Word of the Week Challenge

Each week we learn a Word of the Week.  Last week was our last week to learn a word.  We have learned 48 words!!

This week we are doing a review game/competition.  The students must work as a class to match all 48 words with the definition. 

It also happens to be State Testing week.  So, several of our classes had to miss music.

 Here is and time for the classes that were able to participate:

2nd Grade

Widner - 5 min. 59 seconds

Williams- 7 min. 22 seconds

3rd Grade

                                 Race  -  6 min. 37 seconds 

Young -  5 min. 05 seconds

4th Grade

    Aday  -  3 min. 41 seconds

                                   Arivett-  3 min. 24seconds

Ode to A Marshmallow

This week is full of fun!  We are nearing the end of school (4 more music classes!!)

First grade is singing Ode to A Marshmallow.  It is a super fun song from Music K-8!

We made campfires from boomwhackers and pretended to roast marshmallows while we sang!

  

We also sang a song about Balloons!   

 

 

Folk Dance Fun!

This week in Music Class is the letter Z week for Kindergarten!!  Every week we learn a different song for a letter of the alphabet.  We have been working hard for 26 weeks and are SUPER excited to be singing the Z song!

We are also  Folk Dancing!!

Kindergarten and First Grade are doing the Flower Dance 💮 ! 
Check out this Kindergarten class!  (It is suuuuuuuuper cute!)

2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grade are doing an Irish Folk Dance called Bridge of Athlone.  Check out this 4th grade class!  (They are cute, too!😉)

 

On the way back to class, I happened to notice a couple of these guys with a fancy headpiece...

They crack me up.  :D

Time Signature & Frogs!

Last week our Word of the Week was Time Signature.  This is a brand new word that we have never learned before!  Here is the song that we use to help us remember!

 

In 2nd Grade we also read a great book called Jump Frog Jump.

 

And, played along on a super cool instrument called the

Frog Guiro.

 

 

Mrs. Bryant's Class had a special friend who wanted to join in.  :)

 

Then, we sang 5 Little Speckled Frogs with some neat jumping frogs!  Check out this video to see the fun we had!

Low Rider

Last week in Music Class, 3rd and 4th Grade played along with a super cool song from the 70's called Low Rider. 

Here are a couple of classes!

 

(Kristin Lukow is who created this wonderful play along activity.  She is a great elementary music teacher in Nebraska!  Look for her on Facebook & YouTube!)

 

Videographer for this class was "Joe".  :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yankee Doodle Dance

Every week in Kindergarten we learn a song for the letter of the alphabet.  Last week we learned the Y song - Yankee Doodle.  We also do a dance to this song. 

 

Here are a group of 1st graders doing the Yankee Doodle Dance!

 

 

Recorders!!!

This week in music class 3rd and 4th graders started learning recorders!  This is Mrs. Stahl's favorite thing that we do all year!!  

A recorder is a small instrument that comes in a variety of colors, sizes, and styles.  

Here is a snippet of Mrs. Young's class playing their very first song!

I also found this video that I thought you might enjoy!!

And,  I think Mrs. Stahl needs this shirt!  

Music Centers

It's what we've waited for all year!  Music Centers!

Each year we have music centers in the first 2 weeks of May.  Its a super fun way to spend music class.  And, you get to participate in activities that we usually can't! 

Here are a few pics from this year's Centers.

 

Recorder Karate - Black Belts already?!?!

Every January, 4th and 5th grade students begin Recorder Karate.  

In Recorder Karate, students must learn 9 songs.  Each song is a little more difficult than the previous one.  Each song is assigned a color, and when they can play the song for me without error, they earn that color of belt (string to tie around their recorder). 

They also get to sign their name on the corresponding poster on the wall.

This is the 3rd week of Recorder Karate.   And, we already have 3 BLACK BELTS!!!!!  The 3rd week!!!  THIRD!!

One is a 4th Grader (who has never done Recorder Karate before), and the other two are 5th graders.  However, this year's songs are not the same ones they played last year.  So, they had to learn 9 new songs.

I am so incredibly proud of the these hard working girls.  They did this with NO help from me.  They practiced at home and came in a played all of the songs for me!  Way to go!!

Did I mention that it is only the 3rd week of Recorder Karate?!?!

Name That Tune!

This week in music, 5th graders did an activity called Name That Tune.  They were given this:

First, they had to name all of the notes.  (we've been working hard to learn the Treble Clef notes)

  Then, they chose a partner and an instrument.  They played each line on the xylophone and then guessed the name of the song!  They did great!!  I'm so proud of these musicians!!!

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!!

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!

Worms!

Each week in Kindergarten, we learn a song for a letter of the alphabet.  This week we are on W!  And the song is Worms!  We listened to the song, learned the words, and then we sang the song.  THEN . . . we ATE worms! 

 

Well, they were actually gummy worms!  :)