Kindergarten- we started working on high and low! We used fall leaves to help us learn about high and low sounds with the story There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves. We moved our bodies and sang while we pretended to rake leaves, jump in the leaves, roll in the leaves, pile the leaves, and more. We got to put leaves on a tree on the white board to match the high and low sounds on the piano.
1st grade- we are working hard on winter concert music for our performance on Wednesday, December 9th (5:30pm!) We read the story Bear Snores On, which we will feature in our concert. We learned about singing loud and quiet sounds in the song "Grizzly Bear" and learned a fun game to go with the song. We can't wait to share this and other songs with you at the performance!
2nd grade- we are working hard on winter concert music for our performance on Wednesday, December 9th (6:30pm!) We reviewed a couple of old favorites form last year, "Winter Wiggles" and "Snowman Jump" that will be fun additions to the program. We also reviewed the pieces we have been working on, "Gingerbread Breakdown", a fun rhythmic and body percussion piece, and also "Old Saint Nick." We ended class by learning a fun mixer dance called "Jump Jim Joe." See an example video here:
Jump Jim Joe
3rd grade- we have begun our Found Sounds Project!!! This project is super exciting because we get to make our own instruments using things laying around at home. Students should have received a blue letter explaining the details of the project- look for it in their Friday Folder. Also, if you click on the link on the left of this blog under 'Pages' where it says 'Found Sounds Project', you'll see the details there as well. We had 3 special guests come to music class this week from the Denver Playground Ensemble. They create all their own instruments from scratch. Students were able to see, hear, and even try out their instruments to get inspiration for the ones they will make at home.
4th grade- we started off with some singing warmups using solfege this week. We learned that there are notes lower than do, even though pitch hill has do at the bottom of the hill. We also learned a new note on recorder this week! We can now play B, A, and G (mi, re, and do.) We practiced playing and composing patterns with a partner to go with the song "I've Got to Rise" and shared them with the class.
5th grade- what's for lunch? Pepperoni pizza! We used that short question and answer to play some rhythms on drums this week. Students also improvised lots of different answers for "what's for lunch" and practiced playing those rhythms on drums. We worked on lots of Q and A in groups of 3 and then as a large group. To end class, we had the large djembe and tubano drums play the question (what's for lunch?) and the mini djembes play the answer (pepperoni pizza.) We jammed and rocked out using those rhythms to the song "Best Day of My Life." So much fun!
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