This week, Kindergarteners in Ms. Waller's class sang and moved to “One Finger, One Thumb.” They enjoyed coming up with creative ways to use their rhythm sticks in a song about playing sticks, too. Students in Ms. Tepper’s classes learned a song called "The Snowman." They came up with movements to act out the song and enjoyed playing tone bells along with the piece.
First and Second graders learned movement for their first Spring Sing song and began working on their second piece this week. Their second song has rap in it, so they discussed the difference between rap and singing. The lyrics for their first two songs are posted under the "Spring Sing Music" section of the blog. They are password-protected, but the students have been given the password. Each student received a copy to take home, but if they need additional copies, they can be accessed there.
Third graders learned about square dancing this week. They read a story called Barn Dance, which was written to have the words flow like square dance music. They analyzed a piece of square dance music called "Square Dance 101" and then learned many individual square dance steps, which they then put together and performed in the song.
Fourth graders continued working on their recorder music this week. Every student has tested at least once. Many students have earned their yellow belts, and some have even earned their orange belts. They are working very hard on this music!
Fifth graders continued working on playing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" on their recorders this week. Most fifth graders have earned their white belts, and some have earned their yellow belts.
German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770. Visit http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=4 to learn more about his life and music.
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