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Kindergarten & Grade 1

Rise and Shine.mp4

Welcome to Music!

Rise and Shine Song with Mrs. Poitras - guest appearance by Kristy

Week of June 9: Final Week

Week of June 2 Activities: Campfire Songs

K and Grade 1: Go to MUSICPLAY ONLINE to Learn and Sing "Bingo", She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain", "Down by the Bay", and "Little Red Wagon."

Week of May 26 Activities:

Kindergarten: Follow the activities on MUSICPLAY ONLINE

Grade 1: Follow the activities on MUSICPLAY ONLINE

Week of May 19 Activities:

Kindergarten: Follow the activities on MUSICPLAY ONLINE

Grade 1: Follow the activities on MUSICPLAY ONLINE

Week of May 12 Activities:

Kindergarten: Try out the activities on MUSICPLAY ONLINE

Grade 1: Try out the activities on MUSICPLAY ONLINE

Week of May 5 Activities:

Grade K & 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE -Move to Rondeau, Review "Juanito", and learn to dance "La Raspa"

Spring Rhythms

Pick an instrument and follow the beat boxes to play with one sound, 2 sounds or no sound (rest sign).

Week of April 28 Activities:

Grade K and 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE-Learn the Spanish song "Juanito" -sing and do the movements (Activities 4,5,6). Learn the song "Old Dog Full of Fleas" -echo the rhythms and solfa melodies (Activities 7-10). Watch and listen to the "Wild Donkeys" paying attention to fast/slow and up/down (Activities 13,14,15).

Movement Activity

Keep the steady beat with actions

Cup Activity

Practice rhythm patterns with a cup

Week of April 14 Activities:

K and Grades 1: Visit Musicplay Online - echo vegetable rhythms, learn to sing Old Mister Rabbit, create corn and carrot rhythms, and help create sounds for "Space Worms". Enjoy doing the movements to the Tony Chestnut song below after you read the story.

Tony Chestnut Story

Learn about the characters

Tony Chestnut Song

Help do the actions

Week of April 7 Activities:

K and Grade 1: Visit Musicplay Online - Do all the activities. There are some fun spring songs to enjoy below.

Week of March 31 Activities:

Kindergarten and Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Do activities 2,3,4 and 7,8,9,10. Have fun with the bunny songs! There are 2 bunny rhythm activities below.

Easter Rhythm Fun

Peter Rabbit Play Along

Week of March 24 Activities:

Kindergarten and Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE for some rabbit songs - Do movements to Jump Jackrabbit, Jump! Sing an echo with John the Rabbit (What did he steal out of the garden?) and practice loud/soft with Sleepy Bunnies. Practice tapping a steady beat with Rossini's theme (then try galloping to it like the horses). Below are some extra activities - practice singing patterns and rhythm patterns in the Flower Song.

Bunny Hokey Pokey

Do the Hokey Pokey bunny style!

Flower Song

Sing so-mi patterns and clap along with rhythms

Waltz of the Flowers

Move like a dancing flower or tap along

Week of March 17 Activities:

Kindergarten and Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE and do Leprechaun March (#6) and Nanny Goats (#8) and have someone read you the story of "The 3 Billy Goats Gruff" or view it below along with the song. There are some additional "troll" songs below. You may also do some movements to Knees Up Mother Brown (#10).

Billy Goats Gruff

STORY

Billy Goats Gruff

Song - Anti-Bullying

Trip Trap Story

Rhythm Sticks

Troll Rhythms

Grade 1

Troll Village Anthem

Grade 1

Week of March 10 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Sing with Bobo, Listen and Sing with "Burnie Bee", Sing and Move with "Leprechaun March", and move and play instruments to "Connaughtman's Rambles"

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Sing with Bobo, Learn the song "Bee, Bee, Bumblebee" and move to "Flight of the Bumblebee". Create your own bug composition. Do the Irish activities below.

