Mrs. McConnell's Music

Welcome All-Stars! It's that Time...

"Variety Show at Home iMovie Night" will be on May 8 following National Field Day, and the iMovie will run Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Families may watch during our 3-day open window.

Our All-Star Kids will Amaze and Entertain You!!

"Keep the Music Going...!"

Talent Ideas: The Unmasked Singer-give 3 clues, Sing, Dance, Move, Beatbox, Sports, Lip Sync, Bloopers, iMovie Trailers, Garage Band, Create Art/Instruments, Rhythm, (add music track). Week 6 & 7 Challenge: Unmasked-Guess who?/Wash Your Hands for 20 Seconds (National Field Day Sing/Dance Challenge!

( Sing and Play in an Electronic Rock Band)

K-5 All-Star Musicians! It's That Time! Send in your Talent Act recordings and/or pictures in the next couple of weeks for our school-wide Home Family Variety Show... Anything Goes!

'Variety Show at Home-Unplugged!' Family Home iMovie Night May 15-16, 2020!

Talent Acts may include: Singing, dancing, rock band, instrument playing, breakdance, beatbox, clowning, lipsync a song, write original song, jazz dance, cheerleading, gymnastics,

Add a background music track for card tricks, skateboarding, soccer skills, puppet show, magic show, wrestling moves,

Solve Problem/'How-To' solve rubik's cube, draw a picture, make a sculpture, make recipe, do skateboard tricks, create a video game, and more!

Just Plug-in Music and Go!

"Keep the Music Going..."

Time limit: (depends on your act) 30 seconds up to 1 1/2 minutes. Put your Variety Show Act on for your family. Record your act and/or send in pictures that tell about your talent story. Some form of music must be in your act such as singing, instrument playing, foreground, background music, Garage Band tracks, mp3, Soundzabound, Acapella app, Seesaw, iMovie, iPad, iPhone, etc.

lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org

record and send to Seesaw!

(Flipgrid- coming soon)

1) Wear Costume and Disguise Your Voice (Who is that masked singer?)

2) Sing and Play in a Rock Band!

3) Send in your Bloopers,

4) iTunes Movie Trailers,

5) Lip sync, beatbox, break dance!

6) Garage Band sound tracks for video game you created or movie!

7) add music: art, Juggling, card tricks, skateboard, sports skills, karate forms, create instruments, rubik's cube,

'Quarantine Dance Song'

by the McClanathan Family!!

For Variety Show at Home- Un-plugged" Get your talent acts together now! Send in pic/video for school-wide iMovie for May 15-16, 2020

Hello Everyone! This is Mrs. McConnell and I am so excited that you can now use your classroom Seesaw to share your Final music project, songs, activities, audio recordings, and pictures! Thank you, Teachers! Future weekly music activities may be found under the "activities" tab, with 1-2 music activities per week to do -Just for fun!

Week 4: * Your Final and only Music Project will be your "Home Variety Show" talent act that you will perform for your family. You may record on video, sing on microphone, or send a picture with name and title (use record video, photo, mic options) on Seesaw. You may also use iMovie, iPhone, email, and any other ways to record & send in your pics and recordings.

Get your talent act in soon to be added into our 'All-Star iMovie for Families' to watch on Friday May 16- 'Family Home Movie Night.' Talent Show ideas and information for "Home Variety Show" can be found on our Music Website at the top of the Music Webpage.

Mrs. McConnell's Music Webpage- Ackerman

https://sites.google.com/mpsomaha.org/mrsmcconnellsmusic/home

[Explore our Music Website for more fun music activities, games, videos, rhythm, creative music and more! For extra K-5 Grade level lesson plans, and more Variety Show ideas, scroll down to the bottom page.]

You may email pics, and short recordings to: lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org

Look for your next activity under the “Activities Tab," in Seesaw and send in your pics and recordings!

"Keep the Music Going..."

Braiden McCB5.mov

Sneak Peek Snippets !

"I'm gonna stay at home,

only got 6 more weeks of 5th Grade...

SShhiiiisssshhhhhh!!

This video will be played in its entirety in our Variety Show Family Home Night in May.

Music activities from Week 3 with Fun New Rhythm Game!

1) You may Choose music and Gymsic activities from the music rubrik on the right. Scroll down the sheet to find gymsic (gym & music combined) links. Please complete 1 or 2 activities per day for 10 or 15 minutes- Just For Fun! For blank grid square, you may choose your own activity - just add music...! Below, Evie is using Kandinsky on Google Chrome Music Lab

Evelyn R KW.mov

Google Chrome Music Lab: From Week 3 Activities Sheet

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments

2) Rhythm Game: Clap the rhythms you see on the right using (ta, ti- ti and rest).

a. Create your own rhythm patterns using items around your house (large or small objects). take a pic or short video with name/class/description, and send it in to lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org

b. find objects around the house to use as an instruments (drum, table, create your own drum). Tap these rhythms, and the rhythms you've created.

c. create word chains. For example: 4 words - dog, cat, chic-ken, horse = ta, ta, ti- ti ta (using word syllables)

Our goal: All K-5 students send in 1 picture (or recording) of your music project/activity per week. Be sure to give your name & class code- label or tell us what you are doing.

