3rd Grade Students have been practicing and exploring music for their winter show in stations. In this picture you can see Ms. Christina helping students to practice their drum and tambourine parts for Yellow Submarine by the Beatles.
How do musicians work together in an ensemble? 5th grade students played in small groups this week and utilized various practice strategies to continue work on their winter show song!
Students in 5th grade have started preparing "Let it Be" for our Beatles themed winter show this year. They have all chosen instruments (for example: ukulele, guitar, violin, drum set, piano) and are learning to practice as independent musicians!
Choice is so important when encouraging your student in music - what do they want to play? It leads to more intrinsic motivation to practice!
In Kindergarten we learn all about musical opposites. Students are exploring high and low sounds on the glockenspiels using the rhyme 1-2 tie my shoe.
Students in 3rd-6th grade after school choir are preparing for the winter show! In choir we learn to read music, learn to use our voices in a healthy way, and learn to sing in harmony with each other!
Students in 4th grade began the year by creating rhythmic compositions about their summers. They performed their ostinatos in groups with movements and instruments and learned how to write down their patterns. It is a difficult skill to hold down your own part as others play different parts - we work on that skill from K all the way to 8th grade. It takes careful practice, a strong sense of beat, and astute listening skills. What ways are you making music together at home?
Students in 5th and 6th grades have begun their drumming and percussion unit. This week we learned about this history of the djembe drum and other instruments from West Africa. We learned to play as an ensemble and each had turns leading the group.
4th Grade students are learning all about the ukulele. They have learned C, F, C7, and G chords. They have started exploring tablature and teaching themselves new songs. We focus on being investigators when something is not quite right instead of giving up or getting frustrated. String muted? Hmm what could be causing that sound - let's be curious and go and find out!