Week of February 21st, 2021

Valentine's Compositions

1st graders are learning to become composers.

They used words associated with Valentine's Day

to create their own sequences to form a Valentine's Composition.

Body Percussion

                                   Grade 1 also worked on rhythm and keeping a steady beat. 

Here they practiced with a video from the Lion King,

"I Just Can't Wait to Be King" using body percussion.

Reading Great Books About Jazz

February is Black History Month and a time when most music classes are studying 

African-American musicians, performers, vocalists and art forms. 

Grade 2 is learning about Jazz through great books.

They listened to an audio version of  Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter

Here they discovered how dance as a genre is as much a part of jazz as other art forms. 

Here they colored their own tiny dancer to remind them of the story  they heard. 

Grade 6: Learning Jazz History via Rap

6th grade is learning about Jazz History.

They studied a new art form, learning terminology and 

stylistic techniques via a Rap Song. 

 Week of February 10th, 2021

Black History Month Musicians

Grades 1 and 2 have begun studying about black musicians who had a significant

 impact on the history of music, particularly in jazz. 

This week they learned how to scat, using nonsense syllables 

from the Queen of Jazz herself, Ella Fitzgerald and the Father of Jazz: 

Trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. 

 

Valentine's Day 

The Beat is the Heart of Music

Grade 1 is learning about rhythm.

They studied how the beat is the heart of music, 

much like our heart controls the rhythm of our bodies.

They also learned to differentiate different rhythmic values, 

as evidenced in these Valentine note worksheets they colored. 

Grade 7 Handbells

Grade 7 continues to make great strides in learning new Hand bell repertoire.

Here they are working on a selection entitled All Things Bright and Beautiful.