Send your pics/short videos to: lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org

*Keep singing, dancing, moving and playing instruments. Don't forget to send it in :)

Music Ack Wk 3 (4/6-4/10 (Choose Activities)

Remote Learning Videos for grades K-5 Coming Soon...

(You will find K-5 Lessons, Projects and Links to complete each week (Scroll Way Down to Bottom)

Hey all All-Stars! Just click, watch & sing along...

[click Link or play button]

Beautiful Nebraska - Official Video

Our State Song, 'Beautiful Nebraska' was written by a refugee from Russia who was inspired by his surroundings when he came to Nebraska. Memorize the words (lyrics) through these beautiful images in the video.

The All-Star Fourth Graders went on a Virtual Tour of Nebraska. Among other sights, they toured the Art Mosaics in the Capital Building and Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Grades K-5 will click the link for visual, musical and audio experience. Use your multiple intelligences to learn and memorize our State Song!

Now, Sing along with Mrs. McConnell with Lyrics

Beautiful Nebraska is our State Song -(sing along with lyrics below)

(Jim Fras/ Guy G. Miller)

Beautiful Nebraska, peaceful prairie land, Laced with many rivers and the hills of sand. Dark green valleys cradled in the earth, rain and sunshine bring abundant birth.

*(Chorus) Beautiful Nebraska, as you look around, you will find a rainbow reaching to the ground: All these wonders by the Master's hand Beautiful Nebraska land.

(Bridge) We are so proud of this state where we live. There is no place that has so much to give. *(Chorus)

Beautiful Nebraska, as you look around, you will find a rainbow reaching to the ground: All these wonders by the Master's hand Beautiful Nebraska land.

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(Our 1st Trivia Question will be found under each video with answers below to decode or click on.)

Trivia: what is the jazz phrase for "Play the piano?"

Answer spelled backwards: "seirovi eht elkciT"

For trivia answer click on Blue Banner below!

For Trivia Answer, Click the Arrow ->

"Tickle the Ivories"

K-5 Remote Music Lessons and Websites (Week 3)

K-5 Music Lessons and Websites for We (Click on the link (s) for your grade level, below)

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Sing Along With the Song, Aiken Drum and see how many new body parts can be added with food from your kitchen. Add different items besides a ladle (soup spoon) to your song. Sing, Record, make a video, and more.

Send your pics to: lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org

videos to: SeeSaw, Flipgrid, and other..

Aiken Drum for K-5 (Singing Activity)

There was a man lived in the moon, in the moon, in the moon. There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aiken Drum.

*And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle, he played upon a ladle and his name was Aiken Drum.

His eyes were made of meatballs, meatballs, meatballs, His eyes were made of meatballs and his name was Aiken Drum. *

His nose was made of string cheese...

His mouth was made of pizza...

His hair was made of spaghetti...

And his name was Aiken Drum.

Grade K /1 Week 4 -6

1) "Variety Show at Home" coming up soon! Ackerman All-Stars, get your talent act together. Among other things, All-Star Acts may include: singing, dancing, jokes & riddles, karate forms, magic show, jump rope to music, sports demo to music, puppet show, problem solve (rubik's cube), playing any instrument (guitar, drums, piano, recorder, flute, cello, percussions, etc), anything set to music. Work on your act, every day. All students will be participating.

**{For more details, scroll all the way up to the top. }

[Week 2-3]

2) Kids may know how to sing songs from both song lists:

Kindergarten Song List: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Mozart tune), Baa Baa Black Sheep, BINGO, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Dinosaurs Dancing,

Grade 1 Song List: Willum he had 7 Sons, Gilly Gilly Gilly Good Morning, The Farmer in the Dell, If You're Happy and you know it, Miss Mary Mack, Old MacDonald Had a Farm,

[Kindergarten Week 1-2]

3) Kindergarten: 1) Kindergarten Elementary Music Class Day 1,A Distance Learning Lesson w/ Mr.S

[First Grade Week 1-2]

3a) 1st Grade Elementary Music Class Day 2, A Distance Learning Lesson with Mr. S

(A Distance Learning Music Lesson with Mr. S, known nationally)

Grade 2 Weeks 4-6

1) "Variety Show at Home" coming up soon! Ackerman All-Stars, get your talent act together. All-Star Acts may include: singing, dancing, jokes & riddles, karate forms, magic show, jump rope to music, sports demo to music, puppet show, problem solve (rubik's cube), playing any instrument (guitar, drums, piano, recorder, flute, cello, percussions, etc), anything set to music. Work on your act, every day. All students will be participating. More to come...

