Weekly Music Activities
Live Learning
If you are a virtual student please feel free to join your music class LIVE by clicking the google meet link below. Please remember to stay on mute when you join AND throughout the class. You can unmute when participating, thank you! You will find the music class schedule below if you aren't sure what day or time you have music.
Click HERE link for LIVE music class
my schedule 20-21 #1 (1).pdfMusic Activity #16
January 19-January 25
***LAST ONLINE MUSIC ASSIGNMENT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LIVE LEARNING***
Grades K-5
Song Maker
Thank you for keeping the beat last week, I will be continuing to respond to all flipgrid videos!
This is the last online assignment we will be having for music class. Next week I will be posting information about how we will be transitioning to live learning! (google meet streaming into the music room at the time your class goes to music class... more info to come next week)
We did this assignment in the beginning of October, but I thought it would be a fun way to end our sessions. Click the video to watch how to use the Chrome Music Lab and then share your songs with me on the Google Form link below. Thank you for all of your hard work this year, I loved seeing you all on flipgrid, I'm now looking forward to seeing you LIVE!
First...
Click to watch the video of me below, I will teach you how to use Chrome Music Lab and how to copy and paste the link to your song to the Google Form
Then...
Click HERE to open the Chrome Music Lab Song Maker!
When you're done......
Click HERE to open the google form to show me your song and tell me if you liked making it!
music assignment #5.mp4Music Activity #15
January 12- January 18, 2021
Grades K-5
Keeping the Beat
Thank you all for listening to Drum Dream Girl last week. I will be responding to all flipgrid videos tomorrow so be sure to check www.my.fipgrid.com to see my video response!
This week we are going to practice "Keeping the Beat." Please watch the video of me on Flipgrid and then listen to the song below and keep the beat on your body or use a stuffed animal! Be sure to watch the video on flipgrid of me to find out how to compete the activity. Make a flipgrid video of you keeping the beat or just tell me what you did, thank you!
Click HERE to watch the video of me and post your own video :)
Music Activity #14
January 4-January 11, 2021
Grades K-5
Drum Dream Girl
Happy New Year! This week we will listen to the book, "Drum Dream Girl," written by Margarita Engle and Illustrated by Rafael Lopez. Click the video below to view. When you are finished listening to the book, click HERE to view a flipgrid video of me and then post your own video telling me:
1) Did you like the story?
2) Drum Dream Girl (Millo) wanted more than anything to play the drums, is there any instrument that you would love to play?
3) Do you have a drum at home? If so, show it to me and play it for me? If you don't have a drum, what do you have at home that could be used as a drum?
Music Activity #13
December 15-December 23
*the next activity will be posted the afternoon of Monday, January 4*
Grades K & 1
The 12 Days of Christmas!
Welcome back to music! This will be the last assignment until Monday, January 4th since next week is a shortened week.
I hope you and your families have a wonderful Holiday vacation and a healthy and happy New Year!
Grades 2-5
Guess the Christmas Song with Emojis!
Welcome back to music! This will be the last assignment until Monday, January 4th since next week is a shortened week.
Please enjoy the Christmas song emoji video below, look at the emojis and then try and guess what Christmas song they are showing you. The video will give you the answer! When you're done, open the google form HERE and answer a few questions about the video.
I hope you and your families have a wonderful Holiday vacation and a healthy and happy New Year!
Music Activity #12
December 8- December 14
Grades K-5
Jingle Bells!
Thank you to all who listened and watched the performance of Sleigh Ride last week! You can go to www.my.flipgrid.com to see my video response to your video!
This week we are going to listen to and learn Jingle Bells! Below is a video that you can watch to help you learn the song. First the singer in the video sings a line of the song and then you copy them! If you know the song already then just sing along! Click HERE to access flipgrid and do three things:
Tell me if you like the song, Jingle Bells
Tell me your favorite winter or Christmas song.
