Habit Progress and Learning Targets

Conferences this week-

This week are the first conferences of the school year.  In each students data folder or portfolio you will find a progress sheet for music.  It will tell you-

• The four trimester learning targets-goals for your child's grade level
• A self-assessment for Habit 1 and Habit 2 your child has
  completed for their work in music class.
• An indication of my assessment of your child's progress in Habit 1 and Habit 2.

Feel free to stop and see me in the music room if you have any questions.

Opportunities for practice-

This week there are many opportunities for Lincoln students to use the blog to practice towards their Trimester 1 Learning Targets!

• Grade 1-Slide whistle songs to practice finding your singing voice and the story "Hand, Hand Fingers, Thumb" to help you clap 'the way the words go'
• Grade 2-Sing along with "Jenny Jenkins" and practice Verse/Chorus
• Grade 3-The story "Mommy Buy Me A China Doll" practice the song and the steady beat with titika rhythms
• Grade 4-Practice video and chart to help with you with your instrumental trimester targets.
• Grade 5-currently there are examples of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" -can you still sing the theme in solfa?  Look for more 'fun with fa'  this week.

Choir for altos-in the music room due to the fundraiser pick-up in the gym.

Composing in the classroom

 
Grade 1 compossed "roller coaster"songs and practiced using thier voices in high and low voices with their partners. Pictures can be found on the pictures/video page.

Grade 2 composed 8 beat rhythms using half notes and practiced clapping them with their partner. pictures/video page

Grade 4 began thier composition projects this week by beginning to work in their groups and started composing the rhythm for their melodies.

Grade 5 composed rhythmic patterns in compound meter to the song "Skin and Bones"  and performed it with rhythm instruments with the song.

 Choir for Sopranos this week!

New This Week.....

Lots of new things on the blog this week. 

• Welcome grade 1 to the blog! This week you will get your 'blog cards' so you can start have fun with music at home.
• Grade 2, 4 and 5 all have new songs and flash cards that support their learning for the first trimester targets.
• Grade 3 created games to a Native American game song
• "Stuff For Parents" has a new article about child development and music. 

Choir for Altos......See you Tuesday!

Caught on film.....

Check out the new pictures and videos of our Lincoln musicians!

By going to the "Pictures and Video" page you can see the following new uploads-

4th Grade Dance creations to the "Gallant Ship", Second Graders singing "Rocky Mountain" and playing "Here Comes a Bluebird" , Fifth Graders singing the canon Black Socks" and playing the British game "Queen Alexandra"

 

"Mrs Bowcock 'swoons' at the great sounds she heard after school yesterday"

 

Yesterday was our first Lincoln Choir rehearsal-we had over 85 members and we'll have to order some extra music to accomodate them- This is a 'problem' I love!

 

 

 I can't believe how great they sounded on the first as well as a hot and humid day-it's going to be a great year.

 

I can hardly wait until next week!

Welcome to another year of Musical Awesomeness!

 

 A few notes- Choir guidelines and schedule can be found

on the choir page by clicking the 'Lincoln Choir' tab at the top

 

The music guidelines for the 2013-14 can be found

in the video below