Kindergarten
"If You're a Monster and You Know It"
Ava, Ishaan, and Jacobi
We shared our monsters and our favorite parts of the song story
If You're a Monster and You Know It.
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Glow with Gustavo the Shy Ghost
Becket, Lily, and Ahaza
We listened to the story Gustavo the Shy Ghost and learned that Gustavo loved to play the violin so much that it made him glow with happiness. We shared what makes them glow and created songs for
Gustavo to sing!
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Shiloh and Neil
In the fall, we sang songs about apples and learned about notes and rests. We picked and sorted the quarter notes and rests off of the tree. Then, we put quarter rests in the empty spaces to show when to rest our hands when we played along with the song "Apple Tree."
Autumn is Here!
Sanjana, Carlton, and Korelle
We sang and played rhythms to tell the story Autumn is Here.
Then, we used our singing voices to share how we know that "autumn is here!"
Sanjana, Carlton, and Korelle
We sang and played rhythms to tell the story Autumn is Here.
Then, we used our singing voices to share how we know that "autumn is here!"
Sanjana Autumn.mp4Carlton Autumn.mp4"When I see leaves falling off the trees I know Autumn is here!" -Carlton
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Ares, Isabella, and RaQuan
We sang the story I Am Thankful and sang to share things and people that we are thankful for.
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Hanukkah is Here!
Vivienne and Kambree
We learned about some of the traditions of Hanukkah. We sang and heard a story about lighting the menorah, spinning dreidels, and dancing the horah.
Vivienne and Kambree
We learned about some of the traditions of Hanukkah. We sang and heard a story about lighting the menorah, spinning dreidels, and dancing the horah.
Bear Stays Up for Christmas
Liam and Maria
We brought our teddy bears to music class and sang along to the story
Bear Stays Up for Christmas.
Then we recorded ourselves singing our song to help our bears stay up!
Liam and Maria
We brought our teddy bears to music class and sang along to the story
Bear Stays Up for Christmas.
Then we recorded ourselves singing our song to help our bears stay up!
The Night Before New Year's
Sashreek and Dyanna
We had a blast singing, dancing, and moving our furry friends to the beat as we listened to music about ringing in a brand new year! After listening and singing along to The Night Before New Year's,
we sang a countdown and wished our friends a Happy New Year!
Sashreek and Dyanna
We had a blast singing, dancing, and moving our furry friends to the beat as we listened to music about ringing in a brand new year! After listening and singing along to The Night Before New Year's,
we sang a countdown and wished our friends a Happy New Year!
First Grade
"If You're a Monster and You Know It"
Cameron, Max, and Sophia
We shared our monsters and our favorite parts of the song story
If You're a Monster and You Know It.
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Dharmik, Jamia, Elena, Jayden B., Caphira, and Candance
We listened to the story Gustavo the Shy Ghost and learned that Gustavo loved to play the violin so much that it made him glow with happiness. We shared what makes them glow and created songs for
Gustavo to sing!
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We're Going on a Leaf Hunt!
Kaleah, Justina, and Hannah
We kept the beat, played rhythms, and sang along to the book
We're Going on a Leaf Hunt.
Afterward, we practiced identifying and notating the rhythms of the different leaves in the story, and we shared and sang with leaves from the story were our favorite.
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Our Leaf Books and Leaf Men
Carah, Gabriel, Christian, Annabella, Trayveon, and Andi Claire
We moved and sang along to the story Leaf Man. Then, we created our own leaf books. We colored leaves, drew their rhythms, and created and sang about our own leaf men.
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It's Turkey Time!
Miranda, Joseph, and Jayden G.
We moved and grooved with the song "Turkey Time," read and played rhythms to rescue
turkeys from the cook, and created our own turkey rhythms!
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Charles, Justice, and Zoey
We learned about some of the traditions of Hanukkah. We sang and heard a story about lighting the menorah, spinning dreidels, and dancing the horah.
Charles, Justice, and Zoey
We learned about some of the traditions of Hanukkah. We sang and heard a story about lighting the menorah, spinning dreidels, and dancing the horah.
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Everly, Julius, Leylah, and Mackenzie
During a fun-filled day of acting out The Tale of the Gingerbread Man, we rescued rhythms, decorated gingerbread, and sang and ran as fast as we could!
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Sayuni, Estelle, Nylah, and Von
We had a blast singing, dancing, and moving our furry friends to the beat as we listened to music about ringing in a brand new year! After listening and singing along to The Night Before New Year's,
we sang a countdown and wished our friends a Happy New Year!
Sayuni, Estelle, Nylah, and Von
We had a blast singing, dancing, and moving our furry friends to the beat as we listened to music about ringing in a brand new year! After listening and singing along to The Night Before New Year's,
we sang a countdown and wished our friends a Happy New Year!