Dance with a Shamrock Beat

Irish Lilting

Dance or play along to the beat

Week of March 3 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE -Sing with Bobo, Do "Dinosaurs", "Dinosaurs ditty-wa", listen to Connaughtman's Rambles.

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE -Sing with Bobo, Learn the "Old Gray Cat" song, listen to the Cat music from Peter and the Wolf and the Lions from Carnival of the Animals and do the movements for each. Learn and Sing "The Lucky Leprechaun". Below, try the Leprechaun Freeze and the rhythm chart to the Lion

Leprechaun Freeze Dance

Lion

rhythm playalong/body percussion

Week of February 24 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE Do Activities #1-10

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE Do Activities #1-5 and #9 -One Sound or Two

Week of February 10 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE Practice using echo with singing and rhythms. Practice body percussion patterns (groups of 3) with the video. Learn "I Like Valentines" using loud and soft, then practice creating some loud and soft patterns on your own with the interactive tool!

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE Practice body percussion with the video, learn the song "I Like You" (either version) and then practice an ostinato to go with it, choosing an instrument to play it on. An OSTINATO is a repeated pattern like ta ta titi ta. Sing and play along with the song "Aikendrum" and try creating your own verses!

Click on THIS LINK for a High/Low Sound Guessing Game. There is another one HERE -that gives you the answers after you guess.

Have fun with the Rhythms and Freeze Dance in the videos below.

Picture Patterns

Say "Bear" or "Cupcake" in each box

Love Bug Rhythms

Play Along with an Instrument

Valentine Freeze Dance

Can you name the Instruments when you freeze?

Let me know what your score was!

Week of February 3 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE -Keep the beat and practice rhythms with activities 2 and 3. Practice echo singing with activity 4 and practice fast and slow with activities 5 and 6.

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Keep the beat with as you listen to "Gigue", do the Interactive Activity "Is it one sound or two?" and then try activities 9 and 10 with the students in the videos.

Week of January 27 Activities:

Kindergarten and Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE -Watch the full story of Peter and the Wolf and review the instruments used as the characters. Also visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE to perform some fruit and vegetable rhythms (tap, say, play) then create your own. You may also review Button Factory -it's a challenge! EXPLORE with your voice below and sing "Snow is Falling" - videos are below!

Explore with your voice

Use your voice to echo the slide whistle

Snow is Falling Today

Learn to sing the song - Can you sing new words? Wind is blowing today or sun is shining today. What else?

Week of January 20 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Learn the "Button Factory" Chant. Do Activities 5, 6, 7, 8 with "Old Mother Brown". Review Penguin Polka.

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Review the story of Peter and the Wolf (activity 9). Listen to Peter's theme and the Hunter's theme and learn about the instruments that go with each character.

Quarter Note Song

Practice singing and keeping beat

Snowman Dance

Learn and do the movements

Week of January 13 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Listen to the story "So-Me Goes to the Party", learn to play "Mother Brown", sing and move to Penguin Polka, and keep beat to the Sewing Machine.

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Review the story of Peter and the Wolf, and view all the instruments that are used in the story. Learn the themes for the Cat, Grandfather, and the Wolf, with their instruments the clarinet, bassoon, and French Horn.

Practice your beats and rhythms below!

Kindergarten

Walk along winter beat street with each friend in 8 beat patterns. Follow the snowman's directions on how to move, then try playing a different instrument/sound for each friend. You will need 6 sounds!

Grade 1

Practice clapping one sound as "ice" and 2 sounds as "skating". Quiet on the rests. Then play through using a different instrument or sound for each animal (mouse, dog, hedgehog)

Week of January 6 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE - Learn the fingerplay "Chubby Little Snowman". Sing the echos to "I Made a Snowman" and do the actions. Move with hands/scarf to "Snowflakes are Falling" and learn the letter E with "Ellie the Elephant". There are several elephant songs and activities there if you'd like to enjoy more!

