Happy first week of the 2018-2019 school year! We're off to a great start in the music room, reviewing old procedures and learning new ones. This year, like last year, we will be using a house system in grades 2 though 5 as part of our behavior management system. Students will work together with their "house" teammates in all four grades to earn points for their positive behaviors. The house with the most points at the end of each quarter will earn a reward. Last year, we had Composer Houses, each led by a living composer who mentored students on writing and improvising music throughout the school year. This year, we have Performer Houses, each led by a professional performing musician who will be available to mentor our students, answer questions, and maybe even visit our school! Read more about this year's house leaders on the Performer House page. This week, all grades learned or reviewed the five rules of the music room:
Of course, we've also made some music in music class this week! Fifth grade learned a very catchy pop song called "Let's Get Started" that reviewed verse-chorus form. Fourth graders learned "Attendance Song" which includes a call-and-response section in which each student introduced himself or herself with a describing word. First, second, and third grade all sang and played rhythm sticks with another call-and-response song called "Welcome to Music," but in each grade the song was in a different genre. Kindergarten and first grade sang "Circle Fun," which really is a lot of fun when we use it to see how quickly we can get the class into one big circle. I'm looking forward to making more music and learning more about our Performer House leaders next week!
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
September 2022
Categories
All
|