This link will take you to the folder for all of the Recorder music. These will help you practice our group's songs as well as practice for solo parts.
http://www.box.net/shared/l5gknxyxtl
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
December 15 Information
Who: All IHES Students
What: Holiday Program
When: Tuesday, December 15 at 6:30PM
Where: Dutchman Creek Middle School Auditorium
Why: To dazzle the audience with our musical progress this semester and celebrate the season!
*A small paper was sent home earlier this week about the Holiday Program. It is important that you sign and return the paper, or e-mail Mrs. Odom, only if your child is UNABLE to attend the program.
aodom@rock-hill.k12.sc.us
* Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade will host a bake sale in the atrium of Dutchman Creek Middle School before and after the program to earn money for classroom supplies. Nothing will be sold during the program, so everyone can be in the audience. If you can help with baking and/or selling items for these bake sales, contact your child's classroom teacher.
*Please e-mail Mrs. Odom if you are able to help with the logistics of the program (ie. transporting equipmentand instruments to/from DCMS, hand out programs, help backstage with helping students on and off stage (we'll make sure you are in the auditorium to see your child perform!), or in any other way). This is a huge event for IHES, so this must be a school community effort to be a success!
*Try and take a few moments to ask your child about the songs they are learning for the program. They may even give you a preview. :) Excitement is spreading, so they will probably be eager to show you their work in progress.
Thank you for your support and for sharing your children with me each week!
What: Holiday Program
When: Tuesday, December 15 at 6:30PM
Where: Dutchman Creek Middle School Auditorium
Why: To dazzle the audience with our musical progress this semester and celebrate the season!
*A small paper was sent home earlier this week about the Holiday Program. It is important that you sign and return the paper, or e-mail Mrs. Odom, only if your child is UNABLE to attend the program.
aodom@rock-hill.k12.sc.us
* Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade will host a bake sale in the atrium of Dutchman Creek Middle School before and after the program to earn money for classroom supplies. Nothing will be sold during the program, so everyone can be in the audience. If you can help with baking and/or selling items for these bake sales, contact your child's classroom teacher.
*Please e-mail Mrs. Odom if you are able to help with the logistics of the program (ie. transporting equipmentand instruments to/from DCMS, hand out programs, help backstage with helping students on and off stage (we'll make sure you are in the auditorium to see your child perform!), or in any other way). This is a huge event for IHES, so this must be a school community effort to be a success!
*Try and take a few moments to ask your child about the songs they are learning for the program. They may even give you a preview. :) Excitement is spreading, so they will probably be eager to show you their work in progress.
Thank you for your support and for sharing your children with me each week!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Week of November 9 in Music
Kindergarten: Students are working in groups to create 4 beat rhythm patterns using quarter notes and rests. We are also discussing long and short sounds created by our classroom percussion instruments.
1st Grade: Our theme for the week is Squirrels! Students have learned "Chase the Squirrel" and "Hop Old Squirrel" with instruments and movements. Also, students are beginning to read "Ta" and "Ti-Ti" notation.
2nd Grade: Students are identifying and labeling the half rest in rhythm exercises. Students are also extending the instrumental part for "All 'Round the Brickyard", which was learned last week. Students are also singing notated patterns on sol-la-mi.
3rd Grade: Students are singing and playing Orff instruments for the song "Great Big House", which introduced the high "do" on the solfege scale. Also, students are learning the traditional song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" in honor of Veteran's Day.
4th Grade: Students have moved past "Hot Cross Buns" onto a song named "Waltz" that also reinforces the fingerings for G, A, and B (do-re-mi)
5th Grade: Students are learning a piece named "Boomfallera" and "Waltz". Next week we will add two new notes to our recorder playing.
*Next week we will begin work on our music for the December 15 program at Dutchman Creek Auditorium.
1st Grade: Our theme for the week is Squirrels! Students have learned "Chase the Squirrel" and "Hop Old Squirrel" with instruments and movements. Also, students are beginning to read "Ta" and "Ti-Ti" notation.
2nd Grade: Students are identifying and labeling the half rest in rhythm exercises. Students are also extending the instrumental part for "All 'Round the Brickyard", which was learned last week. Students are also singing notated patterns on sol-la-mi.
3rd Grade: Students are singing and playing Orff instruments for the song "Great Big House", which introduced the high "do" on the solfege scale. Also, students are learning the traditional song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" in honor of Veteran's Day.