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE -Listen to the story of Peter and the Wolf and learn about the characters (bird, duck) with their instruments (flute, oboe). We will add additional characters/instruments during January.

Week of December 16 and 23 Activities:

Visit Musicplay Online (K) to learn "Down the Chimney" filling in the words as you sing, then listen to the Nutcracker story and watch the Chinese Dance -try performing.

Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE (1) to learn "Bells on the Sleigh" -use found instruments at home for tapping, ringing, etc. Then do the instrument sort and explore virtual instruments!

Practice Body Percussion with the songs below. Body percussion means using your body as an instrument. Use movements such as patting your lap, clapping, snapping, or stomping your foot.

Jingle Bells

Keep beat with your body by following the beat squares

Auditions with Santa

Can you help each Santa perform his rhythm? Each one is different!

Let's SING and MOVE and have some fun! Try moving with the songs below and practice singing too!

SANTA Christmas Dance

Merry Twistmas

Week of December 9 Activities:

Grade K/1 Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE to learn "Ho Ho Ho" and "Up on the Housetop"

Movement Activities Below:

Move and Freeze

Listen for when to stop!

Reindeer Hokey Pokey

Christmas Dance

Try some new moves

Week of December 2 Activities:

Learn the song "I'm the Happiest Christmas Tree" with movements

The Happiest Christmas Tree

Follow with the Words

The Happiest Christmas Tree

Performance with Movements

Then Visit MUSICPLAY ONLINE and do the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers with paper plate routine and "One Little Candle" -choose a tapping instrument to play on the words "burn, burn, burn", then raise your body up on the first phrase of "hannukah is here" then lower it on the second phrase (it follows the melody).

Week of November 18 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY and do the Activities. Some songs are review.

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY and do Activities 2-11. Thanksgiving songs are extra.

After you complete your activities, complete and submit this week's Google Form.

Week of November 11 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY and do Activities 2,3 and 6-8. Review songs 10&11

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY and do Activities 2&3, 6-8, 9&10. You may choose an optional Thanksgiving song.

After you complete your activities, complete and submit this week's Google Form

Week of November 4 Activities:

Kindergarten: Visit MUSICPLAY and do Activities 2-5, 7-9

Grade 1: Visit MUSICPLAY and do the Activities.

Autumn Leaves

Follow the leaves up and down to show your voice where to go.

Leaf Little Leaf

How does this song make you feel?

October 28 Activities:

Read along with some pumpkin and bat patterns. Use the guide through the first video and then try to read and tap on your own through the second video. Then have fun with a singalong and freeze dance!

Play along with pumpkins and bats

Grab a found instrument to play

Pumpkin Walk - follow the boxes as they light

Empty boxes mean to rest (no sound)

Pumpkin Bones Sinalong

Monster Freeze Dance

Week of October 21 Activities:

Kindergarten and Grade 1 : Vistit the MUSICPLAY LINK

Choose the Read Along "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" and add some different instrument sounds from around your home for each item. You will need a shaker, scraper, tapper, and drum. Then practice some vocal sounds with Rattlebone Rock.

Week of October 14 Activities:

Instrument Kit Activities - visit MusicPlay Online

Activities 1-6 are appropriate for Grades K-2 and Activities 7-14 for Grades 1-3

To make your own instrument kit, you will need to find a wood, scraper or shaker, something metal, and a drum type instrument. The kitchen is an awesome place to find these things - wooden spoons, cheese grater, metal measuring cups, rice-filled containers, buckets, etc. If you'd like to create something fancier, there are some crafty ideas below for additional home-made instruments! Have an adult help with glue and scissors.

3 ideas

4 ideas

Week of September 30 Activities:

Choose Kindergarten MUSICPLAY Activities

or Grade 1 MUSICPLAY Activities

Extra: Learn the song "Tony Chestnut" with the video below.

Try learning the actions and then singing a little faster.

TONY CHESTNUT

September Activities Week 2

Listen and Move - match the movement of your body to the music

Go on a SOUND HUNT

View the LISTENING WALK LESSON

Greetings friends!

