Kindergarten
Video Miracle R 8_22_2021 5_36_04 AM"All Are Welcome Here!"
Miracle, Feinberg/Cheek's Class
Video Ishaan K 9_22_2021 6_18_19 PMMusic has a steady beat!
Ishaan, Ferrell's Class
Put the beat in your feet!
Carlton, Ferrell's Cass
How I Use My Voice
By: Dorian,
Feinberg/Cheek's Class
Listen to the different ways that we use our voices.
Going on a Bear Hunt
Becket, Ferrell's Class
We used our voices to whisper, talk, shout, and sing as we told the story Going on a Bear Hunt.
Songbook of Shapes
By: Kindal,
Feinberg/Cheek's Class
We shared and sang about shapes that we found in our learning spaces after singing along with the story
Tortillas are Round.
Video Londyn M 10_12_2021 11_45_41 AM"I'm a Superhero!"
Londyn, Feinberg/Cheek's Class Singing Higher and Lower Pitches: "Zooming high, sneaking low--
I'm a superhero!"
First Grade
Video Miranda M 8_19_2021 9_57_38 AM"All Are Welcome Here!"
Miranda, Cummings' Class
Music Is...
Performed & illustrated by:
Max, Fredrickson's Class
We performed and illustrated our own versions of Brandon Stosuy's book, Music Is...
Kat Keeps the Beat
Kaiden, Cummings' Class
We shared and sang about how we would keep the beat if we were characters in Greg E. Foley's book, Kat Keeps the Beat.
Rhythms
Notes and Rests
Music Red Light, Green Light
Easton, Pitman's Class
We created 4 beat rhythms using quarter notes and quarter rests. We also made one of their rhythms a steady beat. Can you find Easton's steady beat?
What is Your Favorite Color?
¿Cuál Es Tu Color Favorito?
Elena, Pitman's Class
We listened and along to Marcela Klinsrlsuk's book, What is Your Favorite Color? ¿Cuál Es Tu Color Favorito? Afterward, we shared our favorite color and matched quarter notes, and beamed eighth notes to the number of syllables, rhythm sounds that different colors contain.Take a look at Elena's favorite color and how she matched all of the notes to their color!
What is Your Favorite Shape?
¿Cuál E Tu Forma Faorita?
Aayden, Cummings' Class
After using the story Tortillas Are Round to sing shapes in Spanish and English, we shared our favorite shapes and used them to create rhythm patterns. Take a look at Aayden's favorite shape, the pattern that he made using squares and triangles, and the rhythm that he arranged.🟪🔺🟪🔺
💗🙂My Heart Fills With Happiness💗🙂Justice, Fredrickson's Class
After reading and singing along to Monique Gray Smith's story, My Heart Fills With Happiness, we sang to share what fills our hearts with happiness. Listen to hear what fills Justice's heart with happiness. 👟🍊📚
Video Justice E 9_30_2021 10_22_42 AMSun or the Moon?
Gabriel and Leylah, Pitman's Class
After a lesson full of singing and moving to different music about the sun and the moon, and listening to the story Sun and Moon, by Lindsey Yankey, we sang to share which object in the sky we would want to be and why.
Video Gabriel G 10_15_2021 10_46_35 AMVideo Leylah S 10_15_2021 9_39_25 AM2nd Grade
Our Class is a Family
Vivi, Kittrell's Class
Sam, Poore's Class
Video Vivian D 9_14_2021 7_53_26 PM
Fast forward to the last 5 minutes of the show to listen to "The Best Part of My Week."
Video Samantha E 8_22_2021 8_41_46 PM
Meter: Sock It To Me! Mayar, Cook's Class
We explored different meters of music with a variety of sock-themed stories and songs. We used our socks to create meters of 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4.
Who Do You Hear?
Aubrey, Graves' Class
After singing and playing rhythm with the story Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do You See, students chose their favorite character from the story and created their own version of our song to include themselves in the story.
Baby Bear, Baby Bear: Rhythm Matching
Rory, Kittrell's Class
We practiced counting rhythm syllables and matching animals' rhythms with the correct quarter note and beamed eighth note rhythms.
