Second graders have been spending time with October rhythms, solidifying their knowledge of ta, titi, and sh. Words such as jack-o-lantern, caramel apples, and black cat are great for breaking down into rhythm blocks. After practicing the words, the second graders came together to create an eight-bar rhythm, which they then added Boomwhackers to! Check out Ms. Gooel's class's composition below (photo and video): The second graders also used their dancing and singing skills to act out a song in a minor key. Watch for all the students to do the same motion on the words, "Halloween Is Here." Third graders explored their self-space and shared space: There was an old woman all skin and bones, oo-oo-oo-oo. She lived down by the old graveyard, oo-oo-oo-oo. One night she thought she'd take a walk, oo-oo-oo-oo. She saw the bones a-lying around, oo-oo-oo-oo. She went to the closet to get a broom, oo-oo-oo-oo. She opened the door, and BOO! Then, we reviewed some types of words (noun, verb, adjective, onomontapia) and used the "Skin and Bones" format to play Mad Libs! See below for the students' creations. Our Kindergarten students have been using leaves for rhythmic patterns and practicing, and this week we turned different types of muffins into rhythms! The students from Mrs. Gatonez's class below are playing the xylophones to the rhythm of their muffin selections [chocolate chip, strawberry, double chocolate, blueberry] while practicing playing gently, moving to and from rest position, and singing the Muffin Man song. In first grade, we read the book, Stone Soup and talked about folk stories. This story in particular is about how a village tried to trick some soldiers into believing they didn't have any food, and then the soldiers tricked the villagers into making soup out of stones! We spent our time together this week listening to the words in the story and recognizing when they were "ta" words (one syllable) or "titi" words (two syllables), and then putting them into our Soup Song while stirring the soup! This week, fourth grade focused on learning and reviewing note names for the treble clef. They also learned a song called "La Mar" from Mexico, about the sea. It is similar to the "Apples and Bananas" song that may be familiar to some: I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas... And then the song is sung again with changing vowels, AEIOU. "Lar Mar" is sung similarly: "La mar estaba serena, serena estaba la mar." (the sea is calm/serene, serene/calm is the sea) And then the song is sung again with changing vowels, AEIOU. In our classes, we created a song in ABA format where we sang "La Mar" then spoke a rhythmic pattern made of serene sea words, then sang "La Mar" again. Creating in 3/4 was a challenge for these students but the songs were gorgeous when finished! Fifth grade this week only had one music class due to our early dismissal on Wednesday, but we put together all of the I Promise musical parts that we've been working towards! Students worked independently to recreate the I Promise song that we have learned to sing, on the xylophones, boomwhackers, or contra bass bars. Then we added all of the parts together, including tubanos (drums) and singing! The students don't know it yet, but next week we are adding even more to the parts we've been working on. They are accomplishing great things. Our Young Fives have been practicing "Five Little Pumpkins" and are so excited to share their version with you here!
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[image shows six triangular boxes, containing black Waterman ukuleles] Fifth graders this week continued their learning about a style of music called rap. We read a book titled The Story of Rap and learned a song: "H-I-P, H-O-P, teach me about hip hop!" The students then got into small groups and wrote their own one-sentence rap using something they learned. Then, we added xylophones and hand drums to the raps/singing. The students came up with some really creative expressions of their learning! The text to the first video below is: "H-I-P, H-O-P, was made in '73" and the second video is "Hip hop was made in '73, Grandmaster Flash was the first to go, 'reet reet'!" The fourth graders this week learned a hand clapping game [and were our most frequent users of hand sanitizer] called Miss Mary Mack. We learned some fun animal facts, like how cows cannot go [or actually just really don't like to] down stairs and that elephants cannot jump.
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