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Pick a Pumpkin
Zoe, Bowen, Kenialys, and Nodia
We sang and played along with a refrain to the story Pick a Pumpkin. We recorded ourselves singing the rhythm ostinatos, identified rhythms that contained two half notes side-by-side, drew our own rhythms, and decorated pumpkins!
Monster Music
Daisie, Lucy, Sahana, Nora, and Samantha
As we sang along to the book Monster Trouble, we found out that there is one thing that monsters hate--kisses! So, we found all of the monsters with half-note rhythms and gave them a big smooch! Then, we fed a monster 4 beats of notes and rests to create a rhythm.
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Lidia, Uryiah, Mayar, Chloie, and Jalaia
We explored the traditions and music of Diwali, A Festival of Lights. We danced and colored a diya as we identified different music notes and rests. Then we made a connection between Diwali and the song "This Little Light of Mine." We shared ways that we let our light, the good in us, shine and sang about it.
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Apple Rhythms
Hezall, Lee, and Liam
We pretended to skip through the apple orchard as we sang
apple-themed songs and shook our apples for two beats when we sang half notes in the music. Afterward, we identified different notes and composed 8-beat rhythms.
Messy Blessings
Nevaeh, Alex, Sade, and Kamiya
We practiced singing half notes each time we sang the word "bless" in the story Messy Blessings. Then, we brainstormed our own list of messy blessings to sing about.
Hanukkah Rhythms
Genesis and Lillian
We learned about the history and traditions of Hanukkah with a silly story called Meet the Latkes, and we enjoyed music as we sang songs, identified half notes, and practiced rhythms.
We learned about the history and traditions of Hanukkah with a silly story called Meet the Latkes, and we enjoyed music as we sang songs, identified half notes, and practiced rhythms.
The Nutcracker: Overture
Omari
We joined Jake the dog on an adventure to the ballet studio! There, we practiced the five basic ballet positions and heard the story of The Nutcracker. After the story, we moved rhythmically to the ballet's "overture" and acted out different characters from the ballet. Then, we mapped out the music's form, plan, and shared which character we enjoyed performing the most.
Omari
We joined Jake the dog on an adventure to the ballet studio! There, we practiced the five basic ballet positions and heard the story of The Nutcracker. After the story, we moved rhythmically to the ballet's "overture" and acted out different characters from the ballet. Then, we mapped out the music's form, plan, and shared which character we enjoyed performing the most.
What I See, I Hear, I Think About TheNutcracker Ballet
Sam and Noah
We had front row seats to our virtual viewing of the party scene from Act 1 of The Nutcracker! Afterward, we reflected on what we saw, heard, and thought about the ballet.
Sam and Noah
We had front row seats to our virtual viewing of the party scene from Act 1 of The Nutcracker! Afterward, we reflected on what we saw, heard, and thought about the ballet.
3rd Grade
Monster Rhythms
Amy, Kensie, and Maria
"Splish-splash rumba, rumba bim-bam BOOM," was the sound that we sang and played throughout the story, Bedtime at the Swamp. We practiced playing sixteenth note rhythms and created our own 16-beat rhythms to perform in order to escape the swamp!
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Dia de los Muertos
Annora and Chance
We explored the music and traditions of Dia de los Muertos and shared the sugar skulls and papel picados flags that students created in Mrs. Grim's art class. We also continued composing, practicing, and performing rhythms that feature sixteenth notes.
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Diwali: Let Your Light Shine!
Hannah and Abby
We explored the traditions and music of Diwali, A Festival of Lights. We danced and colored a diya as we identified different music notes and rests. Then we made a connection between Diwali and the song "This Little Light of Mine." We shared ways that we let our light, the good in us, shine and sang about it.
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Songs and Stories of the Cherokee
Spoorthi, Jonas, Carly, and Inessa
Listening to and learning to sing using pitches of the pentatonic scale and in the Cherokee language was a challenge, but we were up to the task! We made connections to what we learned about Native Americans in social studies and practiced drumming different Cherokee words in the story We Are Grateful. Then we performed a song in Cherokee and created our own lyrics to sing to the melody about what we are grateful for.
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Hanukkah Rhythms
Patrick
We learned about the history and traditions of Hanukkah as we sang and drummed along to a story called The Hanukkah Hop. Then we practiced identifying rhythms using Hanukkah-themed words.
Patrick
We learned about the history and traditions of Hanukkah as we sang and drummed along to a story called The Hanukkah Hop. Then we practiced identifying rhythms using Hanukkah-themed words.
