Take 5

Well, as the year winds down, I get to do some of my fun lessons in class.  I enjoy this 5th grade activity that reviews time signatures in 3/4 and 4/4 time and introduces 5/4 time. We work on polyrhythms and also review  rondo form and improvisation. This music is one of my favorite jazz pieces by Dave Brubeck:  Take 5.  Hope you enjoy our final activity for this lesson!

Mrs. Bryant's 5th Grade class

Hawaiian Puilli Stick Routines

Ms. Carter's class

The third grade classes concluded their "Hawaiian" unit by playing Puilli sticks this week.  Each class learned two routines and enjoyed some trivia questions about our 50th state.  The top video is a routine that the students performed individually.  The second video is a partner routine.  

Mrs. Greene's class

E-I-E-I-Oops!

Kindergarten Program 

This week we had a wonderful time putting this little musical together for our friends and family.  The kindergarten classes did a wonderful job. Thank you teachers for helping rehearse these songs.    Our seven classes will not all fit in the multipurpose room of our school, therefore, four classes performed on Tuesday, and three classes performed on Thursday.  These recordings were taken during the Thursday performance.  The farmers and the stage animals (speaking parts) stay the same for both performances, while the chorus groups change from one performance to the next. 

Old MacDonald

Ham It Up

Lost Sheep

Cute Chicks and Whole Barnyard.

Autoharp Fun!

Ms. Bossler's 2nd Grade Students

There is never a dull moment in the music room.  The second graders were introduced to playing autoharps this week.  This is this class's first time playing them and I thought they did an outstanding job.  Now, I need to constantly remind them to push the buttons down all the way, but their beginning technique was awesome.  They started off keeping a very good steady beat, however by the third verse, they are off a little but I am supper excited of how well they are reading the chords from the music to play.  Hats off to Ms. Bossler's Musicians!!

Tropical Storm Sound Scape

Mrs. Smith's Class

Second Grade has been busy creating the tropical storm sounds with their music.  We talked about where tropical storms occur and what it's like to be in a tropical storm.  The students concluded that this song is from the Caribbean islands.  It is song in both English and Spanish; Mrs.Smith's class is singing in English, and Ms. Acavedo's  class is singing in Spanish.  Students are playing the steady beat in the bass metalophones and xylophones, and improvising on wave drums, thunder tubes, guiro, and rain sticks.  The ribbons and scarves are for improvisational moves too.  Students had lots of fun in music this lesson.

Ms. Acevedo's Class