Recorder Karate Black Belts!

I am super proud of these 7 students who worked hard and earned their Black Belt in Recorder Karate this 9 weeks!

Great job Marley, Ethan, Raven, Mia, Ariana, Layla, & Paisley!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

This week, Kindergarten and 1st Grade have been playing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on the Hand Bells.  

It took a lot of concentration and they did AMAZING!  

Here are a couple of examples!

Welcome Back!

I hope you had a great Christmas break!

We are back to work in the Music Room.  This week our Word of the Week is Conductor.  A conductor is the person who leads the orchestra, choir, or band.  We are watching these videos in class.

What A Conductor Really Does on Stage

7 Year Old Conductor

Sesame Street - The People In Your Neighborhood - Conductor

Musical Mateys Christmas Concert!

The Musical Mateys performed their Christmas Concert last week.  The did a SUPER job!!  Check out this video of their performance!

We also traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas and sang at the 

Arkansas State Capitol.

And, ended the day with a trip McDonald's and a little caroling!

Welcome Fall!

October is half way through!  We have had some super fun things going on in Music class!  Here are a few highlights:

Kindergarten Parade to our Song of the Week - You're A Grand Old Flag!

2nd Grade learning about lines and spaces with the app Staff Wars.

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle accompanied by xylophones!

3rd Graders playing the note G on the recorders for the first time!

Sometimes you just have to Floss!  :)  (These guys are sooooo fast!)

There's A Spider on the Floor!

These Kindergartners formed an impromptu conga line during our "Great Behavior Dance Party".

The Chicken Dance - learning about Tempo!

John Philip Sousa - Musician of the Month

This month we have been learning about John Philip Sousa! 

He is our Musician of the Month.  

Here is the Listening Map we watch for the song Stars & Stripes Forever that he composed!

We have done tons of activities with his music.  This is a cup passing activity to his song El Capitan.

Back to School!

Wow!  The past 6 weeks have been a whirlwind!  We have done so much in music class!  Here are some highlights.

That feeling you get when you play the scraper for the first time!

Mrs. Rentfro's class performing a streamer routine to John Philip Sousa's The Liberty Bell March.

4th Grade Musical Mateys

Playing the xylophones for the very first time!