Every lesson, we will have:
1. Face-to-Face music time with Mrs. Epperson via WebEx! (15 minutes)
2. Music practice and lesson time, called "Music To Go!" on your own! (30 minutes)
Warm-up to "Monster Mash" by performing actions together
Warm-up our voices with fall vocal explorations
Sing our silly song for October called "Skin and Bones"
Practice using our singing voices on the "oohs"
Move my body through space with a movement game
Build our own lyrics and new melodies together and perform
Follow along with actions to "Skeleton Dance"
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Composing New Lyrics"
Warm-up to "Monster Mash" by composing simple ostinatos.
Warm-up our voices with fall vocal explorations
Listen and learn a silly song for October called "Skin and Bones"
Practice using my singing voice on the "oohs"
Move my body through space with a movement game
Follow along with actions to "Skeleton Dance"
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "I Can Echo a Simple Melody"
Compose and play ostinatos for "Pumpkin Bones"
Read rhythms and move along to "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Read a story about apples and sing "Apple Tree"
Please visit SeeSaw to complete choice board activities after class today!
Compose and play ostinatos for "Pumpkin Bones"
Read rhythms and move along to "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Read a story about apples and sing "Apple Tree"
Please visit SeeSaw to complete choice board activities after class today!
Today, we will sing and play fall songs together and practice our singing voices. We will continue to dance and play with those during "Music To Go."
Sing and move along to "Pumpkin Bones" and compose short ostinatos together
Read "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and practice guided movement and listening together
Create body percussion to match "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Fall Into Music"
Today, we will practice reading rhythm patterns together. During "Music To Go", we will
Welcome back, everyone! Hello, Welcome, How Are You?
Vocal Warm-up with fall-themed vocal explorations
Practice reading our new rhythms together with a song, "Bounce High, Bounce Low"
Demonstrate our rhythm readings with a Rhythm Wars game
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Rhythm Demo" and record yourself clapping the rhythms!
Today, we will practice singing, playing, and moving with quarter notes and eighth notes. During "Music To Go," we will practice building our own patterns.
Welcome back, everyone! Hello, Welcome, How Are You?
Vocal Warm-up with our scarves and fall-themed vocal explorations
Identify a mystery song with rhythms!
Identify "quarter notes" and "eighth notes" as "ta" and "ta-di"
Practice reading our new rhythms in a pattern game
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Compose Ta & Ta-Di"
Visit the Quaver link and build your own quarter note & eighth note patterns
Post a screenshot
Today, we will practice singing, playing, and moving to long and short sounds. During "Music To Go," we will fill in the missing patterns and build our own pattern outside.
Welcome back, everyone! Hello, Welcome, How Are You?
Vocal Warm-up with our scarves and fall-themed vocal explorations
Identify and move to long and short sounds in Symphony #5 by Beethoven (bonus fun here!)
Sing and find the steady beat in Apple Tree
Identify "long" and "short short" sounds in Apple Tree
Play a poison rhythm pattern game using "long" and "short short"
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Apple Tree - Long and Short"
Fill in the missing rhythms on the screen
Build your own pattern using outside items - get creative!
Today, we will practice steady beat and rhythm with our pets. During "Music To Go," we will sort long and short sounds.
Welcome back, everyone! Hello, Welcome, How Are You?
Body warm-up with Head and Shoulders
Vocal Warm-up with our scarves
Sing and explore creative movement with Goofy Pets
Sing independently and find the steady beat with Doggie, Doggie
Demonstrate the way the words go in Doggie, Doggie - the arrangement of short and long sounds is called "rhythm"!
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Sort Long and Short"
Move the pictures to match the words on the screen.
Record yourself clapping those patterns.
Today, we will practice steady beat and rhythm with our pets. During "Music To Go," we will record ourselves singing and practice with simple rhythms in "Fur-Cussion."
Welcome back, everyone! Hello, Welcome, How Are You?
Body warm-up with Head and Shoulders
Vocal Warm-up with our scarves
Sing and explore creative movement with Goofy Pets
Sing and find the steady beat with Doggie, Doggie
Practice moving to the steady beat in Doggie, Doggie
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Doggie, Doggie"
Video yourself singing "Doggie, Doggie"...with a stuffed animal or pet to help you!
Compose your own animal patterns with "Fur-Cussion"
Today, we will say read a story about names and practice using SongBrush in Quaver.
In Music "To Go", we will explore SongBrush.
Sing and Dance: Head and Shoulders, Baby
Review expectations for music
Movement Exploration: Spelling Letters with our Scarves
Story: Your Name is a Song
Discuss: How is your name a song?
Make your name into a song on SongBrush! How do the colors change the sound? Upper-case? Cursive?
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Go to SeeSaw and switch to Music on the left side (tap your name!)
Open "Activities" (lighbulb)
Complete the activity called "Your Name is a Song"
Today, we will say read a story about music and practice using SeeSaw
In Music "To Go", we will explore SeeSaw.
Up the Ladder
Story: We Are Music
Discuss: What is your favorite kind of music?
SeeSaw practice
Goodbye Song
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Open SeeSaw
Tap on Your Name at the top of the screen
Tap on "Music"
Tap on "Activities"
Tap "Add Response"
Today, we will say "hello" and introduce ourselves.
In Music "To Go", we will explore Quaver.
Sing "Up the Ladder" to introduce ourselves
Review expectations for music
Read the story, "Music Is..." by Brandon Stosuy
Explore Quaver using your QuickCard - here's how!
After class with Mrs. Epperson, please:
Locate your QuickCard
Open Class-Link and tap on QuaverMusic
Explore! What can you find? We will practice this next time, too!
