VOICE/CONCERT: Students were assigned microphone and dancing parts this week. They were asked weeks ago if they wanted either. If they said yes to a microphone part, they got one (unless they were chosen for a dancing part). If they said yes to a dancing part, they were told I would be watching how well they were learning our concert songs and following directions.
NOTATION: Students started their 3rd turn with rhythm patterns. This time they work with a partner to compose 4-beat patterns using magnets. (pictured above) Click on the link below to hear an example of a student-composed rhythm pattern. INSTRUMENT: Our featured instrument was the French Horn. Thank you to Mrs. Ruzinok, the CCMS band director, for lending a French Horn to us this week. Students got to see and hear it in person. Then we watched a short YouTube video of a French Horn player doing cool arrangements of John Williams' music. MOVEMENT: Students played with bean bags while listening for French Horn music.
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VOICE & MOVEMENT: We worked especially hard learning our latest concert song about bats. Then we practiced some of our other concert music. We also learned a short Valentine's Day song that we used to play a movement game (pictured above.)
VOICE: We started learning our next concert song while continuing to practice the others. We also continued listening to plays, musicals, and operas with relation to how the voice is used.
NOTATION: We finished up our second turns with writing rhythm patterns. INSTRUMENT: We played the gong while listening to Chinese children's songs (pictured above). MOVEMENT: We played with bean bags while listening to Chinese children's songs (pictured above). CONCEPTS: We continued listening to, practicing, and discussing dynamics. VOICE: Students continued learning the "Star Spangled Banner." We also continued using their own warm-up posters to get our voices ready for singing (pictured above).
NOTATION: We are finishing our second turns with rhythm patterns. INSTRUMENTS: Students used hand drums to practice steady beat with an activity called "Pass the Beat" (pictured above). MOVEMENT: Students moved around the room in a review activity where they determine if the genre is a play, musical, or opera based on how the voice is used. They also reviewed dynamics through movement. First Graders continued to dance to "Tant Hessie" as well. |