Wishing all of our King Elementary family lots of love and laughter this winter break. Looking forward to making music with you all when we return in January!
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This week, our First Grade and Third Grade students did some rhythm work. We used craft sticks to create rhythms of ta, titi, and sh - pictures below (right slideshow)! In Third Grade, we played a game called Busted! In Busted!, the craft sticks have rhythms on them and the students have to read the rhythm correctly. If they read it correctly, they get to keep the stick. If incorrectly read, it goes back into the container. The person with the most craft sticks at the end wins! However, if a BUSTED stick is pulled, all of that player's sticks have to go back into the container. Check out our students in action (slideshow on the left) below:
Our Fourth Graders focused on the B, A, and G notes on the treble clef. We identified the notes on the staff, sang them, and played them on the xylophones. This was a start at ear training so their ears will be ready for recorders! The Fifth Graders began our "Choir" class. I figure that since the fifth graders are being exposed to Band and Orchestra as options for middle school, they should have an opportunity to do Choir, as well! We began by learning a song called "Be the Change" which we are preparing for the Martin Luther King Day assembly. Second Grade this week continued our learning from Bee-bim Bop! from last week. We added the xylophone part and rotated through all of the instruments - always a big hit with our students when they can play the glockenspiels, soprano xylophones, alto xylophones, and bass xylophones. Plus, scarves!! Our Kindergarten students learned a song from Koo Koo Kanga Roo (a popular YouTube brain break channel) called "Pop See Ko." We practiced taking turns and creating our own dance moves while singing and keeping a steady beat. Our Young Five students started working on patterns through music - we sang a song called "Teddy Bear."
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around. Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground. Teddy bear, teddy bear, reach for the sky. Teddy bear, teddy bear, wink one eye. Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your knees. Teddy bear, teddy bear, sit down please. Each class began by talking about delicious food that we may have eaten during last week's break. We heard students who ate the typical turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. We also heard from students who ate food that was not historically seen on a Thanksgiving table: sushi, fried chicken, baked salmon, chicken nuggets, and so much more. It was mouth-watering to hear all of the different foods that our students came across during our break. After the discussion about food, we transitioned into talking about some pictures of bee-bim bop that I showed on the projector. What parts of the dish did they recognize? Eggs, cucumber, chicken, shrimp, and rice were the common responses. What parts of the dish did they not recognize? Tofu, seaweed, bean sprouts, and rice noodles were suggested as new foods to try. Then, we learned a song by Charissa Duncanson (a wonderful music teacher in Detroit, who you can learn more about here) and sang it each time we heard the word "bee-bim bop" in the book text. The lyrics are: Bee-bim bop! Bee-bim bop! Mixed up rice. Bee-bim bop! Bee-bim bop! Tastes so nice. Add veggies and some meat, kimchi on the top. Mix it all together and blow it 'cause it's hot! Our Young Fives, Kindergarteners, and First Graders focused on steady beat while singing the song and reading the book. We kept the steady beat with our hands throughout the song, and then transferred those skills to the hand drums and ultimately the xylophones. The cheers from the Kinders when they learned we would be playing the xylophones was so pure! Our First Graders did an amazing job rotating through the instruments for the first time, too. Our Second, Third, and Fourth Graders all used new and different ways to accompany themselves singing using a combination of xylophones, clapping, hand drums, and scarf dancing. There was some VERY creative movement during our scarf dancing! Fifth Graders continued their ukulele learning, focusing on a new chord: G. |
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