Kindergarten- we met the cow and pig on our farm! We learned to play cowbells and woodblocks to match with our singing. We read two stories: the first was Cows in the Kitchen, and we added instruments to accompany it. The second was Down on the Farm, where we explore whispering and shouting voices. We are getting really good at watching our conductor (the person in charge of leading the music) and even get to follow student conductors sometimes.
1st grade- we learned a song called "In and Out" which uses the notes so and mi. We have learned all about those notes; so is high and mi is low. We show so by touching our shoulders and mi by touching our hips. We played a fun circle game to go with the song that involved 4 students in the middle playing along on xylophones. We also got to sing more for Baxter the Music Room Bear. He sings to us in a yoo-hoo voice and we get to echo him!
2nd grade- we were composers this week! We got to create and write down our own rhythms to go with the poem "Old King Cole" using the words merry (eighth notes), old (quarter note) and soul (half note.) We got to perform these rhythms with partners. We talked about different items we would want someone to bring us if we were king and queen and experimented with saying those items in the "Old King Cole" poem.
3rd grade- we just finished up our xylophone work on the song "Willowbee." For that song, we got to play our xylophone in many ways: we played a bordun (a steady beat accompaniment), a tune (that matches what we are singing), and we got to improvise a new tune (make up something new.) We put all of those parts together to make a final performance. It was so fun to share that moment with each other! We also review the song "Tideo" from 2nd grade and discovered that we are able to play many parts of that song on the xylophone by figuring out the solfege and letter names of the notes.
We also learned a fun poem this week called "Alligator Pie." It's so silly! We got to make up rhythms with a partner using the words alligator and pie. See the fun video below :)
4th grade- we learned a new song called "I Got a Letter", which is a short and simple blues tune. We then improvised a B section about pieces of mail we could receive, for example: I got a postcard, I got a post card, I got a magazine, I got a bill. We figured out how to play those patterns on our recorders using the notes B and A. Students received recorder order forms this week- they are due by Friday, October 6! It is optional for students to purchase a recorder, but encouraged so that they have one to practice at home. The cost is $3.
5th grade- we dusted off our old recorders this week! We learned how to play "Funga Alafia", which is an African welcoming song we learned last week. We learned how to sing the song first using solfege note names and letter names, and we then transferred that to our recorders. We also learned how to play that song on xylophones and worked with a partner to do call and response.
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