Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The First Girl Black Belt of Recorder Karate 2010
Congratulations to Kaycelyn Laymon for earning her black belt in Recorder Karate! She is the first girl to receive a black belt this year!
Monday, February 15, 2010
The First Black Belt of Recorder Karate 2010
Congratulations to Anthony in Mrs. Godfrey-Hill's class for earning the first black belt for this year's Recorder Karate!
Friday, February 12, 2010
2010 Summer Fine Arts Camps
I can't believe it's already time for summer activity information! The Arts Council of York County will be offering a huge variety of week long camps in all arts areas: visual arts, music, drama, and dance. The schedule and registration can be found by going to the following web-address: http://www.yorkcountyarts.org/images/schedule.pdf
I hope some of our IHES students will be able to take advantage of these fun, educational opportunities!
I hope some of our IHES students will be able to take advantage of these fun, educational opportunities!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Valentine's Day is in the air!
We're still focusing on our standards with a little twist of Valentine's celebration this week!
Kindergarten:
- Listening to "America the Beautiful"
- Creative movement to Saint-Saens "The Aviary" from The Carnival of the Animals using scarves
- Singing game with "Wild Birds"
- Valentine song and rhythm game: "I Hope I Get a Letter!"
1st Grade:
- Introduction to musical form using shapes
- Playing so-mi pitches on the glockenspiel to accompany "Valentine"
- Valentine song and rhythm game: "I Hope I Get a Letter!"
- Preparing "la" through the song "Lucy Locket"
2nd Grade:
- Playing mi-re-do on the barred Orff instruments to the song "It's Mi-Re-Do"
- Valentine song and dance: "Do You Love Me?"
- Identifying and classifying unpitched percussion instruments into categories: metals, woods, and skins
- Listening to and identifying "America the Beautiful" as a Patriotic song
3rd Grade:
- Learning and dancing the "Doudlebska Polka", a Folk dance from the former county of Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic)
- Accompanying the song "Love Somebody" on barred Orff instruments and unpitched percussion instruments
- Introduction to low "la"
- Creative movement/exploration in response to the rhyme, "Letters and Shapes" (Students form different letters and shapes with their bodies as specified by the teacher.
4th Grade:
- Recorder- students learn and play a two measure melody for teacher (This helps me to assess student's understanding of music notation as they individually play for me)
- American folk song, "John Kanakanaka", with partner drum game.
5th Grade:
- Continuation of Recorder Karate
Several students have already passed off the Brown belt level of Recorder Karate, so next week 5th grade will have some Black Belt Stars! Students achieving the Black belt level will become peer teachers to help classmates with various levels of Recorder Karate.
Encourage your child to use the internet "Recorder Karate Dojo" on the Music K-8 web-site to practice. Students who are utilizing this resource at home are well-prepared for their "belt tests". A username and password for this resource were given to the students when Recorder Karate began in January. Please e-mail me if your child has misplaced the username and/or password, and I'll send it to you.
Kindergarten:
- Listening to "America the Beautiful"
- Creative movement to Saint-Saens "The Aviary" from The Carnival of the Animals using scarves
- Singing game with "Wild Birds"
- Valentine song and rhythm game: "I Hope I Get a Letter!"
1st Grade:
- Introduction to musical form using shapes
- Playing so-mi pitches on the glockenspiel to accompany "Valentine"
- Valentine song and rhythm game: "I Hope I Get a Letter!"
- Preparing "la" through the song "Lucy Locket"
2nd Grade:
- Playing mi-re-do on the barred Orff instruments to the song "It's Mi-Re-Do"
- Valentine song and dance: "Do You Love Me?"
- Identifying and classifying unpitched percussion instruments into categories: metals, woods, and skins
- Listening to and identifying "America the Beautiful" as a Patriotic song
3rd Grade:
- Learning and dancing the "Doudlebska Polka", a Folk dance from the former county of Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic)
- Accompanying the song "Love Somebody" on barred Orff instruments and unpitched percussion instruments
- Introduction to low "la"
- Creative movement/exploration in response to the rhyme, "Letters and Shapes" (Students form different letters and shapes with their bodies as specified by the teacher.
4th Grade:
- Recorder- students learn and play a two measure melody for teacher (This helps me to assess student's understanding of music notation as they individually play for me)
- American folk song, "John Kanakanaka", with partner drum game.
5th Grade:
- Continuation of Recorder Karate
Several students have already passed off the Brown belt level of Recorder Karate, so next week 5th grade will have some Black Belt Stars! Students achieving the Black belt level will become peer teachers to help classmates with various levels of Recorder Karate.
Encourage your child to use the internet "Recorder Karate Dojo" on the Music K-8 web-site to practice. Students who are utilizing this resource at home are well-prepared for their "belt tests". A username and password for this resource were given to the students when Recorder Karate began in January. Please e-mail me if your child has misplaced the username and/or password, and I'll send it to you.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Snowy Week!
I was glad to see the snow this past weekend, but we were back to full speed ahead on Tuesday!
Here's what we're doing in A119 this week:
Kindergarten:
- Rhythm pattern play along
- "Here Comes a Bluebird" song and game
- Moving with Scarves to "The Aviary" from The Carnival of the Animals
- Begin a new song: "Wild Birds"
1st Grade:
- Performing rhythm patterns
- Song and movement activity, "Oliver Twist"
- Identifying "so" and "mi" on a 3 line staff
- Dramatic play using vocal exploration
2nd Grade:
- Focus on Hand Drum Technique
- "Jeremiah Blow the Fire"- rhythmic speech with hand drums
- " I Lost the Closet Key"- practice with "mi", "re", "do" patterns
3rd:
- Performing rhythm patterns including 16th notes
- "I'm Gonna Sing"- creating various rhythmic ostinati while singing the song
- SC Folk Song, "I Got a Letter this Morning"- playing on the barred Orff instruments while singing the song or the melodic ostinato
4th:
- Music Ace Lesson on the ABC's of the Musical Staff
- Begin "John Kanakanaka", a folk song. (Next week we will add a partner clapping game and advance to a hand drum game
5th Grade:
Recorder Karate!
Here's what we're doing in A119 this week:
Kindergarten:
- Rhythm pattern play along
- "Here Comes a Bluebird" song and game
- Moving with Scarves to "The Aviary" from The Carnival of the Animals
- Begin a new song: "Wild Birds"
1st Grade:
- Performing rhythm patterns
- Song and movement activity, "Oliver Twist"
- Identifying "so" and "mi" on a 3 line staff
- Dramatic play using vocal exploration
2nd Grade:
- Focus on Hand Drum Technique
- "Jeremiah Blow the Fire"- rhythmic speech with hand drums
- " I Lost the Closet Key"- practice with "mi", "re", "do" patterns
3rd:
- Performing rhythm patterns including 16th notes
- "I'm Gonna Sing"- creating various rhythmic ostinati while singing the song
- SC Folk Song, "I Got a Letter this Morning"- playing on the barred Orff instruments while singing the song or the melodic ostinato
4th:
- Music Ace Lesson on the ABC's of the Musical Staff
- Begin "John Kanakanaka", a folk song. (Next week we will add a partner clapping game and advance to a hand drum game
5th Grade:
Recorder Karate!
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