Where Do Teaching Ideas Come From?

Do you ever wonder where some ideas for our lessons come from?  Well, during those Professional Development days, our music teachers are in a class with Professor Dan Johnson from UNCW.  The presentation is integrating science and social study concepts into our music classroom.  This is an impromptu exercise working with sounds and layers.  This group of Onslow County music teachers were creating an "ocean of sounds"  

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Tuesday Performance

Enjoy a recording of the 1st Grade Programs.  Tuesday performers Mrs. Manchester's class, Mrs. Stiles' class, Mrs. Iron's class and Mrs. Stout's class.   Thursday performers are from Ms. Lopez's class, Mrs. Scott's class, Mrs. Iron's class, and Mrs. Yost's class.

Thursday Performance

More Dance Practice for CFIES International Open House

Ms. Lopez's 1st Grade class practicing the Heel Toe Polka for International Open House at CFIES on April 6th from 5-7.   Students will ask their friends and family to come learn and join in with this dance.   1st graders will meet in the multipurpose room at 5:45 for quick instruction and a round of dancing.  Come join us!

First look at the Kindergarten Russian Dance "Sasha".  This is  Ms. Noriega's class enjoying their dance.  Come join the Kindergarten classes at 5:15 on Thursday, April 6th CFIES open house and dance with us.  You will have a blast and dancing always puts a smile on your face and a skip in your step!  

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.