September Activities Week 1:

Hello Song using echo voice and steady beat Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes getting faster each time

steady beat, echo sing

keep a steady beat while you march, tap your lap, or clap along

change the tempo

One of my favorite game songs in class is "Bluebird". I wanted to share it with you even though we are not together to play the game.

Bluebird, Bluebird

What are some other color birds you know of that you could sing about?

When the Robin Comes Bobbin'.mov

When the Robin Comes Bobbin'

Bob, fly, hop and sing along with me!

Whistling Bird

The water whistle sound

How to yodel

A fun thing to practice! Hear more on yodelling by clicking on the grade 2/3 tab.

Goodbye, see you next time everyone!

Have a wonderful summer, enjoy some summer songs I posted on the Music in the Morning tab.

It's A Beautiful Day!

I'd Like to Share it With You! What are you going to do today?

A Song to Sing as you go on Your Scavenger Hunt!

Take a walk outside and see what you can find.

I Went on a Hike.mov

Hike with Mrs. Poitras

Sing with me.

On My Hike.docx

What did I see?

Animal & Plant Chart

Hike with Me!

What might you see and hear? Can you help make the sounds? Choose an instrument for each or use your voice.

Go on a Hike!

Sing while you hike and look around -add all those things to your song.

Which of these animals would you see on your hike?

CHART 1 and CHART 2

Keep track of what you see, animals AND plants, and create your own word rhythm!

The Other Day I Met a Bear

We sang this song for Pajama Jam and added other "visitors" -a snake and a werewolf!

Another Song Story

The Crabfish Tale

May 27 lessons

Kindergarten -view the See Saw lesson and game, then try it out!

Grade 1 - learn the Spanish song COQUI (frog) singing soft and gentle, then listen to what an actual Coqui sounds like!

Jambo Bwana

There are many possibilities with this African song and depending on what grade level you are in or what your abilities are, you can choose one or several of the possibilities below.

Step 1 - learn how to sing the words and melody. There are options in the song to play the notes on a melody instrument if you have one, or to sing the solfege notes.

Step 2 - Either keep the beat going by patting, clapping, tapping on an instrument, or you can follow some of the rhythmic patterns.

May 20- Pitch =high and low

Review PITCH, TONE, and BEAT with this Brainpop video

High and Low Notes

Learn from Clara the Clarinet

High Low Song

Practice singing high and low

Don't forget there is an entry in the Music Olympics for highest and lowest notes sung or played!

Join us for Pajama Jam!

I Like To Wear My Pajamas

This song is set in a classic blues style.

Find an instrument to practice keeping the beat with while you sing.

May 13 -Songs for a Sunny Day!

Mister Sun

In the middle of the song, what instrument does Mr. Sun play? What instruments do the 3 children play?

It's a Beautiful Day

The chicks begin to gather with their friends. Can you name the instruments all 7 of them are playing at the end?

echo singing -koko.mov

May 6 - Kokoleoko

Learn a Song from West Africa

Keep a beat or learn a rhythm to the song with the activities demonstrated below. Here are the words:

Kokoleoko Mama, Kokoleoko, Kokoleoko Mama, Koleoko

Aba Mama Aba, Aba Mama, Koleoko

Ball Bouncing -Koko.mov

Ball Bouncing

Part A - bounce to beat

Part B - toss and catch

Body Percussion-Koko.mov

Body Percussion

Part A-pat knee/shoulder

Part B-2 hands tap/cross

rhythms -koko.mov

Rhythms

Choose your pattern

Practice repeating it

April 29 Music Lessons

The following activities are taken from the Musicplay Online Curriculum. Parents, please follow the easy step by step teaching procedures which come with clear objectives and supporting resources. There are visuals to interact with as well.

Kindergarten click on April 29 K Music Lesson

Listen to "Rain, Rain", Learn the "Pitter Patter" poem and use both in a video story. Then sing along with "If All of the Raindrops" and make your own booklet of it.

