boomwhacker compositions

Students worked in small groups to compose their own music based on the notes of the major scale. They learned to think like composers -- they were required to edit their composition in some way after the first draft, and the composition had to end on the note "do" to make it sound like it was finished. They also had to compose some "bass notes" to support their melody, which Mrs. Greco performed for them.

Other topics we covered this month:

• Students went to different centers that had to do with scales. At Station 1, students copied down major and minor scales on the music staff. At Station 2, students got to try to play scales from around the world on their Chromebooks. At Station 3, students worked on performing major and minor scales on the xylophones.

• We discussed the whole tone scale and its use in TV shows and movies.

• Our prayer song for the month was "Hail Mary: Gentle Woman."

topics we covered this month:

• Singing the major scale notes

• Learning the notes "low so," "low la," and "low ti" with the song "Four White Horses"

• Watching some of Charlie Chaplin's silent film clips and writing about how the music influences the viewer's mood

• Our prayer song for the month was "We Are One Body."