Grade 1: Learning to Read Notes in the Bass Clef
Grade 1 listened to a story entitled Freddie the Frog and the Bass Clef Monster
by Sharon Burch, illustrated by Tiffany Harris.
They enjoyed an animated story about Freddie the Frog, who goes on an adventure to
Treble Clef Island, only to be directed to Frog Land via dancing bees, a moonlit cocoon garden,
a fire-breathing dragon, and his friend Eli, the Elephant.
All of this spurred their journey to learn to read the notes in the bass clef music staff.
They capped the lesson off with an improvised dance to the song associated with the story.
Grade 4 Learning Multi-Cultural Music with Orff Instruments
Jamba Bwana: A Swahili Greeting Song
Grade 4 learned several songs this week using music from multiple cultures.
The first song featured here is a Swahili Greeting Song entitled Jamba Bwana.
The second song is entitled Zimbole, an African Folk Song.
They learned the pronunciation, sang the lyrics, and added various Orff instrument
rhythmic ostinatos to provide musical accompaniment to the lyrics, simultaneously.
Grade 6 Bal-A-Vis-X
Grade 6 thoroughly enjoys the Bal-A-Vis-X Music Exercises.
This is a program that was newly-implemented into the music curriculum last year.
They work on balance, auditory, visual and physical coordination skills
while tossing bean bags, and bouncing racket balls to the beat
and tempo of various genres of music.
It helps to develop their sense of rhythm, eye-hand coordination, concentration and teamwork.
