Concert Preparation grades 3, 4 and 5

Hi Kids,
It is easy for you to practice your concert songs at home. 

Go to your grade's page and you will find you-tube recordings with the words/my voice and piano accompaniments. 

We of course will be singing our songs "Live" in front of our audiences, but these will help you memorize your parts.!

It's Halloween everybody!

Practice Habit #7 and "Sharpen Your Saw" with these Pumpkin Carols........

More tools for home practice!

What's new!

• Grade 1-preparation of tah/titi rhythms with songs and rhymes you know
• Grade 2-a few new songs that we've learned in class and pictures of "Rhythm Carousel" of 2MA on the Pictures page
• Grade 3-concert song "Coffee Grows" on White Oak Trees, Gallant Ship and Land of The Silver Birch
• Grade 4-3 Beats in a measure songs-Let's Go a Hunting and Peter's Stream
• Grade 5 Concert Songs-If You Dance-words and then a recording of "Bim Bom"

Full Choir next Tuesday!

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!