CFIES International Open House Preparations

Learning the Circassion Circle Dance (above) Mrs. Smith's 2nd Grade Class

Below is Mrs. Stout's 1st Grade Heel Toe Polka.

Let's Dance!   Students in Kindergarten, 1st Grade and 2nd Grade will be dancing for CFIES Open House on April 6th. However, it is not just for the students.  Parents and friends are invited to participate with each grade level at the designated time.  Kindergarten is dancing "Sasha"  a Russian Folk Dance and lessons begin at 5:15 in the multipurpose room.  1st Grade is dancing the Patty Cake Polka (a combination of polka music with an American Folk Dance).  Their dancing begins at 5:45 in the multipurpose room.  The 2nd Graders will be show-casing the Circassion Circle Dance from England (sounds a bit of Scottish with the music).  They will meeting in the multipurpose room at 6:15.  Hope to see you there with your dancing shoes on!

First Day of Recorders! First Song: Hot Crossed Buns!

Mrs. Crenshaw's class finally got their recorders on Friday.  This was their very first lesson and first song.   They are sounding great!  Keep up the good work class.

Funwa alafia (Welcome My Friends)

Ms. Markenson's 5th grade class played boom whacker patterns and African shaker pods to the song Funwa Alafia.  This was the beginning lesson of their African Unit.  Below, the students are working in groups to identify World Instrument Classifications.

Manipulatives for Music Class Stations

While at NCMENC conference this past November, one of the big concepts for music class is to come up with stations for students to use manipulatives for learning.   I've seen these on Pintrest and they are a bit pricey, so I asked my talented husband to make them for me.   Afterwards, I posted on our Onslow County music teacher Facebook page and eight more teachers placed orders for classroom sets. Here are some of the finished sets to fill teacher requests.  Our students will have lots of fun creating rhythms and doing rhythm dictations.  

Kindergarten Christmas Concert CFIES 2016

1st Grade Christmas Concert 2016

Rainbow Christmas presented by 2nd Grade

Second Grade "Rainbow Christmas"  9:00 performance with Mrs. Smith's class, Ms. Barnes class, Mrs. Akins' class and Mr. Stagg's class.  

Second Grade "Rainbow Christmas" 10:00 performance with Mrs. Tyson's class, Ms. Acevedo's class, Ms. LaPorta's class and Mr. Stagg's class.