🎵 Music 🎵

When you have the hang of it, switch to NAMES (purple) and TEACHER MODE (blue), then GAME MODE (red). Keep track of your high scores and email them to jhalter@springisd.org. Email your name, grade, teacher, Names High Score, and Syllables High Score.

When you have mastered the first level, choose the next game, NOTE AND REST GRAB - LEVEL 2, and follow the same steps above.

Have fun and share your scores! Feel free to explore any and ALL of these Quaver Activities in Student Interactives...remember to always click MENU and NOTES and just read the directions for how to play!

Videos suggested by Texas Music Educators' Association

(Spanish subtitled versions can be downloaded at www.tmea.org/itstartswithmusic)

Students, please view these videos.

Discuss with a friend or parent after viewing. Write a reflection on your takeaways, or perhaps write about what your story would be if you were the subject of the video.

Music Brings People Together

Middle schooler Emma shares how music is like a language—you can tell a story with it. And while it teaches skills like focus and hard work, music also brings people together like a family.

Music Connects Us

High school senior Joyce explains that the best part of music is being a part of something bigger than yourself. Joyce plans to go to medical school, and she knows music will always be part of her life.

Music Makes Me the Best Version of Me

Once Jamsel got into a middle school music class, he finally found the place where he belonged and felt welcomed. Now Jamsel wants to be a band director so he can share his passion with others.

Show Your Parents

Ask your parents to watch these videos with you.

Music Makes Me Happy

Elementary music teachers and students remind us of the most basic reasons we study music. While it does help us develop language skills and aids in our overall cognitive development, making music makes these kids happy.

Music Class: A Safe Place to Grow

Just after one day, new music students are already developing skills, and over time, music class becomes their home away from home, offering them a safe place to take risks and grow.

Music Helps Us Believe in Ourselves

Nicholas would have been lost had it not been for his music class and his choir directors. While as a young child he struggled with dyslexia, being in choir helped his language skills and his overall academic success.

Music Prepares Us for Success

Amazon Web Services Director of Engineering David Borland shares how—even more than his degree in engineering—his music education set a solid foundation for his future.

Expand the Reach! Post these videos to your social media channels as well, asking your followers to share them and contribute their own stories.

Mic Makes Me the B

At home learners may do Quaver lessons at any time.

We suggest scholars do classes as if they were following the in-person learning schedule. Their teacher may say, "We are going to MUSIC today," (or PE or ART) before leaving the computer screen. That is a GREAT time to login to Quaver and do your Music activities.

QUICK START to Quaver Music:

1. Login to Schoology using students' SISD login credentials.

2. Find the INSTRUCTIONAL FOLDER and open it.

3. Scroll down and click on QUAVER MUSIC.

If asked if you have been on Quaver before...

VERY IMPORTANT...CLICK NO! Seriously CLICK NO! Click NO, NO, NO!

4. Choose the correct lesson for the student's grade level.

5. Hit the green LAUNCH button (lower right)

6. Click on MENU, then NOTES to see instructions for each slide.

7. Use yellow FORWARD ARROW to go to the next screen. Use BACK to revisit any screen. Use EXIT to close any screen.

Alternate/Enrichment Activities are available to all:

If you want to do alternative activities, follow the links on my teacher webpage. To get to my Bammel teacher webpage:

1. Search for the Bammel Elementary School Homepage

2. Scroll down to find STAFF DIRECTORY at center page and click

3. Find the word STAFF at the left margin (gray) of the page and click

4. Scroll down to find PALMS, and click on Jessica Halter/Music. There is a list of alternative activities/websites in addition to Quaver lessons. If the links won't connect automatically, you can copy/paste the link into the browser search bar.

The Quaver Instructions will remain on this site all year. Remember...

LOOK IN SCHOOLOGY FOR a MUSIC folder. If you don't have a Music folder, look in the Schoology INSTRUCTIONAL FOLDER and scroll down to QUAVER MUSIC and click. If you still have trouble, please email me at jhalter@springisd.net.

Explore any links on this page if you just want some extra Music Fun.

Grades K-5: LOOK FOR A MUSIC FOLDER IN YOUR SCHOOLOGY ACCOUNT AND CLICK ON IT. ✔

ALL GRADES:

WATCH THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHOOLOGY AND QUAVER (where your SISD music lessons are.)

You MUST use STUDENT SISD logon information, not a parent email address.

https://youtu.be/LtJQwBmpup4

All Music classes are available in your Schoology account that is in your Spring ISD Student Portal on your Chromebook.

To login to Schoology, you MUST use the STUDENT LOGIN CREDENTIALS...meaning the student's SISD information provided by the district. Using a parent's email address will not work. Login must be with the student's account.

2, Once logged into your Chromebook, login to Schoology and find the Quaver icon in the INSTRUCTIONAL FOLDER.

3. Follow the instructions to get into Quaver where you will find all lessons. Once in Quaver, click on the Lessons for the student's grade level, then click on LAUNCH to begin. Be sure to ALSO find and click on the Exit Ticket AFTER you complete all lesson activities. The Exit Ticket is your "test." It's just a quick check with a couple of questions about the lesson. It's also how SISD knows that you attended your weekly Music class.

Each week, use YOUR Schoology account to find new and exciting Music activities. So, what are you waiting for? Hop on over to your Schoology, find your Music Lessons and have FUN!

