copies have been made to take home to practice. Even if students don't have a piano they can "air piano" with the correct motions.

5th Grade learned the C and G7 chord on the guitar. Their objective: Perform simple song using C chord and G7 chord

1. Teach students how to hold guitar pick
2. Teach one finger C chord
3. Teach one finger G7 chord
4. Practice moving back and forth from one chord to next
5. Play this old man

Students will be given a packet to take home to review.

All K-2 classes worked on Winning Rhythms: Rhythm Sheet 1 Line(s) C-D, review. We also reviewed vocabulary: Time Signature, Quarter Note, Half Note, Quarter Rest, Half Rest

Every Grade level had their own lesson outline
Song: K-Chatter With The Angels
Teach song by rote
Talk about meaning


1st Grade-Ev'rybody Ought To Know CD 6, Track 39

Objective: Recognize a melody pattern that is an echo in the song


-Ask students to think about what freedom means
-Play Everybody Ought to Know, notice that song has an echoed figured. Have students sing with echo
Assess: Notice if students were able to recognize and sing echoed pattern


2nd Grade-Shake Hands Mary CD1-6
Objective: Identify Time Signature in written music

-Listen to Shake Hands Mary, sing song while keeping beat.
-Display song, talk about what the time signature is
-Talk about meaning of song
-Do motions of the music
Assess: Were Students able to identify time signature

Music Week 17

This week we had two holidays on Monday and Friday. However, classes did have music lessons on Tues-Thursday.

3rd -5th grade classes worked out of Winning Rhythms book and did Rhythm Sheet 2 Line B. We also played Music Jeopardy when we were done with our lessons for the day. The objective was to review previously learned concepts and vocabulary. 3rd grade worked on Hot Cross Buns, Duet version. They had to take turns playing and resting. 4th grade worked on Alfred's Piano Lessons pg. 29 or 43. 5ht grade worked on learning guitar chords. They learned:

1. how to hold guitar pick
2. the one finger C chord
3. the one finger G7 chord

K-2nd grade classes worked on the following items:

Winning Rhythms: Rhythm Sheet 1 Line(s) A-D, review


Review Vocabulary: Time Signature, Quarter Note, Half Note, Quarter Rest, Half Rest

Song:
K-Chatter With The Angels

-Teach song by rote
-Talk about meaning


1st Grade-Ev'rybody Ought To Know CD 6, Track 39

Objective: Recognize a melody pattern that is an echo in the song

-Ask students to think about what freedom means
-Play Everybody Ought to Know, notice that song has an echoed figured. Have students sing with echo
-Assess: Notice if students were able to recognize and sing echoed pattern


2nd Grade-Shake Hands Mary CD1-6
Objective: Identify Time Signature in written music

-Listen to Shake Hands Mary, sing song while keeping beat.
-Display song, talk about what the time signature is
-Talk about meaning of song
-Do motions of the music
-Assess: Were Students able to identify time signature

Music Week 16

This week the 5th grade classes had a quiz.They were to label the parts of the guitar.4th Grade also had a quiz on either pg 28 or pg 43 in piano book. 3rd grade just reviewed recorder skills and played the song Au Claire De La Lune. All of the classes worked on the Winning Rhythms Book:Sheet 2 Line A. We just worked on counting basic notes and rests. Finally, we worked on the song It's A New Year. Here is a sample recording:

http://musick8.com/html/current_tune.php?numbering=103&songorder=8

Music K-8 has been really helpful this year in providing some of the curriculum.


The K-2 classes worked on Rhythm Band. Our Objective was to identify Time Signature. We used Bells, Tambourines, Cymbals, Drums, Rhythm Sticks, Song: March of the Dogs, Song: The Dancing Bears, and the metronome.

Procedure:

1. Review time signature definition. Use piano and play a rhythmic figure that demonstrates 2/4.
2. Show chart with Dancing Bears. Talk about 3/4 time signature. Play rhythmic figure that demonstrates 3/4
3. Pass out instruments
4. Point to pictures. Student plays instrument on cue.

After we were done with today's lesson we played a musical game called Charlie Over the Ocean. Basically, you play the game like Duck, Duck, Goose but you sing instead of saying duck or goose.

5th grade guitar quiz

All fifth grade classes will have a quiz next week. The quiz will require them to label the parts of the guitar.

Music Week 15

Welcome back.

This week all the classes reviewed previously learned concepts. We had to dust off the cobwebs and see what everyone remembered. 5th grade reviewed how to hold and play the guitar. 4th grade reviewed piano skills. 3rd grade reviewed how to hold and to play the recorder. We also reviewed the notes and rests that we have already learned.

K-2 classes reviewed steady beat and began playing a song using melody bells, tamborines, cymbals, drums, and rhythm sticks.

4th Grade Piano Quiz

4th Grade classes will have piano quiz when they come to resource next week. Classes will work on either pg 28 or pg. 43 depending on their skill level.

Music Week 13-14

Hello everyone. My apologies for not getting back to update. It was very busy before the holidays here at school. First of all, thank you to all the parents and students that participated in the Winter Concert. Everyone had a great time and I felt like it was the best ever. Thank you to all the faculty and staff that made it possible. Thanks to the resource team and Mrs. Brockman for helping coordinate students, thanks to the custodians for setting up and tearing down the stage and cafeteria, thanks to the PTA for the advertising, and thank you to our business partners for providing some of the snacks afterwards.

The last two weeks before the Christmas break we worked with geomats. Geomats are these rubber pads with numbers that are used for excercising. You can also use them for games as well. After resolving some technical difficulties, I was finally able to post them in the form of podcasts. Just click on the Wildcasts link to download and view what we did. The first file explains what we did. The second file shows how the students learned the steps. The file labeled kindergeomat shows a kindergarten class learning how to learn the moves. Here is a sample of one of the songs:

Song: Boom Boom Pow
Artist: Black Eyed Peas
Low Impact

Intro:

Home-march 32 beats/counts-5
Verse 1:

Wide Step Lead L 24 counts-4,6
Home 8
Wide Step Lead R 24 counts- 6,4
Home 8
Chorus:

Home 32
Verse 2:

Wide Together Lead L 24 counts-4,6,5,5
Home 8 counts
Wide Together Lead R 24 counts-6,4, 5,5
Home 8 counts
Bridge:

Side Rock Lead L 8 counts-4,5,4,5
Home 8 counts
Side Rock Lead R 8 counts, 6,5,6,5
Home 8 counts
Rock two Corners 24 counts-1,5,7,5 (I be rockin..)
Home 8 counts
Rock Two Corners 24 counts-3, 5, 9, 5(here we go, here we go...)
Home 8 counts
Step Tap Lead L 8 counts-4,4,6,6
Home 8 counts
Step Tap Lead R 8 counts-6,6,4,4
Home 8 counts
Home 16 counts
Verse 3:


Wide Step Lead L 24 counts-4,6
Home 8
Wide Step Lead R 24 counts- 6,4
Home 8






I hope that we are able to continue the use of geomats in some form. I am thinking of starting a geomat club on possibly Mondays and Wednesday or Friday.

Thanks for your patience and Happy New Year!