Kindergarten: This week, kindergarten students are telling a story through song by singing the fairy tale of Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). They are creating class a story songbook, with each student drawing and singing one page of the book.
1st Grade: No music class this week due to an assembly on Monday, and the Variety Show rehearsal on Friday.
2nd Grade: This week, 2nd grade students are using beads to notate rhythms on beat sheets of familiar songs from earlier in the year, and making melodic contours for the melodies of Apples Peaches Pears and Plums and Pease Porridge Hot. They are also doing a listening log of Bach’s Minuet in G.
3rd Grade: This week, 3rd grade students are singing a call and response song Yummy Yum Yum, beginning to learn an Orff instrument accompaniment for the song Rocky Mountain, and are using beads to notate rhythms of the song No Robbers on a beat sheet. There is only one music class this week due to the Variety Show rehearsal on Friday.
4th Grade: This week, 4th grade students are singing, dancing, and making body percussion with the song I’ve Been to London. This song is a great practice for them to sing a melody using all of the notes of the F pentatonic scale, along with team/partner work. They are also continuing their practice on their recorders, and passing off the White Belt as a class.
Orchestra: This week, orchestra students are learning the harmony part to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. They are also practicing sight reading, playing individually for French Folk Song and learning the new piece Georgia Railroad.
Homework: Essential Elements 36-45, Georgia Rail Road, French Folk Song