This week in preparation for Halloween, all of my classes learned two songs. The first was called Mwa Ha, Ha. In this song you get to laugh like a mad scientist. The second song was called Skin and Bones. This is a school wide favorite because the students get to scare their teachers. It's a little harder to scare the veterans than the new teachers.
Third grade continued playing recorder but we worked on a song called B A Marching Monster.
Objective: Play the B note and the A note
Materials: Recorders and Music K-8 Magazine 2009 vol. 20 number 1, pg 59
Process:
1. Review how to play B note, A note-we do
2. Review rests, quarter notes, half notes-we do
3. First and second ending-I do
4. Have students write in notes for song-you do
5. Play measures 9-17-you do
6. Repeat process for rest of song
Playing quiz in 1 week.
4th grade continued piano skills:
Book-Alfred's Piano Lessons
pg. 16 My Best Friend, if time left pg. 17 I Can Do It
EQ: How do we play piano?
Objective: Students will learn how to use fingers 2,3,4 on left and right hands
Review Music Theory basics-staff, treble clef, quarter notes, half notes, rests-we do
Review posture, hand position at keyboard
1. Review finger numbers and hand positions-we do
2. Go Have students begin to write in notes for song-we do/you do
3. Play line as teacher helps call out numbers-we do
4. Practice playing My Best Friend with headphones-you do
{Pairs Check-make sure each partner has the correct posture and using 2,3,4 on the appropriate hand on the appropriate page}
Assess: Have students kept hands in correct positon? Are students following the finger positions as indicated in the book?
5th grade continued working on guitar skills. They learned how to play an Em chord using two fingers. They actually learned how to play the Skin and Bones Song. Try to get the to play it for you if you have a guitar handy.
K-2 learned a song about caramel apples:
Song: Apple on a Stick
Objective: Sing on the beat, act out a skit based on words in a song
EQ: Can you sing/play to the beat?
1. Post lyrics to Apple on a Stick on Board
click to play http://www.musick8.com/html/current_tune.php?numbering=96&songorder=6
2. Have students listen and sing song while teacher points to lyrics-I do/we do
3. Teach Skin and Bones by rote-I do/we do
4. Teach movements to song-I do/we do
5. Students perform for teacher-you do
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Music Week 7
3rd grade rehearsed for their concert on Thursday. We did a presentation for Hispanic Heritage month. It included songs, dances, and poetry from the Hispanic community. All in all it was a great success. We hope to make it slightly bigger next year with more costumes, decorations, and food.
4th grade continued working on piano skills. This week we worked on Merrily We're off to School. It is played to the tune of Mary had a Little Lamb. We were still using the black keys and using finger 2,3,and 4. Ask your 4th grader if they can explain what that means.
5th grade learned how to play an E chord last week using a pick:
Learning My Guitar
Objective: Play E chord on guitar with guitar pick using 1 , 2, or 3 finger method on left hand
EQ: How do you play guitar?
1. Review Frets and Finger positions
-Remind students that in order to play chords you need more than one string and must be able to hold down more than one string as well
2.Demonstrate where to place fingers
3. Have students play E chord along with music
Assess: Were students able to keep multiple fingers down for the E chord on the left hand?
K-2 learned the song Mwa Ha, Ha. We played the boomwhackers as well with this song.
http://www.musick8.com/html/current_tune.php?numbering=96&songorder=11
follow the link to hear the song.
4th grade continued working on piano skills. This week we worked on Merrily We're off to School. It is played to the tune of Mary had a Little Lamb. We were still using the black keys and using finger 2,3,and 4. Ask your 4th grader if they can explain what that means.
5th grade learned how to play an E chord last week using a pick:
Learning My Guitar
Objective: Play E chord on guitar with guitar pick using 1 , 2, or 3 finger method on left hand
EQ: How do you play guitar?
1. Review Frets and Finger positions
-Remind students that in order to play chords you need more than one string and must be able to hold down more than one string as well
2.Demonstrate where to place fingers
3. Have students play E chord along with music
Assess: Were students able to keep multiple fingers down for the E chord on the left hand?
K-2 learned the song Mwa Ha, Ha. We played the boomwhackers as well with this song.
http://www.musick8.com/html/current_tune.php?numbering=96&songorder=11
follow the link to hear the song.
