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!