This week

It's been a crazy week at Park Hill with TCAP testing going on, but we've still been busy in music class.

Kindergarten- we are learning about long and short sounds. We have been moving to, listening to, and making long and short sounds. We have learned and played a game called "Doggie, Doggie" and we all got to sing solos about where we hid the doggie's bone.

1st/2nd grade- we have been learning about a new note from pitch hill called "la." We learned a new song called "Wee Willie Winkie" and learned a fun game to go with it.

3rd grade- we got to finally perform our Mountain Dance projects for the class! It was really fun to see the movements that went with the story for each group of students. We also continued to work on some music for our concert (which will be May 8), including the folk song "Rocky Mountain."

4th grade- we have been working hard on our improvising over 12 bar blues! Some students will even perform recorder solos at our upcoming concert on April 24. We have also been learning some concert songs, including "I Like to Sing/Scat" (lyrics are written below for students who have asked for them), and also "Pizza Boogie."

I like to sing
I like to sing
I like to sing, sing, sing
Oh I like to sing!

La la    la la la la
La la    la la la la la
La la    la la la la
How I like to sing a ling a ling!

I like to sing
I like to sing
I like to sing, sing, sing
Oh I like to sing

I like to scat like mini mop mop moop moop me
I like to scat like wah wah nyuk nyuk nyuk
I like to scat like oowee mommy mommy
I like to scat like that dat dabba dabba dat dat dat

Be bop doo wee bop
O bo baby o bo
Zoo zoo loo yup yup yup yup
Me yoo wee yoo, yoo hoo!
I yi yi yi yi yi shimmy shimmy
Louie hooie dooie
La la la scooby doo bop

I like to scat like mini mop mop moop moop me
I like to scat like wah wah nyuk nyuk nyuk
I like to scat like oowee mommy mommy
I like to scat like that dat dabba dabba dat dat dat

5th grade- we have begun our instrument unit! We have spent one day learning about the percussion family, one day with the brass, and one day with the woodwinds. Next week we will learn about the string family and begin to review the four instrument families.