Music Week 6
3rd-4th grade sang Don Gato, a folk song from Mexico. We have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month this year at Williams.
3rd-We continued to review Hot Cross Buns. B, A, G, seem really difficult this year so more time is needed. We should start moving along soon.
4th-We reviewed My Dog Spike and Sorry Spike. Again, we had a little trouble using fingers 2, 3, and 4.
5th-Still working on E, F, G. Trying to get more comfortable before we move on.
K-1 worked on a folk song from Mexico called Dona Maria:
Song: Dona Maria
Objective: Sing and perform steady beat with boomwhackers
EQ: After all of these activities we have done (beat buddies, instruments, patting our laps), can you feel the steady beat?
Materials: 1st grade CD 5-7, boomwhackers
Process:
1.Teach Song by rote
2. Teach students how to use boomwhackers
3. Divide class up into chord groups
4. Play chords to song with CD
2nd grade worked on a folk song from Chile called San Severino
Song: San Severino
Objective: Sing and perform steady beat with boomwhackers
EQ: After all of these activities we have done (beat buddies, instruments, patting our laps), can you feel the steady beat?
Materials: 2nd grade CD 5-17, pg 159 in second grade book, boomwhackers
Process:
1.Teach Song by rote
2. Teach students how to use boomwhackers
3. Divide class up into chord groups
4. Play chords to song with CD
3rd-We continued to review Hot Cross Buns. B, A, G, seem really difficult this year so more time is needed. We should start moving along soon.
4th-We reviewed My Dog Spike and Sorry Spike. Again, we had a little trouble using fingers 2, 3, and 4.
5th-Still working on E, F, G. Trying to get more comfortable before we move on.
K-1 worked on a folk song from Mexico called Dona Maria:
Song: Dona Maria
Objective: Sing and perform steady beat with boomwhackers
EQ: After all of these activities we have done (beat buddies, instruments, patting our laps), can you feel the steady beat?
Materials: 1st grade CD 5-7, boomwhackers
Process:
1.Teach Song by rote
2. Teach students how to use boomwhackers
3. Divide class up into chord groups
4. Play chords to song with CD
2nd grade worked on a folk song from Chile called San Severino
Song: San Severino
Objective: Sing and perform steady beat with boomwhackers
EQ: After all of these activities we have done (beat buddies, instruments, patting our laps), can you feel the steady beat?
Materials: 2nd grade CD 5-17, pg 159 in second grade book, boomwhackers
Process:
1.Teach Song by rote
2. Teach students how to use boomwhackers
3. Divide class up into chord groups
4. Play chords to song with CD
Music Week 5
This week 3rd-5th learned the song La Raspa. It is a folk song and dance from Mexico. There are lyrics that go with the dance that we have already learned.
3rd grade continued recorder and was able to successfully play Hot Cross Bun
Objective: Students will learn the fingerings for B, A, G and play Hot Cross Buns
Review Music Theory basics-staff, treble clef, quarter notes, half notes, rests
Review posture, how to hold, and how to blow into recorder
1. Begin reading notes to Hot Cross Buns
2. Have students begin to write in notes for song
-ask how many fingers are needed for each note
3. Play first four measures
4th Grade was able to work on piano skills with Sorry Spike(coincindently also Hot Cross Buns on Piano)
Book-Alfred's Piano Lessons
pg. 12-13
EQ: How do we play piano?
Objective: Students will learn how to use fingers 2,3,4 on left and right hands
Review Music Theory basics-staff, treble clef, quarter notes, half notes, rests-we do
Review posture, hand position at keyboard
1. Begin using the left on My Dog Spike, move to on to Sorry Spike for right hand
2. Have students begin to write in notes for song
3. Play line
4. Practice playing My Dog Spike/Sorry Spike with headphones
5th grade continued learning E,F,G and guitar:
Review Music Theory basics-staff, treble clef, quarter notes, half notes, rests
Review posture, how to hold, and how to pluck strings on guitar
1. Begin reading notes for line 2
2. Have students begin to write in notes for song
-ask what fingers are needed for E, then F, etc and what frets to use
3. Play first four measures
4. Students that are comfortable will play individually for Mr. Thomas
K-1 learned the song El Coqui- It is a folk song from Puerto Rico. It means the Frog
We also learned an activity with the Noble Duke of York:
Noble Duke of York
Objective: Perform steady beat with movement and on drums, perform upward and downward motion on glockenspiels
EQ: After all of these activities we have done (beat buddies, instruments, patting our laps), can you feel the steady beat?