Sing part or all of the song for me, if you don't want to sing on camera that is OK you can just do questions 1 and 2 if you don't feel comfortable singing for everyone on flipgrid. (If you want to sing that would be great!)
I look forward to hearing from you! Happy Singing! :)
Music Activity #11
November 30-December 7
Grades K-5
Sleigh Ride!
I hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving break! This week we are going to learn about the song Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson. The song is mostly played around the holiday season, you might recognize it! Although the song is about a sleigh ride through the snow, it was written on a very hot day. Leroy Anderson wrote the song because he was so hot in July and he wanted to pretend like he was in a much colder place. Throughout the song you can hear instruments that sound like horses hooves on the ground pulling the sleigh, a whip to tell the horses to go, jingle bells on the sleigh and a trumpet that sounds like a horse neighing! Please watch the video of the piece below and then tell me on flipgrid if you liked the song, what instruments you saw and if YOU could write a song what it would be about. Please watch the video of me on flipgrid HERE and then send me a flipgrid response!
This version of sleigh ride is performed by kids ages 16-19 in the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America!
Music Activity #10
November 17-November 24
Grades K-5
Happy Thanksgiving!
Welcome back to music! Thanksgiving is here and we all have so much to be thankful for! Please watch the video of the song below and then click HERE to open flipgrid, watch a video of me and then record a video of yourself telling me if you liked the song and tell me what YOU are thankful for! I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving filled with food and happiness!
Music Activity #9
November 5-November 16
Grades K-2
Let's Dance!
I can't wait to show you a fun song this week that you can dance to! All you have to do click play on the video below and then listen to what the song tells you to do! Click HERE to see a video of me on flipgrid and then record your own video telling me what your favorite part of the dance was! Maybe grab some family members and have them do the dance with you! If you danced with family or friends at home let me know in your video!
I can't wait to see your responses and don't forget to visit www.my.flipgrid.com to see my video responses to your videos!
Grades 3-5
Body Percussion!
This week we are going to use body percussion along with the song, "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons! You will have to clap, pat your legs, stomp your feet and snap! Please click HERE to watch a video of me giving directions and then leave me a flipgrid video telling me what you liked abut the video and if you thought it was fun, easy, challenging... give me your feedback!
I can't wait to see your responses and don't forget to visit www.my.flipgrid.com to see my video responses to your videos!
Music Activity #8
October 29-November 4
Grades K-2
Happy Halloween!
This week we will be listening to 5 Little Pumpkins! Watch the video below and then click HERE to tell me what your favorite pumpkin was! Happy? Grumpy? Playing? Sleepy? Sad?
Enjoy!
Grades 3-5
Happy Halloween!
This week we will be watching a Disney cartoon that is a little bit silly and a little bit spooky!!! Silly Symphony, "A Skeleton Dance," has no words BUT you can hear a lot of instruments in this fun video. Did you hear any instruments that you knew? Did you like the video? Do you know what instrument the skeleton was pretending to play on the other skeleton's back?
Tell me HERE on flipgrid! Enjoy!
Music Activity #7
October 20-October 28
Grades K-5
Bubbles!
This week we will listen to the 97th Street Roots, a group of 4th Grade musicians from Queens, New York! They are playing a song called, "Bubbles!" Watch the video below, then click HERE to get to Flipgrid where you can watch a video of me and then tell me what you liked about the song and what your favorite musical part was: singing, dancing, drum, triangle, finger cymbals or playing xylophone. Thank you and I look forward to your responses. Don't forget to visit www.my.flipgrid.com to see my video responses to your flipgrids!
Music Activity #6
October 13-October 19
Grades K-5
More Music Making!
Thank you SO much to all who submitted your Chrome Music Lab submissions last week below this post (Music Activity #5)! Your songs were AMAZING, so fun to listen to and I'm really glad you liked it too! If you didn't get to try it out- I recommend doing that before you complete this activity!
