This week...

Hello!

This week we are BUSY with talent show preparations! 4th and 5th graders participating in the talent show should come to one of the open auditorium practice times this week. They are as follows:
Tuesday after school
Wednesday during lunch recess
Thursday after school
Friday during lunch recess

Be there!

Also, our dress rehearsal to run through the show will be Monday during school. Have everything you need with you that day please!

What have we been up to in class?

Kindergarten- we've been working on high and low lots! We have been making many high and low sounds with our voices. We even learned a song that talks about high and low called "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" We got to make our drawings to go with the story "Wiggle and Waggle."

1st/2nd grade- we are still working hard to prepare for the winter concert, which will be Thursday, December 12. We have been singing the song "Mittens and Gloves" and learning all about quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests. We even got to practice writing some rhythms on erasable music white boards.

3rd grade- we have been practicing our skills at writing rhythms on erasable music white boards. We also received a super challenge: Ms. Buckley would say a 2 measure rhythm, and we had to figure out how to write it using music notes. It was tricky!

4th grade- we have been working hard to play the notes B, A, and G on recorders. We have even learned our first song, "Hot Cross Buns." We are sounding fabulous! Students will have the opportunity to order a recorder from Ms. Buckley for $3 in a couple of weeks so they can practice their recorder music at home.

5th grade- we used 4 lines from the play MacBeth by Shakespeare to have a fun Halloween-y lesson.
Double, double
Toil and Trouble
Fire burn and
Cauldron bubble
We practiced saying this slow, regular, and fast with a pat/clap ostinato pattern. We tried it in canon (like a round) and with whispering voices. We got into groups and decided on a performance order and shared our performances with the class!