6th Grade: "The Homework Blues"

The 6th grade music class learned about the Blues, 12-Bar Blues in particular, and chords.  Then they wrote their own blues song about what else--------homework!

Petrovitch: Pizzicato Polka

The 3rd grade classes are studying the 4 families of the orchestra.  As part of our study of the string family, we listened to "Pizzicato Polka" by Strauss.  Here is Mrs. Petrovitch's class playing percussion instruments to the rhythms of the piece.  This listening map is from John Jacobson's Music Express.

Miss Hapner's Class: "Down the River"

The 2nd grade music classes have been dancing!  Here is Miss Hapner's class dancing to "Down the River". This music and dance is in AB (verse-refrain)  form with a coda.

This dance can be found in Step Lively 3, by Marian Rose.

Mrs. Head: "Smiling Irish"

The kindergarten classes enjoyed playing rhythm instruments to "The Smiling Irish", a medley of 2 Irish songs, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" and "The Irish Washerwoman".

This arrangement is from John Jaobson's Music Express.

Mrs. Asher-Williams: Miss White

The second graders composed an original melody to the poem, "Miss White".

Mrs. O'Banion: Miss White

The second graders composed an original melody to the poem, "Miss White".

Miss Hapner: Miss White

The second graders composed an original melody to the poem, "Miss White".

Mrs. Grimm: Miss White

The second graders composed an original melody to the poem, "Miss White".

Mrs. Doty's Class: "Viva Valentine"

Happy Valentine's Day!

This song, "Viva Valentine", by Teresa Jennings is from Music K-8 Volume 11, Issue 3.  These kids learned this song in no time.  They got a little camera shy.  Before I got the camera out, they were dancing like crazy!

Mrs. Dowers' Class: Composing

After creating a whole-class melody, the third graders became composers of their very own song!  Here they are hard at work.  Beethoven would be proud.

 

Mrs. Dowers' Class: Original Melody

The third graders have been working with dotted quarter and three 3 eighth-note patterns in 6/8 meter all year, as well as improvising. We combined these two skills to create a class melody to the poem "Oh My Fish in the Sky". We used an F pentatonic scale, so our melody ends on F, which is Do.

 

Mrs. Yoker's Class: Original Melody

The third graders have been working with dotted quarter and three 3 eighth-note patterns in 6/8 meter all year, as well as improvising. We combined these two skills to create a class melody to the poem "Oh My Fish in the Sky". We used an F pentatonic scale, so our melody ends on F, which is Do.

 

Mrs. Petrovitch's Class: Original Melody

The third graders have been working with dotted quarter and three 3 eighth-note patterns in 6/8 meter all year, as well as improvising. We combined these two skills to create a class melody to the poem "Oh My Fish in the Sky". We used an F pentatonic scale, so our melody ends on F, which is Do.

 

Mrs. Burns' Class: Original Melody

The third graders have been working with dotted quarter and three 3 eighth-note patterns in 6/8 meter all year, as well as improvising. We combined these two skills to create a class melody to the poem "Oh My Fish in the Sky". We used an F pentatonic scale, so our melody ends on F, which is Do.

 

Mrs. Mrs. Fonville's Class: Original Melody

The third graders have been working with dotted quarter and three 3 eighth-note patterns in 6/8 meter all year, as well as improvising.  We combined these two skills to create a class melody to the poem "Oh My Fish in the Sky".  We used an F pentatonic scale, so our melody ends on F, which is Do.

 

 

 

Mrs. Petrovitch's Class: Fill That Bus

Our district-wide Fill That Bus Campaign is Feb. 4 - 15.  This is Mrs. Petrovitch's class in their part of the 3rd grade video that will be show each morning while students donate canned/boxed food and personal items.

 

I re-wrote the words to a song by David & Anne Ellsworth called "Ride the Bus" to fit our needs. The original song can be found in Music K-8 Resource Magazine for Elementary and Middle Music Teachers, Volume 10, Number 1. 

 

Mrs. Asher-Williams: Do Re Mi

 

The second graders are working on alternating mallets while playing the C Major scale to the song, "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music.

 

Mrs. Platt's Class: Kinderpolka

Mrs. Platt's class was having such a good time dancing Kinderpolka I had to take a video!

They are exhibiting great beat, phrasing, and teamwork.  While this is a German folk dance, the kids are wearing Hawaiian leis.  They help the children see who their next partner will be.

 

This dance can be found in the book Step Lively by Marian Rose.

 

Mr. Johnson's Class: Step Bells

Mr. Johnson's class learns about melodic direction as they play the song, "The Snowman" from Spotlight on Music, Kindergarten

 

 

 

Mrs. Fonville's Class: "Pizzicato Polka" by Delibes

Mrs. Fonville's 3rd grade class was just one of the classes to experience this movement activity to "Pizzicato Polka" from the ballet Sylvia by Leo Delibes.  This activity was not only a great lesson in musical form, beat, and the term "pizzicato", but also a great review on telling time with an analog clock and the terms "clockwise" and "counterclockwise". 

 

This movement activity is from John Feierabend's Move It 2! collection