,What a busy and fun week! The school was full of energy as excitement for the upcoming break and holidays grew. A great time seemed to be had by all at the holiday sing-along on Wednesday morning! Each grade presented one or two songs to the student body, and there was even a surprise visit from Frosty the Snowman!
3rd-5th Grade On Monday and Tuesday, the first through fifth graders continued their until on the classical period and the music of Mozart. The classes in these grades also had reward days. This was supposed to be for Mozart House's victory in first quarter, but because they students have put so much work into preparing for their concert and the sing-along, I decided that everyone deserved a reward. However, the students in Mozart House got to choose the activity. Some classes chose to play a music board game called Encore. Others chose to organize a fast-paced American Idol style composition competition. One class of 33 third graders decided to play a massive game of musical chairs. When a person was "out" of the game, they got to play an instrument along with the music. It was a fun (and noisy) time! 1st-2nd Grade Most of the second graders only had one music class this week due to Jingo Bingo being scheduled during their specialist time on Wednesday. They continued their study of Mozart's variations on the "Twinkle, Twinkle" theme by demonstrating their understanding of the ABA form of the main theme through movements. They also made up some fun variations on walking to show the difference between the variations on the theme in the piece. On Wednesday, first graders had a special visit from Mr. Jennings who brought his guitar to play some Christmas songs. They kids loved singing, dancing, and playing along with him! Kindergarten Kindergarten enjoyed playing the "Lucy Locket" game this week! They studied the beat and rhythm in this song last week, so they knew it well for this singing game in which a student with his or her eyes closed tries to guess which classmate sang. It also gave me a chance to hear individual students sing by themsevles. In just half a year, they have made so much progress in using their higher "head" voice and matching pitches!
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