Awesome 5th Grade Cheerleaders!!

The 5th Grade Cheerleaders performed an AWESOME Halloween dance at halftime Saturday  night!!  I'm so proud of you girlies!

 

(If you listen close, you'll hear a song from our Musician of the Month, Danny Elfman!!)

Happy October!

I haven't done a very good job of updating my blog this month!!!

So, here is an update of what we've been up to!

 

Our Musician on the Month has been Danny Elfman.

Danny Elfman is a composer that writes music for movies.  Here are a couple of awesome videos that we have watched in class from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas.

 

 

The next video is a Halloween Light Show to the song This Is Hallowen from the Nightmare Before Christmas!

 

Staff Wars!

This week, 4th and 5th graders go to play Staff Wars on the library computers!  Thank you Mrs. Jones for letting us invade you all week!!

Ludwig van Beethoven

Our Musician of the Month for September for has been Ludwig van Beethoven!

We have been listening to Beethoven's music this month, and have found several that we recognize!  Here are a few of the videos that we have watched in class.

 

Beethoven's Wig

 

 

Beethoven Speed painting

 

 

Fur Elise McDonald's Commercial 

 

 

 

 

Welcome Back!

Wow!  Summer flew by.  And, so did the first month of school!!

 

I'm getting  back into the swing of things.  And, its time to update my blog!

 

Look for exciting new posts in the coming days!

Camille Saint- Saens

This month, we have been learning about the Camille Saint-Saens.  He is the Musician of the Month. 

 

He was born in 1835 and died in 1921. He was a composer, conductor, teacher, and a child prodigy! His most famous work was The Carnival of the Animals. 

 

We have also been learning about Instrument Familes.  Second graders were hard at work on a "cut and paste" activity.  Students had to cut out the instruments and glue them into their family!

 

Harmony!

Mr. Scott (our music intern this semester) is teaching us about Harmony.  Here is a video of a 3rd grade class singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat in a 3 part round!