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1st Grade - 2016-2017
The first grade classes will invite parents to class in MAY 2017! At this music 'share,' parents will hear all of the students sing, play xylophones, play boomwhackers, play drums, and more. Parents will also be invited to join us for a short sing-along at the end of the 'share.' These 'shares' will be on:
Tuesday, May 9 - 10:45-11:30 AM - Mrs. McNamee's First Grade Class - Music "Share" in class for parents
Wednesday, May 10 - 10:45-11:30 AM - Mrs. Keating's First Grade Class - Music "Share" in class for parents
Thursday, May 11 - 8:30-9:15 AM - Mrs. Martin's/Mrs. Selveraj's First Grade Class - Music "Share" in class for parents
Monday, May 15 - 10:45-11:30 AM - Mrs. Markham's First Grade Class - Music "Share" in class for parents
During our first four music classes, here are some of the concepts and songs that we have been working on in MUSIC CLASS:
- moving to music
- conducting (using black socks!) in a meter of 3
- hearing and feeling the difference between meters of 2, 3 or 4 (ask your child about STRONG and WEAK beats!)
- playing small percussion, drums, triangle, shekere, maracas
- playing the Orff instruments (xylophones, metallophones)
- hearing syllables in names or foods and being able to play a pattern on a drum based on the syllables in your own name ("What's Your Name?")
- hearing the change of 'sections' within a piece of music and being able to change movement pattern when a new section begins (e.g. Galloping on the first section of Yankee Doodle, and then stopping to pat shoulders on the second section of the song.)
- working with interactive whiteboard activities to 'find that beat' or see which things have a steady beat
Some of the terms we have reviewed or learned:
- Presto
- Largo
- Beat
- Rhythm
- Piano, Pianissimo
- Forte, Fortissimo
Some of the songs we have sung:
- Hello There (echo song)
- Hello everyone (dorian mode hello song)
- Welcome to Music (echo song)
- Black Socks
- Take Me Out to the Ballgame
- Goodbye Song (phrygian mode song)
- Welcome Back to School (with percussion!)
- Five Little Monkeys
- Ebeneezer Sneezer (with movement to show high/low, as well as singing it with solfege!)
- Skip to My Lou (learned about fiddle, mandolin, double bass, guitar)
- Presto Largo song (movement to show which tempo was happening - fast or slow)
- Clap Your Hands
- Two Little Apples
- Jumpin' Jacks
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- Music Has a Steady Beat (song)
- I Think Music's Neat (chant)
- Hickory Dickory Dock (with percussion)
- Yankee Doodle (with movement)
- Royle School Song
- Grizzly Bear (their FAVORITE! This song focuses on singing pianissimo in the beginning, and then singing fortissimo on one word, followed by immediately freezing into a statue)
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