Music Class This Week

Here is a quick recap of what we working on right now in music class:

K – We have already learned how to be great echos for singing and great copycats for movement.  Now we are working on performing a steady heartbeat.  We read a fun story called “Buzz and Ollie’s Steady Beat Adventure” to practice our musical heartbeat sounds.

1 – We are reviewing our steady heartbeats and performing them on barred instruments.  We used a song called “Candy Store” to let student practice performing on xylophones and metallophones with 2 mallets.

2 – Our big focus so far has been on performing “ostinatos’ which are short repeating patterns in music.  We recently did a fun song called “Riddle Ree” which uses singing, movement, and playing instruments to work on this skill.

3 – We have been exploring dynamics (louds and softs) in music.  As second graders, we learn about forte (loud) and piano (soft/quiet).  In third grade we expand our vocab to include mezzo-forte (medium loud) and mezzo-piano (medium quiet).

4 – Students completed their performance of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by singing and performing multiple contrasting instrument parts.  Next week, students will evaluate their performance using ipads and a simple rubric.

5 – Students learned to read dotted quarter note rhythms as well as syncopation.  We used those rhythms in a 3 part non-pitched percussion piece called “Rondo For Instruments.”   We recorded the performance and will evaluate ourselves using ipads and simple rubric next week.

CHORUS STARTS THIS WEEK!

CHORUS STARTS THIS WEEK!

  • Our first chorus practice is on Thursday Aug. 29 after school until 3:30pm
  • Please attend our parent meeting on Friday Aug. 30 at 7:30am in the Learning Commons
  • do NOT send in any money until after the first practice