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