5th Grade: Digital Composition Fifth graders continued working with the composition tools on Quaver this week. They have completed two QGroove compositions, and began working with the QComposer tool. QGrooves use pre-recorded 4 beat sounds in a variety of instruments, styles, and harmonies. For their latest QGroove assignment, they have created three section pieces that include a major section, a minor section, and another major section. QComposer uses traditional music notation on a music staff. Students are becoming critical listeners and thinkers as they creatively structure their own music. 4th Grade and 3rd Grade: BAG Notes on Recorder Third and fourth graders had an Accordion Day in which they learned all about how the instrument works, and reviewed concepts of major vs. minor and meter through the bass button organization and playing techniques. They are mastering the BAG notes on recorder, by playing "Hot Cross Buns" and they are preparing to learn another piece using those notes, but with skips between B and G. 2nd Grade: Baroque Period Second graders also had a fun Accordion Day. They were very interested in how the instrument works, made some great observations, and asked thoughtful questions. They started a new unit this week on the baroque period of music, which was from approximately 1600 to 1750. We are starting by focusing on the popular baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi. Students created some great artwork to describe what they heard in sections of his well-known "Four Seasons." 1st Grade: Lines & Spaces First graders finished their unit on lines and spaces with a Plicker quiz. They have been doing an amazing job of sight-singing their first three notes on a two-line staff: mi, sol, and la. I didn't learn to sight-sing like this until I was in college, but the first graders are showing that they are very capable readers! Kindergarten: Tempo Kindergartners learned a singing (and playing) game called "Acka Backa" and finished their unit on tempo (the speed of music). They have shown that they can sing, play, and move to tempos that are fast, slow, getting faster, and getting slower.
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