What I See, I Hear, I Think About The Nutcracker Ballet
Zoe and Timothy
We had front row seats to a virtual viewing of Marie's dream, the battle of the Rat King,
and the "Dance of the Snowflakes" from Act 1 of The Nutcracker!
Afterward, we reflected on what we saw, heard, and thought about the ballet.
Zoe and Timothy
We had front row seats to a virtual viewing of Marie's dream, the battle of the Rat King,
and the "Dance of the Snowflakes" from Act 1 of The Nutcracker!
Afterward, we reflected on what we saw, heard, and thought about the ballet.
4th Grade
Listening and Responding to Holst's The Planets
Angella, Payton H., Aroush, Jacob, Victoria, Madison, and Coen
We learned about the composer Gustav Holst and his piece The Planets. We each chose a planet's movement to listen to and analyze. We identified instruments used throughout the music, along with the dynamics, and tempo--the volume and speed of the music. Then, we colored a listening glyph of the planet to show what we heard.
Out of this World Pizza Rhythms!
Maci, Rayansh, Juliana, and Aakyrah
We learned about astronaut Dr. Ellen Ochoa as we listened to and sang along with the story The Astronaut with a Song for the Stars, and we heard her play the flute in space!
We practiced identifying and writing rhythms using pizza toppings and discovered that astronauts have enjoyed making pizza in space!
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Strange Planet:
Alien Observations
and Making Melodies
Alien Observations
and Making Melodies
Darshi and Aaron
We laughed at singing aliens as they observed the sneaking, hiding, vibrating creature on our strange planet. Then we took their observations and turned them into melodies using the pentatonic scale. We notated them on the staff and on Chrome Music Lab's Song Maker to hear what they sounded like.
A New Discovery, Planet Oobadabadee!
Nicholas, Mariah, and Zoey
After singing and moving along to the silly song "I Am an Alien," we pretended to explore the planet Oobadabadee to see what it looked like and reported back on the planet's music.
Hanukkah Rhythms
Samaria
We learned about the history and traditions of Hanukkah as we sang and drummed along to a story called The Hanukkah Hop. Then we practiced identifying rhythms using Hanukkah-themed words.
Samaria
We learned about the history and traditions of Hanukkah as we sang and drummed along to a story called The Hanukkah Hop. Then we practiced identifying rhythms using Hanukkah-themed words.
The Nutcracker: Cocoa, Coffee, and Hot Tea!
Ayla, Braylee, Samaria, Sawyer, Morgan, and Brikayla
We spent the day at the Kerechanin Cafe as we listened to selections from Pytor Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet. We became choreographers as we created dance moves for spoons to dance to the piece "Chinese Hot Tea." We used oven mitts, cocoa cups, and spoons to dance to the A and B sections of "Spanish Hot Chocolate," and chose yoga movements to perform with "Arabian Coffee." We also picked out notes and rests from the cafe menu to create our own 4 beat rhythms.
What I See, I Hear, I Think About The Nutcracker Ballet
Sylvia and Katherine
We had front row seats to a virtual viewing of all of the delicious dances from
Act 2 of The Nutcracker!
Afterward, we reflected on what we saw, heard, and thought about the ballet.
Sylvia and Katherine
We had front row seats to a virtual viewing of all of the delicious dances from
Act 2 of The Nutcracker!
Afterward, we reflected on what we saw, heard, and thought about the ballet.
5th Grade
Getting to Know Lin-Manuel Miranda
Ian and Kamario
We explored the music and life of composer and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Diwali: Let Your Diya Shine
Bryson and Diya
We explored the traditions and music of Diwali, A Festival of Lights. We danced and colored a rangoli as we identified different pitches. Then we made a connection between Diwali and the song
"This Little Light of Mine." We shared ways that we let our light, the good in us, shine and sang about it.
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Khalisie, Liv, Steph., Annabella, and Harper
As autumn breezes began to blow, we listened to seasonal music and created visuals to reflect the music that we heard. We sang " I Can See the Breeze" and chanted the poem "Who Has Seen the Wind."
Then we chose pitches to pair with the poem and played our new melodies using
Chrome Music Lab's Shared Piano.
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Click the leaves to hear the melody.
Click the leaves to hear the melody.
Nuts About Vince Guaraldi and The Peanuts
Avery, Ellenie, and Hannah
What I See, I Hear, I Think About
The Hip-Hop Nutcracker
Mya and Savannah
We had front row seats to a hip-hop variation of Pytor Tchaikovsky's ballet,
The Nutcracker. Here are some of the things that we saw, heard,
and thought about the performance.
The Hip-Hop Nutcracker
Mya and Savannah
We had front row seats to a hip-hop variation of Pytor Tchaikovsky's ballet,
The Nutcracker. Here are some of the things that we saw, heard,
and thought about the performance.
