Kindergarten
Dear Kindergarten Parents:
We appreciate you taking the time to support your student during this time of distance learning. We understand that some of these activities may require some help from you; however, we do not want you to stress over any of these activities. You can always use something from the “Online Games/Activities” tab instead of a posted lesson or activity.
Music Zoom Hangout- Thursday, June 18th
Come join Mrs. Marquez and Mrs. Lee for a live Zoom hangout with music games!
Your classroom teacher will send you the Zoom link.
Your classroom teacher will send you the Zoom link.
Grades 3-5 @ 10:30*
Grades K-2 @ 11:00
(*Note the time change for this week due to 5th grade luncheon at 11:30)
Grades K-2 @ 11:00
(*Note the time change for this week due to 5th grade luncheon at 11:30)
Week of June 15- June 19
Choice & Game Week!
Choose a few activities from the options below and let me know which ones you did in the exit slip.
Would You Rather Kahoot
If you missed last week's live Music Zoom, you can play the "Would You Rather" Kahoot here! Or, play again for fun!
If it asks for a PIN, it is: 09567
Boom Cards
Click on the links below to access the following Boom Card Decks:
Ear Training: Melodic Direction Boom Card Deck
Movement and Dance Activities
Try one or more of the following dance and movement activities!
Musication Homerun: Pick a line and move along!
GoNoodle Footloose: Dance along!
GoNoodle Can't Stop the Feelin': Dance along!
Try the "Sevens Challenge"!
Parts 1-3
Parts 4-5
Parts 6-7
Parts 1-7
Lion's Speedy Sauce
Watch the video on the left to hear "Lion's Speedy Sauce" and try a clapping activity!
Other Games, Activities, and Experiments
Click here to visit the "Online Games & Activities" page for even more things to explore.
Click here to visit the "Music Experiments" page for more activities.
Click here to revisit some of the rhythm challenges from this year.
Click here to listen to some read alouds.
Click here to fill out the Exit Slip to tell me what you completed today. Or, you may fill it out below. Make sure you click "Submit" when you are done!
Week of June 1- June 5
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Watch the video above to learn the two new parts (part 4 and 5).
Watch the video above to review parts 1-3.
Try the "Sevens Challenge"!
Before you get started this week, try the "Sevens Challenge" with us! It has 7 different parts, with 7 beats each. They get more challenging as they go on. We will be releasing new parts every week. This week, we have parts 4 and 5 on the left. We hope to do these together on our Specialist Zoom! Have fun!
When you are ready, the video below has parts 1-5 all together!
Step 1-
Music Lesson
Click on this BrainPop Jr. link to learn more about musical instruments. Watch the video on the main page, then click on the quiz section to test your knowledge! Email me at mlee2@nsd.org if you need the username or password!
Watch the video above for directions on Boom Cards. When you are ready for the cards, click here to get started!
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1: Match the Rhythm
Part A) Match the Rhythm
Click here to play "Match the Rhythm"!
You will listen to and watch a rhythm being played. Then, match it by clicking the rhythm back.
Optional Question: Tell us how many rhythms you completed!
Part B) Alla Turca Playalong
Click here to enlarge the video for the "Alla Turca" Percussion Activity, or watch on the left.
Find an "instrument" to use! It can be as simple as a pencil, spoon, or even your hands to clap. Then, pick a symbol to follow along! You can even get an adult or sibling to play-along on a different symbol.
Optional: In the Google Form, Tell me what "instrument" you used for the "Alla Turca" Percussion Challenge!
Activity 2: Animal Rhythms Boom Cards
Watch the video and go through the slides below for directions on how to use the boom cards.
When you are ready for the cards, click here to get started!
Optional Question: Tell us how many cards you got correct!
Week of May 25 - May 29
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Try the "Sevens Challenge"!
Before you get started this week, try the "Sevens Challenge" with us! It has 7 different parts, with 7 beats each. They get more challenging as they go on. We will be releasing new parts every week. This week, we have parts 1, 2, and 3. Watch the video on the left to learn the first three parts. We hope to do these together on a Specialist Zoom sometime! Have fun!
Step 1-
Music Lesson
This is a continuation of last week's lesson on our Note Neighborhood.
Because this lesson builds on last week's lesson on Tommy Ta (quarter notes) and Tia & Tina Ti-Ti (eighth notes), make sure you watch last week's lesson before watching this week's lesson on Tommy's Disguise (quarter rest)
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1: Drawing and Dictating Ta, Ti-Ti, Rest
Watch the video on a review of how to draw Tommy "ta", and Tia and Tina "ti-ti", learn how to draw a rest, and write rhythm patterns based on what you hear. You will need something to write with and something to write on.