Grade 1 click on April 29 Gr.1 Music Lesson

Echo body percussion rhythms and sing solfege with chart to "Old Dog Full of Fleas". Then sing the song and play the game, and create a word rhythm composition with the bug cut-outs.

Getting To Know Instruments

by Sound and Sight and by Family

Strings

Brass

Woodwind

Percussion

Musical ABC's

Name instruments in letter order

Sounds of Instruments

What do the instruments say?

April 15

Get creative and go to Chrome Music Lab Song Maker to create your own piece! Directions are found below.

Use body movements along with a chart to do the rhythms to Radetzky March below.

Have fun stompin' and chompin' to the Dinosaur Beat and learn the Clap Clap Song.

Follow these directions to help you with "Song Maker" then explore on your own.

If you come up with an awesome creation, save it and send me the link! I'd love to hear it.

Radetzy March

Kindergarten: March to the beat and use a "found" instrument to tap along on your own band! What instruments do you hear?

First Grade: Tap and clap part A and D -for the other parts you can practice conducting or make up your own movement!

Dinosaur Stomp

Let's see your dinosaur keep beat stompin' and chompin' -does your dinosaur have some other moves? This would be a blast in class!

Miss being in class?

Here's 2 you can join! Pick one or do them both - Have fun!

Clap Clap Song-with paper

Grab a piece of paper and join this class in a performance. Identify the 2 different sections of the song and perform them differently -watch for instructions!

Clap Clap Song-movement

Grab a partner in your home and join this class in a performance. Tap and clap on the first part and do-si-do on the second -watch for instructions!

April 8 Grade K and 1

Special Announcement to Kindergarteners! I will be joining your Google Meet sessions as a guest speaker to share a song with you live! The first meet is with Mrs. Stewart's class on April 9.

My Puppy Kristy.mov

Song -My Puppy Kristy

Listen to the song I wrote for my puppy and see her play in the background! She makes a special appearance at the end!

1st Gr. Pet Store Rhythms

Clap and say the names of these pets with the long (ta) and short (ta-ti) sounds - can you make up others?

Watch Mrs. Poitras perform movements to "Spring" by Vivaldi, then join in!

Vivaldi uses the sounds of strings in different ways to show spring events. The tree is in the middle and returns often after each part, then the bird, the fish swimming upstream and the storm followed by some sunshine!

After listening to how Vivaldi used the violin, listen to other ways it can be used!

These are cool sound effects on the violin that you will recognize.My puppy does not like these!

Bunny Boogie

Here is the song I shared on Mrs. Stewart's Morning Meet with Chester the Rabbit! Get your bunny body ready to hop!

Week 1&2 - K/Gr. 1 Movement Activity

First, find enough space. Listen to hear what movement to perform and when to FREEZE! (on 2 feet) Can make up your own movements?

Click for Locomotor and Non-Locomotor Movement Ideas

April 1 - K and Gr. 1 How to Create Your Own Musical Instrument

Have an adult help you gather some materials to make some instruments. This video will help you get started but I'm sure you can think of some other ways to make shakers or tappers! Send me a video of your homemade band or a photo of your instrument you made. Have fun!

Kindergarten Engine, Engine #9

We sing this song every week when we exit the music room. The tempo (speed) gradually accelerates as the song goes on. How many people can you get to board your train?

Grade 1 Che Che Koolay

We had practiced movements to this African song (hands on your head, then shoulders, then waist, then ankles. Make a simple drum or shaker from the video above and practice a part!

Grade 1 - What's For Dinner Rhythms

Create your own rhythm patterns using silverware with spoons for Ta and forks for Ta-Ti. A toothpick rest will work. There are a few examples below to get you started. You can tap them out with chopsticks or wooden spoons. Don't forget to wash them when you're done!

Rhythm 1

Rhythm 2

Rhythm 3

Rhythm 4

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