Parrot Pitches and Rhythms
Genesis, Cook's Class
We practiced listening and echoing with parrot-themed songs and listened to the story Mango, Abuela, and Me. Then, we practiced echoing pitch and rhythm patterns to prepare for composing our own melodies and rhythms.
Video Genesis W 9_17_2021 8_36_09 AM
Music From Brazil: "Mama Paquita" and Make It, Shake It--Samba Shakers
Jaxson, Graves' Class, and Joshua, Poore's Class
We experienced music, songs, samba dancing from the South American country of Brazil. We improvised new words to sing to tell the story of what Mama Paquita has no money to buy, and we were challenged to make and decorate our own shaker instruments using household objects.
A Musical Fiesta!
Celeste and Special Guest, Mom--Kittrell's Class
We enjoyed listening to loads of delicious foods featured in the story Tortillas are Round. Then, we shared our favorite fiesta foods, created our own rhythmic fiesta menu, and performed our fiesta feasts!
Video Celeste A 10_1_2021 7_08_12 PMHarvest Time!
Chloie, Cook's Class and Josie, Poore's Class
We welcomed the fall season with songs and stories about harvest time!
Video Chloie D 10_7_2021 2_05_16 PMVideo Josie C 10_14_2021 1_12_38 PM3rd Grade
Your Name is a Song
Learning new names can be hard for everyone, even teachers. We sang names as we read Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow's book Your Name is a Song. Then, we created music using our names by improvising songs and using the website, Typatone.com. Click the colored boxes to hear the music of some of our names.
Video Zavi B 8_27_2021 9_19_33 AMZavi, Fletcher's Class
Video Jericho S 9_24_2021 7_36_18 PMJericho, Fant's Class
Video Michael W 8_17_2021 11_22_19 AMMike, Fant's Class
Inessa, Fant's Class
Amaia, Fletcher's Class
Kaiden, Fant's Class
Myla, Fant's Class
You Matter
Annora, Cole's Class
We sang and moved along to the story You Matter, by Christian Robinson. Then we wrote and sang our own lyrics to sing to the story's melody.
Video Annora J 9_9_2021 3_49_14 PMWe've Got the Whole World in Our Hands
Carly, Bass' Class
Video Carly H 9_16_2021 4_06_59 PM
Battle of the Bands: You Be the Judge!
Kensington, Cole's Class
The Best Mariachi in the World
Abby, Fant's Class
We explored the tradition and instruments of Mariachi music. Did you know that there are no maracas in Mariachi?
Courageous Dreams
Chance, Fletcher's Class
We drummed along with Millo Castro Zaldarriaga in Margarita Engle's book Drum Dream Girl.
Then, we discussed and sang about her dream and about our dreams for ourselves and the world.
Video Chance G 10_22_2021 2_31_56 PM4th Grade
Musical Scavenger Hunt
To reinforce students' science unit on sound energy, we focused on how sound is produced, travels, and creates pitch and volume. Students went on a scaverger hunt to find things around their houses that make sounds similar to a variety of different instruments.
Morgan, Bulter's Class
Liam, O'Brien's Class
Landfill Harmonics
Students were inspired by the music and instruments of the Landfill Harmonic, a youth orchestra in Paraguay whose instruments are made from materials found in the local landfills. They were challenged to find items around the house to reuse and recycle to create their own instrument. Students shared their instruments and how their instruements produced pitch and/or volume according to science.
Andrew's Wind Chimes
Davidson's Class
Haiden's Drum Set
O'Brien's Class
Nicholas' Guitar
Barto's Class
"Somos el Barco," Melody, Rhythm, and Rhyme
We discovered the poetic qualities that many songs have as we analyzed the song, "Somos el Barco." Students practiced playing the song's melody using the virutal xylophone and then created their own lyrics, based on the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the song's original lyrics.
Coen, Eller's Class
Video Coen D 9_17_2021 11_44_48 AMVideo Shishir G 10_11_2021 9_40_10 AMAustin, Eller's Class
Video Austin D 10_8_2021 11_38_14 AMVideo Payton B 9_2_2021 12_28_24 PMPayton, Bulter's Class
Video Payton H 10_1_2021 3_07_31 PM5th Grade
