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Welcome!
Welcome!
Use the navigation at the top of your screen or scroll down to read about music at WES this year!
Use the navigation at the top of your screen or scroll down to read about music at WES this year!
Coming Soon: Music Shares!
Coming Soon: Music Shares!
Music Shares 2026 Poster.pdfComing Soon: Guest Musicians Come to WES!
Coming Soon: Guest Musicians Come to WES!
In January, 5 musicians from the Portland Symphony Orchestra will be performing at WES! They will be sharing a musical version of the story "The Circus Ship" by Chris Van Dusen. Click below to learn about the story and the brass quintet!
In January, 5 musicians from the Portland Symphony Orchestra will be performing at WES! They will be sharing a musical version of the story "The Circus Ship" by Chris Van Dusen. Click below to learn about the story and the brass quintet!
November: Veteran's Day Assembly
November: Veteran's Day Assembly
In November, we celebrated Veteran's day by singing "My Country Tis of Thee" as a whole school
In November, we celebrated Veteran's day by singing "My Country Tis of Thee" as a whole school
Below are the lyrics and a video showing you how to sing and do some ASL signs!
Below are the lyrics and a video showing you how to sing and do some ASL signs!
Lyrics:
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!
My Country Tis of Thee.movWES 4th graders
Piper, Anna, Emma, and Emily
What the lyrics mean:
America, it is you,
Sweet land of freedom,
it is you I am singing about;
a place people fought for,
a place people are proud of,
All across the country,
let’s celebrate freedom!
September: Music Class Activity Highlight
September: Music Class Activity Highlight
4th grade
4th grade
4th grade students listened to and played along with the famous song 'In the Hall of the Mountain King" with rhythm sticks.
Then we read the book that tells the story of the song!
Click here to hear Ms. Sevigney's class playing along!
Mountain King.m4aSurprise Symphony.MOV3rd grade and multi 3/4
3rd grade and multi 3/4
3rd graders and multi 3/4 got to play along using rhythm sticks with the 'Surprise Symphony'.
Then we moved around the music room to the song with our feet matching the rhythm pattern.
part 1: tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe step
part 2: tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe step
part 3: tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe step
part 4: tiptoe tiptoe step step
(don't forget, the 2nd time through the pattern there is the surprise STOMP!)
Move along at home or watch Ms. Halee's class here!
2nd grade
2nd grade
2nd grade started the year off reviewing our 'high' and 'low' notes and using them to make the doorbell sound in the book "The Doorbell Rang'. You can read the book here and add in your own doorbell sounds!
1st grade and multi 1/2
1st grade and multi 1/2
In first grade and multi 1/2, we read the book 'I Got 2 Dogs' by John Lithgow and learned how to play the singing game 'Doggie Doggie'.
"Doggie doggie wheres your bone?
Someone took it from your home."
Doggie: "Who stole my bone?"
Student with the bone: "I stole your bone!"
Click here to hear Mrs. Langelier's class singing the song!
Doggie Doggie.m4aKindergarten
Kindergarten
In our first music classes, kindergarteners listened to the song 'Kangaroos' and got to explore the music room by hopping around like a kangaroo! We also read the book 'Pouch' by David Ezra Stein.
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