Sitting: sing song while marching with hands: Discover-
-size of army, where they went
- where to raise "flag-every time we sing up or down
Moving: March beat. Piano or guitar plays. Continue to raise on up and down
Divide class into two groups: one marchers one plays on drums
Introduce upward and downward motion on glockenspiels
Divide class into three groups: one group marches, the other plays steady beat on drums, the third plays glissandos on glockenspiels on the up and down
2nd Grade worked on El Floron(Pass the Flower) It is a folk song from Puerto Rico as well.
Engine Engine No. 9
Engine, Engine No. 9
Going in down the Chicago Line.
If the train should junk the track
Do you get your money back?
Students learn song by rote, march to the pulse of the song, several students play Orff instruments, one student plays temple blocks at various speeds.The player will "get off" the beat, causing train to stumble. The temple block player will play frantically to imitate a crash, ending with loud tap and then silence. train players should "crash" and fall into an interesting shape. the watcher picks someone with an interesting shape and takes his place in the train. The introduction signals train members to stand up and form the train and get ready to move. Students rotate between instruments, temple blocks, and Orff instruments.Everyone should get a turn if time allows
3rd grade continued recorder and was able to successfully play Hot Cross Bun
Objective: Students will learn the fingerings for B, A, G and play Hot Cross Buns
Review Music Theory basics-staff, treble clef, quarter notes, half notes, rests
Review posture, how to hold, and how to blow into recorder
1. Begin reading notes to Hot Cross Buns
2. Have students begin to write in notes for song
-ask how many fingers are needed for each note
3. Play first four measures
4th Grade was able to work on piano skills with Sorry Spike(coincindently also Hot Cross Buns on Piano)
Book-Alfred's Piano Lessons
pg. 12-13
EQ: How do we play piano?
Objective: Students will learn how to use fingers 2,3,4 on left and right hands
Review Music Theory basics-staff, treble clef, quarter notes, half notes, rests-we do
Review posture, hand position at keyboard
1. Begin using the left on My Dog Spike, move to on to Sorry Spike for right hand
2. Have students begin to write in notes for song
3. Play line
4. Practice playing My Dog Spike/Sorry Spike with headphones
5th grade continued learning E,F,G and guitar:
Review Music Theory basics-staff, treble clef, quarter notes, half notes, rests
Review posture, how to hold, and how to pluck strings on guitar
1. Begin reading notes for line 2
2. Have students begin to write in notes for song
-ask what fingers are needed for E, then F, etc and what frets to use
3. Play first four measures
4. Students that are comfortable will play individually for Mr. Thomas
K-1 learned the song El Coqui- It is a folk song from Puerto Rico. It means the Frog
We also learned an activity with the Noble Duke of York:
Noble Duke of York
Objective: Perform steady beat with movement and on drums, perform upward and downward motion on glockenspiels
EQ: After all of these activities we have done (beat buddies, instruments, patting our laps), can you feel the steady beat?
Sitting: sing song while marching with hands: Discover-
-size of army, where they went
- where to raise "flag-every time we sing up or down
Moving: March beat. Piano or guitar plays. Continue to raise on up and down
Divide class into two groups: one marchers one plays on drums
Introduce upward and downward motion on glockenspiels
Divide class into three groups: one group marches, the other plays steady beat on drums, the third plays glissandos on glockenspiels on the up and down
2nd Grade worked on El Floron(Pass the Flower) It is a folk song from Puerto Rico as well.
Engine Engine No. 9
Engine, Engine No. 9
Going in down the Chicago Line.
If the train should junk the track
Do you get your money back?
Students learn song by rote, march to the pulse of the song, several students play Orff instruments, one student plays temple blocks at various speeds.The player will "get off" the beat, causing train to stumble. The temple block player will play frantically to imitate a crash, ending with loud tap and then silence. train players should "crash" and fall into an interesting shape. the watcher picks someone with an interesting shape and takes his place in the train. The introduction signals train members to stand up and form the train and get ready to move. Students rotate between instruments, temple blocks, and Orff instruments.Everyone should get a turn if time allows
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