❤ Love, Ms. Halter

Things we learned in the fall semester:

Our Study of Holiday Celebrations continues. Did you know "Jingle Bells" is not really a Christmas song? Well, it wasn't written as a Christmas song. In fact, look at all of the words and you will see it a SLEIGH RIDE song. The first performance was likely at a church THANKSGIVING dinner, but everyone loved it so much, they repeated it at Christmas. Then year after year, they did it again, making it a tradition for over 150 years now. It is probably the most well-known song on the planet! Here are some links to learn more and enjoy the holiday season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdaWijczEME

Now sing along and learn the first verse: The CHORUS is the repeated part (jingle bells, jingle bells) and the VERSE is the story part (Dashing through the snow.)

htps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ34DSTjsLQ&list=PLTzV7bt6gF8UFGwN5iUTLcU-ErtROJ8SR&index=56

Here is a recording of all FOUR verses. Each "story" is about sleigh riding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6YAgVIljg

This next clip is a silly guy acting like a news reporter in current times interviewing James Lord Pierpont back in 1857. It will help you understand more about "Jingle Bells" as a SLEIGH song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X4DOsdrrnY

Finally, just before our holiday break, we will gather in the gym and watch "Polar Express." Here is some music with LYRICS (the words of the song) included so you can sing along:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtszN3TkQsI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEFKxV7S2jM&t=88s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_yqToWwAhE

The last Polar Express Song we've been studying is called "Rockin' On Top of the World." We learned to do moves called the Hand Jive and had fun doing it in class. Watch the first 2:30 of the first video below, then play the second one...Rockin' on Top of the World and do the Hand Jive with the music.

How to do the Hand Jive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsz-iGL89so&t=191s

Rockin' on Top of the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o2m2OpiLus

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to EVERYONE!

November 11th was VETERAN'S DAY. Here are some video links to learn about why we celebrate Veteran's Day. Patriotic music is often written in a meter of 2 that makes your feet want to march and your hands clap in time. Enjoy the Armed Forces Medley music as you find the steady marching beat. March around the room. Sing along. Have fun learning about Veterans.

Challenge: Discuss with your family any veterans that are relatives or friends of your family. Make a Veteran a "Thank You for Serving" card to give to them on Veteran's Day. Ask them about their service...what branch...their job...their travels...what they liked best or disliked the most...would they encourage young people to volunteer for the Armed Forces? Why or why not? And remember, we can thank our Veterans any day of the year, not just on November 11th.

Grades K-2

Kid's History of Veteran's Day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP40EFzPR5c

What is Veteran's Day? Why do we celebrate it? How do we celebrate it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BXMLAY5JBE&t=40s

Armed Forces Medley - Official Songs of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, and Air Force. You can see the jobs people do. March along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mm4Os-oqLY

Here are some good books that show some of the jobs people do in the military:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcH3voFlCsg - Hero Moms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atk03iVvITg - Hero Dads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAVkb50q_rw&t=5s - Heroes in Our Neighborhood - Do you have any heroes in your neighborhood?

Grades 3-5

Veterans Day Facts for Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-qxrCRfcS4

Armed Forces Medley - Official Songs of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, and Air Force. You can see the jobs people do. March along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB20xMKdrHU

Here is a good book - Heroes in Our Neighborhood - Do you have any heroes in your neighborhood?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAVkb50q_rw&t=5s

A Veteran's Day Tribute featuring Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAVkb50q_rw&t=5s

Let's learn about THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iVf0pPHvjc&list=PLXeOsoiHhdrBYmJvEfO3MJLwHgyKvOfnB&index=3

After watching...Can you name the four instrument families of the orchestra?

Can you name at least one instrument in each family.

See below to check your answers and learn more!

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, please enjoy this patriotic orchestra performance of Huapango, the "second" National Anthem of Mexico." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbgAHpD4W_8

Watch for how the instruments sit by "families." See how many instruments you can name. Check out "Instrument Crane" is Quaver Music Interactives for more practice.

Here are the answers to the questions above:

The four instrument families of the orchestra are:

Brass, Woodwind, Strings, Percussion

Brass instruments include: Tuba, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone and others. To make sounds, the player "buzzes" their lips into a round mouthpiece that fits AROUND THE LIPS of the musician. Brass instruments were once made of the metal brass. It is a shiny gold AROUND THE LIPS of the musician.

Woodwind Instruments include: Flute, Piccolo, Bassoon, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, etc. Originally these instruments were carved from wood and musicians used their "wind" to produce sound. That means they blow, into a mouthpiece that fits INTO THE PLAYER'S MOUTH, BETWEEN THE LIPS. A woodwINd instrument goes IN the mouth. The exception is a flute or piccolo, and we blow across a sound hole. Unlike Brass instruments that are usually the same shiny gold color, woodwinds are now made of many different things. Some are wood, some are metal, and some (like the SAXOPHONE are shiny brass. Very confusing! The key is to look at the mouthpiece. If it is ROUND and SILVER, it's a BRASS instrument. If it's anything else, it's probably a Woodwind.

String Instruments include: violin, viola, cello, bass. These are easy because they ALL have strings and a bow! Four strings to be exact. The bow looks like a straight stick that you pull back and forth across the strings. It's actually HORSE hair on the "stick" touches the strings to make sound. And the LARGER the size of the instrument, the LOWER the sound. The violin is small. It plays the HIGH notes. The Bass is as tall as a man. It plays very LOW notes.

Percussion Instruments include: drums (timpani, kettle, bass, snare are different types of drums), cymbals, triangle, xylophones, marimba, gongs, and shaker instruments like maracas, scraper instruments like the guiro. Percussion instruments are any instrument that you can HIT, SHAKE, or SCRAPE to produce musical sound, beat, or rhythm.

Challenge: Research more about Orchestra Instruments and draw them. Remember to put them into musical "families." Use 4 pages of paper and title each one with a different instrument family, then draw and label as many as you can find.