Our prayer song for the month was "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)." Students learned that the songwriter was inspired by Psalm 103. We took some time to read the psalm and connect the blessings that were written in the psalm to the song's lyrics. We took a quiz at the end of the month on everything we had learned about the song.

In December, we put the finishing touches on our Christmas Concert music. The students did so well at the concert! The students are very responsible with their hand chimes and bells and seem to love using them. We watched our Christmas Concert videos during class.

Students learned about the historical background of their hand chimes or handbells piece. We took notes on the songs during class. Then, each student had to write about their piece as if they were introducing it at the concert.

Of course, we continued to learn our hand chimes/handbells pieces. Students who wanted to be in the choir also started learning "White Christmas."

During our first two weeks of class, we reviewed "the elements of music." These are music vocabulary words that students will be expected to use throughout the whole year on written assignments and during class discussions.

In September, we started group research projects on various musicians. Students chose a musician to research and picked their own groups. I will have pictures of students with their presentations in the October update.