WES 1st Students! I am excited to share Music Lessons with you online. Enjoy! We meet for music twice a week in X Y groupings (class & a 1/2 class). I'll post the Monday/Tuesday lesson on Monday and Thursday/Friday lesson on Thursdays as we are engaged in distance learning. Please email me with any questions or follow up: kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

How to use this page:

Please scroll down to see newest lessons for your online WES music lesson (dated).

These lessons are accumulative - please continue to practice, listen, enjoy each music lesson throughout the week and you may refer back to older lessons throughout this online teaching experience.

Lesson for Wednesday 1X, Thursday 1Y/Friday 1X, March 18/19/20 -End of the School Year songs.

For each song below:

1/ Listen 2x

2/ Ask a parent/sibling/caregiver to read over the lyrics with you. Say the lyrics back- working on memorizing. (read over a total of 3x)

3/ Listen again & sing along (2x)

If you have time, practice all songs from now until June 10, 2020.

June 10, 2020 is our final Wednesday line-up celebration of the 8th graders, Teachers, and students' great accomplishments over the 2019-20 school year! (Starts at 8:20 AM)

Once you have completed the practice assignment, please complete the final You-Nique Reflection Worksheet found after this song. Please share your work with a parent, sibling or care giver. You may also scan & email it to me at Kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us.

Tuesday & Wednesday

1/ Search your music library to find a song that you feel will inspire hope and build resiliency to cope! (Music Library = pandora, itunes, google play, spodify, Apple Music, YouTube…etc)

**You may also write your own song if you want**

2/Pick 1 song to focus on.

If it’s a vocal song:

Write out the words (type on your computer or handwritten) to the chorus (chorus= repeated section). Work on singing the song. You may also arrange it with drums, pots/pans, recorder, harmonica, kazoo,…add instruments as accompaniments or to play parts of the melody)

If it’s an instrumental song:

Pick 16 measure of the song to practice and learn.

Learning GOAL: Students will be able to create a 30-45 second video of themselves (solo or family group) singing, playing an instrument, or both a song that promotes the sense of well-being, resiliency to cope, and builds community.

*Please keep this in mind when you are selecting your song or composing a song for this assignment.

Thursday & Friday

1/ Prepare and record your performance of the song. Length should be 30-45 seconds (please do not go past 45 seconds).

2/ You may record yourself (solo) or add family members (as many as you want!)

3/ EMAIL Dr. D your recording – due 3 PM Friday – kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

(If you need more time – feel free to extend this due date as needed)

4/ With permission from your parents, share the video with friends and family to lift their spirits and help them build resiliency to cope!

Lesson for Thursday, March 26, 2020

1/ Please practice the above End-of-The-Year songs. Share with a parent, caregiver or sibling your YOU-Nique worksheet. Practice means to listen, sing-a-long with the track, and read over the lyrics of the songs.

2/ Please view - the youtube link below:

Backstage with Bleeckie - The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Britten's The Young Person's Guide

Bleeckie goes to The Meyerson Symphony Center to hear The Dallas Symphony play Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". While at The Meyerson, Bleeckie gets distracted and ends up lost backstage, where she meets several musicians and learns about their instruments!

3/ Reflect on the DSO video by talking to a parent, caregiver or sibling about the following questions:

What was your favorite instrument introduced? Why?

Do you think you will play that instrument when you are older?

Extension - record your talk and email the mp3 to Dr. D to share: kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

Make Your Own Instrument!

Go to: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/activities/make-your-own-instrument?fbclid=IwAR09FjXQviHDIsVclHFXLpdvt_ikrCMs8bQkSqvRjxhowzhSsdkk9oHGk8s

Choose the instrument you would like to create.

Make it (and feel free to be creative and make it your own way!)

Take a picture of the instrument and email to me: kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

or take a short video of you playing your instrument and email to me: kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us

Extension: Explore DSO Kids website! Play the music games & learn about the instruments of the orchestra!

https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/

Practice your listening techniques this week!

Review any lesson you would like! Explore new options in the online composing lessons from this spring.

Have fun reviewing and deepening your knowledge of music. Try to get a line of bingo once a week during the summer!

Practice these songs for our 1st day of school assembly ALL-SING!

Lunch Time Jams!

Wednesdays 12:30 PM – 1PM

Each week Dr. Kara Ireland D’Ambrosio will host a Lunch Time Jam at 12:30 on Wednesdays.

All WES Students are invited. This will be run as a sing-a-long and a sharing time.

I will post the sing-a-long list on the bottom of your grade levels music websites (so you can practice ahead of time, if you want).

If you want to share a song (sing, play an instrument) you may email me at kdambrosio@woodsideschool.us (First come, up to 10 student performances a week, performance need to be no longer than 2 minutes). This presentation should be PRACTICED-performance ready only, please.

Netiquette!

1/ Log on to zoom link below (12:30 start)

2/ Mute yourself

3/ SIGN IN to the chat (write your 1^st and last name & your grade level)

*Younger students ask parents, caregivers or siblings to help you

4/ If you interrupt the song/presentation you will be taken off the zoom

5/ Please clap and support each other at the end of the song.

6/ Please be patient and flexible with me…I am new at zoom.

Zoom Weekly Invitation:

FIND in your email