[Week 2-3]

2) Sing your 2nd Grade Program songs for your parents and family!

List: Step into the Spotlight, Dance Dance Dance, Step in Time, This Little Light of Mine, She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain, Turkey in the Straw, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Do Re Mi on Orff Instruments, Hakuna Matada, The Great Outdoors, It's a Small World, and Chicken Song

[Week 1-2

3) 2nd Grade Elementary Music Class Day 1, A Distance Learning Lesson with Mr. S

(A Second Grade Distance Learning Music Lesson with Mr. S known nationally)

Grade 3 Week 4-6

[From Week 2-3]

2) GarageBand Exploration on iPad

Explore, create and record music in Garage Band on your I-Pad. Open up Garage Band on your iPad (It's the Guitar Icon.) Like a video game, just explore, mouse over and click on information tabs, try out different sounds, instruments, vocals, and much more.

Here are links to help you get started singing, playing, and making your own music for download and to listen to. (Links below)

GarageBand Tutorial For Beginners iPad and iPhone

Garageband on iPad with iOS - a tutorial

[From Week 1-2

3) 3rd Grade Elementary Music Class Day 1, Distance Learning Orff Lesson Mr. S

A 3rd Grade Distance Orff Music Lesson with Mr. S.

Grade 4 Week 4-6

[From Week 2-3]

2) Garage Band: Explore, create and record music in Garage Band on your I-Pad! [Tutorial: Here are links to help you get started singing, playing, and making your own music to download and listen to. (Link below)]

GarageBand Tutorial For Beginners iPad and iPhone

Garageband on iPad with iOS - a tutorial

[From Week 1-2]

3) 4th Grade Elementary Music Class Day 1, Distance Learning Lesson Mr. S A 4th Grade Distance Orff Music Lesson with Mr. S

(Create your own body percussions using counting and word rhythms) [Later: we will add music into our body percussion composition]

Grade 5 Week 4-6

1) "Variety Show at Home" -It's That Time! Ackerman All-Stars, get your talent act together! All-Star Acts may include: singing, dancing, jokes & riddles, karate forms, magic show, jump rope to music, sports demo to music, puppet show, problem solve (rubik's cube), playing any instrument (guitar, drums, piano, recorder, flute, cello, percussions, Rock band, and much more - anything set to music, created on Garage Band or other. Work on your act, every day. All students will be participating. More details to come...

[Week 2-3]

2) GarageBand Exploration is for creating songs, mp3 files, i-movies, projects, presentations and performances. (You can even Make a CD (to share to iTunes) or record for screen capture replay.

GarageBand Tutorial For Beginners iPad and iPhone

Garageband on iPad with iOS - a tutorial

[ Includes mp3: singing music, background tracks, vocal and instrumental tracks, and so much more! ]. Send in your final recording, pics, mp3's, etc.

lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org or to Teacher Seesaw

Grade 5 (Continued)

[From Week 1-2]

3) Composer Projects (Optional) --These were started in music class. Remember, a composer is a person who creates (writes) music to play and/or sing. You may choose a person (in a band or soloist) who actually writes (creates) that music. Be sure this person or group writes school appropriate positive music. Send a picture or video of your presentation. (Optional)

Your chosen musician may be early period composers like Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart (extra credit for these). They may be early to mid-century composers like The Beatles, George Glass, Aaron Copland, or they may be newer composers like Steven Spielberg, John Williams (Star Wars), Whitney Houston, John Legend, Will Smith, Lady Gaga, and others as long as it is school appropriate.

Find someone who writes music you are passionate about, and write fun appropriate facts about them. You may present it on any medium you choose, Seesaw, video, mp3 (audio), slide show, I-Movie, Google form, Flipgrid, and other. Send pics and smaller files to: lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org or Seesaw

Flipgrid Section

Flipgrid is a way for Kids to record videos for music projects, talent show acts, etc. and have the ability to send them in to:

https://flipgrid.com/mcconnell0690

Coming in the Fall!!

"Keep the Music Going... "

Share Music, iMovies, & Pics w/show and tell: lsmcconnell@mpsomaha.org

Seesaw: Share video 30 sec-1 1/2 min, & audio (mic) to:

Remote Learning- Specialists Link: sites.google.com/a/mpsomaha.org/ackerman/remote-learning

Flipgrid for recording and sending in: https://flipgrid.com/mcconnell0690 (for video recordings (Coming soon...)

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