Activity 2: "What Do You Hear: Instruments" Boom Cards
Watch the video on the left for directions on how to do the Boom Card Activity. If you need to go through the directions again, the slides are posted underneath.
Click here for the Boom Card Activity once you are done watching the video!
Week of May 18 - May 22
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Step 1-
Music Lesson
Watch the lesson on the left to learn about quarter notes (Tommy "ta"), eighth notes (Tia and Tina "ti-ti"), and how to read them in a rhythm pattern.
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1:
Drawing and Dictating Ta & Ti-Ti
Learn how to draw quarter notes (ta) and eighth notes (ti-ti) in the video. Also, work on a rhythm dictation challenge.
Activity 2:
Rhythm Challenges
Paper Rhythm Challenge- This is level 2 of the Paper Rhythm challenge from last week.
Household Object Rhythm Challenge- Follow along with us as we play rhythms with items from around our home!
Week of May 11 - May 15
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Step 1-
Music Lesson
Watch the lesson on the left about how music and poetry both use rhyming words, and to hear "Pete the Cat Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
Then, choose your own two rhyming words to make your own silly version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"!
Sing or say your silly version to someone at home.
Optional Question: Let us know in the exit slip what your two rhyming words were for your silly version of"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Watch the video above for the Rhythm Paper Challenge
Watch the video above for a rap version of "Green Eggs and Ham".
Watch the video above to dance along to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" on Go Noodle.
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1: Rhythm Paper Challenge
Follow along with Mrs. Marquez as she leads a fun rhythm challenge! If you don't have colored paper, you can use any 4 objects to distinguish different spaces.
Activity 2:
Dr. Seuss Rap- "Green Eggs and Ham"
In today's lesson, we talked about rhyming words, and how music and poetry are connected. Rap is another type of music that connects rhyming words with rhythm. You might know Dr. Seuss's "Green Eggs and Ham", but now listen to it rapped! Listen for rhyming words!
"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" Go Noodle
Watch and dance along to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" on Go Noodle. You will notice it is a song that is rapped!
Week of May 4 - May 8
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Step 1-
Music Lesson
Beat Sabers-
Monday, May 4 is Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you!
Watch the video on the left from Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Marquez for a "Beat Sabers" lesson on musical form. Then, grab something to use as a lightsaber, and play along!
Section A
This is the main Darth Vader theme you recognize. It has loud drums and brass instruments. Have a lightsaber battle!
Section B
This part gets much quieter. You'll hear some flutes, and notice that the drums disappear. March around your house!
Section A
You'll know "Section A" comes back when you hear the main loud drums and brass instruments come back. Have a lightsaber battle again
Optional Question: In the exit slip, let us know what you used as a lightsaber!
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1-
"La Raspa" Music Listening Activity
Tuesday, May 5 is Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo is a holiday held on May 5 which remembers and celebrates the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862.
"La Raspa" is a folk song and dance from eastern Mexico.
In this lesson, you will a listen to the song and use your learning about tempo (fast & slow) and dynamics (loud & quiet) to answer the questions in this Google Form.
Activity 2-
Monday, May 4 is Star Wars Day! Check out this video on the left!
They are singing acapella, which means only with their voices (no instruments!) You might even recognize some of the singers or characters in the video.
Week of April 27 - May 1
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Watch the video above for your rhythm lesson for the week. Click here to open it in a new tab.
When you are finished with the activity, fill in the form above!
Step 1-
Music Lesson
On Wednesday, it is International Dance Day! This week we’re going to work on breaking beats into one or two parts.
1) Follow the steps in the video on the left for your music lesson this week.
2) Then, fill out this form to tell us about your rhythm and instrument you created for this activity!
Optional: We'd love to see photos or videos of your instrument or of you doing this activity! You can send photos or videos to mlee2@nsd.org.
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1-
"Can't Stop the Feeling" Dance Along:
Wednesday is International Dance Day! Dance along to the video on the left and have some fun!
Optional Question: Tell me in the Google Form what the tempo (speed) of this song is. Is it presto (fast), or largo (slow)?
Activity 2-
"Peg and Cat: Chicken Dance" Pattern Game:
Wednesday is International Dance Day! Help the chickens in the game complete the dance pattern, and as a challenge, dance along with them!
Optional Question: Which shape's dance did you enjoy the most? (Square, Diamond, Circle, Blue Triangle, or Purple Triangle?)
Past Lessons & Activities
Week of April 20 - April 24
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Step 1-
Music Lesson
Last week, we learned about Presto & Largo (Fast & Slow). This week we’re going to learn about high sounds and low sounds.
