After our concert we took a few minutes of classtime to draw about some of the EGGcellent things we do in music class! Here are some of my favorites from our talented group of artists and musicians.
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A Few of Our Favorite Things
Sixth graders wrote parodies of "My Favorite Things" from the Sound of Music. After a discussion on rhythm, syllables and meter students were turned loose. Here are a couple of great ones!
My Favorite Things
by C.B.
Winning at ball games and riding my horses
Encouraging my team and going through courses
Pretty blue jerseys and all sporty bling
These are a few of my favorite things!
Snowflakes on glasses and friends at my house
Old faded blue jeans and a little white blouse
Sparkly eye shadown and shiny diamond rings
These are a few of my favorite things!
Cheese on my French fries and cheese on my pizza
No spending limit when I take mom's Visa
Going to parties and other fun things
These are a few of my favorite things!
My Favorite Things
by E.S.
Chili cheese french fries and talking till bedtime
bright colored candies and mountains that I climb
Juicy chicken made into hot wings
These are a few of my favorite things!
Sprinkles on donuts and cream in my coffee
Caramelized sugar that cools into toffee
Rich portly people all covered in bling
These are a few of my favorite things!
Staying up late just to eat junk food
Calling everyone that I meet "dude"
Pretty pink flip flops I wear in the spring
These are a few of my favorite things!
My Favorite Things
by Mrs. King
Icing on donuts and ketchup on French fries
Singing and laughing and frost during sunrise
Signing my cards with the name "We Three Kings"
These are a few of my favorite things!
Cheese on my burgers, snow days in September
Funny, hip websites that make me a member
White meat on chicken, except for the wings
These are a few of my favorite things!
Facebook and iPhones and sleeping for hours
Swimming and shopping and taking hot showers
Words that are rhyming and children that sing
These are a few of my favorite things!
When the bell rings!
When the cat screams!
When I'm feeling sad!
I simply remember my favorite things
and then I don't feel so bad!
I love having students write parodies. Often we'll choose educational topics, but this was such a fun activity that I think we'll do it again! I gave them a copy of the lyrics so that they could compare syllables and rhythm. We did a rough draft one day and then next class period finished or edited them and made a final copy. Fun!
I have parody writing set in my store that I use when we write short educational parodies that you might find helpful. Get it HERE.
I love having students write parodies. Often we'll choose educational topics, but this was such a fun activity that I think we'll do it again! I gave them a copy of the lyrics so that they could compare syllables and rhythm. We did a rough draft one day and then next class period finished or edited them and made a final copy. Fun!
Do You YouTube?
Concert time is almost here! Until then, check out some of our videos from previous events HERE.
Music in Our Schools Month
Hurray! March is Music in Our Schools Month!
We have an exciting month planned in music. Here's hoping we are finished with snow days and can get back to making music!
Our annual spring concert is just around the corner on March 31st. This year our theme is "Richwoods Rocks!" and features a variety of pop and rock songs from yesterday and today.
Fifth graders will be rockin' their recorders as we begin our recorder unit. We'll review most of our Recorder Karate songs from last year and add some new challenging pieces too.
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth graders will continue to work on their keyboarding skills. We'll working on right hand techniques and add some new notes with the left hand. In addition, we'll work with some familiar folk songs and even compose our own pieces!
We have an exciting month planned in music. Here's hoping we are finished with snow days and can get back to making music!
Our annual spring concert is just around the corner on March 31st. This year our theme is "Richwoods Rocks!" and features a variety of pop and rock songs from yesterday and today.
Fifth graders will be rockin' their recorders as we begin our recorder unit. We'll review most of our Recorder Karate songs from last year and add some new challenging pieces too.
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth graders will continue to work on their keyboarding skills. We'll working on right hand techniques and add some new notes with the left hand. In addition, we'll work with some familiar folk songs and even compose our own pieces!
Presidents Day and Our Song of the Week
Due to 16 snow days we are having class on President's Day! Our song of the week is "Rap of the Presidents". You can listen to it and download it here.
Rockin' through Rhythmic Dictation
Second graders ROCK! Especially at rhythmic dictation. Using lap packs (various staffs, graphic organizers, etc... encased in a thick page protector) and dry erase markers, students listened to rhythms using barred eighth notes, quarter notes and quarter rests and wrote down what they heard using notation. This is not an easy skill to master, but you would never know it by watching this second grade class!
Peter and the Wolf
We have been selected as a recipient of a Target Field Trip Grant! In February, students in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades will travel to St. Louis to hear a performance by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in Powell Symphony Hall. Then we will spend the afternoon at the St. Louis Art Museum. So excited!
In preparation students in 1st and 2nd grades have watched Peter and the Wolf and completed several listening excercises. In the photos below students are preparing their listening cards for an activity where they listen to a segment of Peter and the Wolf and decide what character they hear by placing that characters card on the listening map (that just happens to look like a meadow!).
In preparation students in 1st and 2nd grades have watched Peter and the Wolf and completed several listening excercises. In the photos below students are preparing their listening cards for an activity where they listen to a segment of Peter and the Wolf and decide what character they hear by placing that characters card on the listening map (that just happens to look like a meadow!).
Teachers: You might enjoy some of these Peter and the Wolf resources.
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