This week we will be trying something really similar. Click HERE to open the Cyber-Pattern Player. Click "next" then click on squares to make a pattern that you can see and hear! Keep trying to click "more sounds" to change the type of sound you are adding to your song.
No need to submit anything this week, have a great week and thanks for participating!
Music Activity #5
October 6-October-12
Grades K-5
Song Making!
Please watch the video below for directions!!!!!!
***video now located about under Music Activity #16***
Music Activity #4
September 29-October 5
Grades K-2
Instruments!
There are SO many instruments! The video below shows you how they look and sound!
Click HERE to open Flipgrid see a video of me and then record a video response that tells me if there are any instruments in the video that you've played before and if there are any instruments in the video that you liked the best or want to play!
Thank you and don't forget to visit www.my.flipgrid.com to see my video feedback to any of the flipgrid videos that you sent me!
Grades 3-5
Instruments!
There are SO many instruments! Every instrument belongs to an instrument family. There are four instrument families: brass, strings, woodwinds and percussion!
Here are some examples of instruments in each family:
Brass: trumpet, trombone, tuba
Strings: violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, ukulele
Woodwinds: flute, clarinet, saxophone
Percussion: drums, triangle, cymbals, piano
Please watch the video of George below, he visits an orchestra in Sydney, Australia and gets to explore the instruments and their families!
When you're done, click HERE to open flipgrid, watch a video of me and record yourself telling me what instrument family you liked the best and what instrument you would want to play! If you already play an instrument tell me what it is and what family it is in and you can still tell me if you would like to play another instrument from this video.
Thank you and don't forget to visit www.my.flipgrid.com to see my video feedback to any of the flipgrid videos that you sent me!
Music Activity #3
September 22-28
Grades K-2
Story Time!
Thank you SO much for singing for me last week for music activity #2. I loved it! You can view my feedback at www.my.flipgrid.com
This week I will be singing you a story called, "There Was a Man and He Was Mad." To hear it, click the flipgrid link HERE.
When you're done hearing the story, please tell me on flipgrid if you liked it, what your favorite part was, and what you think happened to the man in the story!
Below, I attached a Powerpoint of the story so you can see the images larger if you'd like. Enjoy!
There Was a Man and He Was Mad.pptxGrades 3-5
Story Time!
Thank you for completing last week's Star Wars activity! You can see my feedback at www.my.flipgrid.com
This week I will be reading you a story called, "Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo" by John Lithgow. To hear it, click the flipgrid link, HERE.
When you're done hearing the story, please tell me on flipgrid if you liked it, what your favorite part was, and what you think happened to the boy in the story!
Enjoy :)
Music Activity #2
September 15-21
Grades K-2
Hello Song
This week, we will sing the Hello Song! If you're in 2nd grade you will recognize it and if you're in Kindergarten or 1st grade it will be something brand new!
I look forward to hearing you and you can check www.my.flipgrid.com to see my feedback to your flipgrid videos!
Here are the lyrics to the song in case you have trouble hearing my words:
"Hello There
How are you?
It's so nice,
to see you!
Let's sing and...
be happy....
that we're all back together again!"
Grade 3-5
Musical Performance
This week we will watch a performance of Imperial March from Star Wars! It is conducted by John Williams who wrote this song!
I look forward to hearing from you and you can check www.my.flipgrid.com to see my feedback to your flipgrid videos!
4th and 5th Graders click HERE to view the google classroom codes for band and chorus!
Music Activity #1
September 8-14
Music Activity #1
(September 08-11)
Please click HERE to access the music activity flipgrid link. When you click the link you will see a video of Ms. D'Orio and Mrs. Basile, please watch our video and then record a flipgrid response by clicking, "record a response."
When you make your video all you have to do is tell us what you did over the summer that was musical! If you are a new student feel free to introduce yourself, we can't wait to meet you... and don't forget to check back next week for a new activity!
Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!
When you're done......
Click HERE to visit www.my.flipgrid.com to see Ms. D'Orio and Mrs. Basile's video response to your flipgrid video!