1. Watch the video lesson to the left to learn more about High & Low Sounds.
2. Then, follow along to the second video on the left to demonstrate your learning on High & Low sounds. The video will play a sound. Say if you hear a High or Low sound!
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1-
Deteggtive Anderson: This is a play-along we have done at school. With this play-along, you are going to be playing when the detective is directly on top of the egg. Click on the video to the left, or click here to open in a new tab. You can do this activity several ways:
Find something around the house that you can use to keep a beat, like a pencil or spoon and choose which egg color you are going to follow- or you can choose to play on all of the colors!
OR...
Use body percussion! Think of a different movement for each different egg color. One idea is...
Blue: Clap
Red: Pat your knees
Yellow: Pat the floor
This is a great idea to do with someone else in your family!
Optional Question: Tell me in the Google Form what you used for your "instrument", or if you used "body percussion"!
Activity 2-
Repeat the directions from Activity 1, but this time, follow along to the bouncing bumblebee, and tap or clap when it lands on the flower!
You can enlarge the video by clicking here.
Optional Question: Tell me in the Google Form what you used for your "instrument" or if you used "body percussion"!
Week of April 13 - April 17
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Step 1-
Music Lesson
This week we’re going to learn about Presto & Largo, which are the music terms for Fast & Slow.
1. Watch the video lesson to the left to learn more about Presto & Largo.
2. Click here to try this Kahoot Challenge to demonstrate your learning on Presto & Largo.
If the Kahoot asks for a PIN, it is 0730022.
Visit PBS Peg & Cat Music Maker. Click on this link to enlarge to a separate tab.
Watch the video for directions for the BINGO activity.
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1-
Pick a setting to visit, and create your own song! Experiment with different speeds for your song by adjusting the bar on the bottom (the turtle is largo, and the bunny is presto!).
Activity 2-
If you have not tried the "Spring Break Music BINGO", you can still participate!
Watch the video:
Watch the video on the left for directions on how to copy & edit your BINGO board. If you have a printer at home, you can print it if you'd like!
Get your BINGO board:
Click here for your Spring Break Music BINGO Board. Remember you will have to click "File" and "Make a Copy" before you can highlight spaces you've completed.
Fill out BINGO Response Form:
Click here to tell me which BINGO spaces you completed.
Week of April 6 - April 10 (Spring Break)
Follow the three steps on the home page to complete an optional BINGO activity.
Week of March 30 - April 3
Follow the three steps below to complete your music learning for the week.
Click here to visit "Chrome Music Lab" to make your own composition.
Step 1-
Music Lesson
This week we’re going to explore Google Chrome’s Music Lab Rhythm Maker. You will get a chance to experiment with different instruments and create your own rhythms.
1. Watch Mrs. Marquez's tutorial to the left first, and then you'll get a chance to try!
2. Open up Chrome Music Lab by clicking here, and click on the pink monkey (rhythm).
3. Use the arrows on the side to change characters/instruments.
4. Create a rhythm composition using either 1, 2 or 3 instruments at a time.
Can you tell which instrument has a high pitch and which instrument has the lowest pitch?
Which instrument is the small pink and yellow monkey playing?
5. On the Check-In page, tell me which instruments you used to make your rhythm.
Activity 1: Click on this link to explore "Carmen's World Orchestra"
Activity 2: Watch the clip from "The Flamingos" and answer the questions to the right.
Step 2-
Activities
Activity 1: Click on this link to visit Carmen's World Orchestra. Explore the activity and choose 2 different "countries" to visit by clicking on the globe on the right.
Questions: Which countries did you visit? What was your favorite instrument from that country?
Activity 2: Watch the video to the left. It is a clip from Fantasia 2000, which puts Camille Saint-Saëns's "The Carnival of the Animals" to animation.
Questions:
What is one instrument you hear in this "The Flamingos"?
What is the tempo (speed) of the song? Is the tempo (speed) fast or slow?
Songs & Motions from "The Three Piggy Opera"
Dear Kindergarten students and families,
Because we are not sure when we will return to school, we will not be having performances this year. We appreciate all the work you have put into learning the songs and movements. We are sad that we will not be able to perform this year, but are looking forward to our performance next year.
Love,
Mrs. Lee & Mrs. Marquez
Overture.m4vOverture
Mother Pig Aria.m4vMother Pig's Aria
Straw Peddler.m4vStraw Peddler
StickBrickPeddler.m4vStick & Brick Peddler
Wolf Song.m4vWolf Song
No Way & Wolf Huff.m4vWolf Huff/No Way Song
Finale.m4vFinale
Three Piggy Opera Lyrics.pdfLyrics
To enlarge, hover over the document and click the small gray box on the top right hand corner of the image.