4th Grade: Students have moved past "Hot Cross Buns" onto a song named "Waltz" that also reinforces the fingerings for G, A, and B (do-re-mi)
5th Grade: Students are learning a piece named "Boomfallera" and "Waltz". Next week we will add two new notes to our recorder playing.
*Next week we will begin work on our music for the December 15 program at Dutchman Creek Auditorium.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
November is Here!!
I can't believe the first nine weeks (almost 10) of school has come and gone! I am so pleased with the progress of the students during their music classes!
Here's what we have been learning:
Kindergarten: We have added the quarter rest to our rhythms and are practicing creating our own 4 beat rhythm patterns. We are continuing to work on matching pitch as we work on sol-mi melodies some of which have fun music games to accompany them.
1st Grade: We are creating rhythms with quarter notes and quarter rests. Many of the songs we are learning are accompanied by our barred Orff instruments (xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels). We are also discussing and experiencing the difference between beat and rhythm.
2nd Grade: Second graders are learning songs with sol-mi-la. They are learning to read the pitches on the musical staff and identify them when they are learning a new song. We are working on not only feeling the beat of the music but also the half note pulse which occurs every 2 beats. Students played a game this week to help experience the half note pulse: "Bounce high, bounce low" requires the students to sing and bounce a ball to a classmate every two beats. We've all had fun with that game!
3rd Grade: Third graders are reading more complex rhythms including quarter notes and rests, half notes and rests, whole notes and rests, and eighth notes. They are learning to experience the quarter note pulse as well as the half and whole note pulses of a song. This concept was demonstrated in the Native American song, "The Bear Hunting Song". Students learned a barred instrument part for the song "Hill and Gully Rider" in which they kept a steady quarter note pulse every other measure.
4th Grade: I'm sure you know that your children have started recorders! They have learned the notes B, A, G. We are working on playing with appropriate breath and technique (left hand on top, covering the holes of the instrument completely, playing with "warm" air). So far, the students have learned "Hot Cross Buns" and can play it with an accompaniment recording. Encourage your children to practice!
5th Grade: Fifth graders are also engrossed in recorders! They have reviewed the notes and concepts presented during their fourth grade year. They have learned a piece of music, "Boomfallera", which is in 3/4 time and requires them to concentrate on technique as the notes are in a different order than presented in 4th grade. Encourage your children to practice!
Reminder: Our December Music Program will be held on December 15 at 6:30PM in the Dutchman Creek Middle School Auditorium. All students will have a performance that evening!
Here's what we have been learning:
Kindergarten: We have added the quarter rest to our rhythms and are practicing creating our own 4 beat rhythm patterns. We are continuing to work on matching pitch as we work on sol-mi melodies some of which have fun music games to accompany them.
1st Grade: We are creating rhythms with quarter notes and quarter rests. Many of the songs we are learning are accompanied by our barred Orff instruments (xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels). We are also discussing and experiencing the difference between beat and rhythm.
2nd Grade: Second graders are learning songs with sol-mi-la. They are learning to read the pitches on the musical staff and identify them when they are learning a new song. We are working on not only feeling the beat of the music but also the half note pulse which occurs every 2 beats. Students played a game this week to help experience the half note pulse: "Bounce high, bounce low" requires the students to sing and bounce a ball to a classmate every two beats. We've all had fun with that game!
3rd Grade: Third graders are reading more complex rhythms including quarter notes and rests, half notes and rests, whole notes and rests, and eighth notes. They are learning to experience the quarter note pulse as well as the half and whole note pulses of a song. This concept was demonstrated in the Native American song, "The Bear Hunting Song". Students learned a barred instrument part for the song "Hill and Gully Rider" in which they kept a steady quarter note pulse every other measure.
4th Grade: I'm sure you know that your children have started recorders! They have learned the notes B, A, G. We are working on playing with appropriate breath and technique (left hand on top, covering the holes of the instrument completely, playing with "warm" air). So far, the students have learned "Hot Cross Buns" and can play it with an accompaniment recording. Encourage your children to practice!
5th Grade: Fifth graders are also engrossed in recorders! They have reviewed the notes and concepts presented during their fourth grade year. They have learned a piece of music, "Boomfallera", which is in 3/4 time and requires them to concentrate on technique as the notes are in a different order than presented in 4th grade. Encourage your children to practice!
Reminder: Our December Music Program will be held on December 15 at 6:30PM in the Dutchman Creek Middle School Auditorium. All students will have a performance that evening!
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