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