Hello Piano Friends! Happy May! This week at our house we celebrated my daughter’s 21st birthday! She was born on Cinco de Mayo. This week’s music challenge is to think up animal names that have 1 sound names or 2 sound names. Then you can use these sounds to make your own Rhythm Rap. If you like extra challenges, find some animals with a 4 sound name!!! You can also draw a picture of your Animal Rap song.

Here are some of my animal name sounds. You can check for 1 sound or 2 sounds by tapping Panda Pointer or Middleton Mouse as you say the word. I miss you!! Mrs. Miller

Hello! How has your week been? I want to share a Mystery Message for you to figure out. Music Teachers all over the country have been sharing fun music activities for students while they are at home. Here is an activity shared by a music teacher in Florida, Ms. Guerra.

Have a beautiful week! Love, Mrs. Miller

In the song below there are empty spaces. Add your own ideas about silly things Old Farmer MacDonald has besides farm animals. Here are 2 of my silly versions!

If you have a keyboard at home, see the link above to the music for Old MacDonald. We miss you!

Love, Popper, Pepper and Mrs. Miller

I miss you!!!! This week’s lesson is the MUSIC ALPHABET SPELLING BEE written on the 5 lines and 4 spaces of the staff. 3rd and 4th, I would like you to look at the Treble Clef Spelling Bee worksheet. For 5th graders, you can choose the Bass or Treble Clef Spelling Bee worksheet. If you do not have a printer at home, here is what you can do. Draw 5 lines and 4 spaces on a piece of notebook paper and there you have your staff! Draw the notes on your home made sheet.

Challenge of the week: A fifth grader currently holds the record of 40 words written using only the MUSIC ALPHABET. Can YOU be the one who comes up with more than 40??!!!

Until next week! Mrs. Miller, Popper and Pepper

This year some of you learned “Miss Mary Mack” on the piano. This song is a jump rope rhyme. Below are some of my favorites. Can you do all 5 in a row while jumping, jumping rope, or jumping on a trampoline? Watch my video of chanting these with a special guest. I love you and miss you!!!

~Mrs. Miller

5 | Benjamin Franklin went to France

To teach the ladies how to dance.

First the heel and then the toe,

Spin around and out you go!

Popper Penguin's Piano Challenge: Write down your own rhythm without using paper or pencil! Mrs. Miller made a Ta (quarter note) with a stick and a dandelion! You could use pennies and toothpicks! Popsicle sticks make great Ta-di’s (2 eighth notes.) You could even use Legos!

Have fun finding things to make your own rhythm patterns! Look at the worksheets to remember what our Ta, Ta-di, and other notes look like.

Miss you! Love, Mrs. Miller

Hi! I miss you all so much!!! I have been in touch with other music teacher friends. I found out that all over America music teachers are giving their students weekly music challenges. Here is yours for this week!

Write your own rhythm pattern using any of the rhythm notes we have learned. Do not use paper and pencil. Make your rhythm pattern out of things you can find around your house: Example: Use a rubber band for a whole note; or, make a ta-ka-di-mi out of sticks from your yard. You could even use Lego pieces. Get creative! When you are finished, perform your new rhythm masterpiece!

Until next week... Mrs. Music Miller

Look at worksheet #1. It’s Grandma’s House (the three black keys) and Dog House (the 2 black keys)! Someone lives in each white note. Tell me who lives in each piano key (example: Cat lives on the C note). Now look at worksheet #2, the piano with only alphabet names. Can you think of something else that starts with C that could visit that note? Draw a picture of it. Do the same for each alphabet note.

I miss you! Mrs. Miller and Popper and Pepper !

Look at the worksheet. It has Middle C, Delicate D (under the bottom line), Elegant E (it lives on the bottom line,) Fancy F (it lives in the bottom space) and Grizzly Bear G (it lives on line number 2.) Remember, we count the lines and spaces on the staff from the bottom to the top. If 2 white notes live next door to each other and you play them (C to D,) you moved by a step. If you skip a note in between (C to E,) you moved by a skip. You will notice a step moves from a line to a space or a space to a line. Skips move from a space to a space or a line to a line. Write down the answers to the worksheet on a piece of notebook paper.

Make Up a Game Challenge:

Draw the 5 lines and 4 spaces on a sidewalk with chalk and think of challenges. Example: Can you skip from line 1 to line 4 and keep your balance? Or, Throw a bean bag from far away and land it on line 3!!! I cannot wait to hear what your challenges were. We could try some of these as a class the next time I see you!!!

Mrs. Miller misses you!!! Let me know if you have questions.

Hello!!!! I have missed you all so much!!!! There are 2 worksheets for you to choose from. One is basic and the other a little more challenging. These are music symbols that are used in piano pieces (and band and choir, etc.) The goal is for you to start learning the names for the symbols and practice drawing them :) Have fun with the challenge!! Mrs. Miller

Word bank for crossword search: