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January ❄️
January ❄️
Milwaukee's Florentine Opera company puts on an opera for kids each year. An opera is a story told on stage with singing.
This year, the opera was L’elisir d’amore ("Elixir of Love") by Gaetano Donizetti. We learned about the plot of the opera (which was adapted to be appropriate for students). We listened to some musical examples from the opera in class.
We also learned that it is someone's job at the Florentine Opera to design the costumes for the opera singers. Students created their own costumes for the characters in the opera (see picture).
Click here if you would like to watch the opera at home. Put in "St. Joseph School" as the school, "Caila Greco" in for the name, and the number of people watching at home.
December🎄
December🎄
In December, we put the finishing touches on our Christmas Concert music. The students did so well at the concert! "Happiest Christmas Tree" had a lot of words and movements, and I am so proud of them for learning the whole song! We watched our Christmas Concert videos during class.
November 🦃
November 🦃
IMG_1171.MOV"God Bless America"
"God Bless America"
This was our November prayer song. Some of the movements that we learned are from American Sign Language.
Other songs, poems, and activities from this month:
Other songs, poems, and activities from this month:
"Pitter Patter" (this song sheet is going home soon...please have your child sing it to two people!)
Star Dance movement exploration activity
"Ali Baba" (a chant to practice keeping the beat)
We also worked on learning our Christmas Concert songs
October 🎃
October 🎃
songs and poems from this month:
songs and poems from this month:
"Jesus Loves the Little Children" (our October prayer song)
"My Name is Michael" (an echo song)
"Eensy Weensy Spider"
"Little Miss Muffet"
"Pumpkin Fat" (We played a game with this song: "Pumpkin, pumpkin, round and fat, turn into a jack-o-lantern just like that!")
September 🍎
September 🍎
The curriculum that we use in K3-1st Grade Music is called “First Steps in Music.” This curriculum prepares young students to become “tuneful, beatful, and artful” musicians. I love this curriculum because it encourages students to be musically independent, creative, and expressive, all while being fun and playful!
Students will learn “Simple Songs” as part of the curriculum. You may have seen a few 1/4-sized papers with the words to these songs in your child's take-home folder. These are short songs that they have learned to sing independently. Your child should sing the song for two people at home. If you want, you can keep the song sheets that are sent home throughout the year, staple them together, and make a little song book for your child!
songs and poems from this month:
songs and poems from this month:
"Father, I Adore You" (our September prayer song)
"No More Pie" (an echo song)
"Frog in the Meadow" (this song sheet went home...please have your child sing it to two people!)
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