The music classrooms are alive with the sounds of singing!
Kindergarteners are beginning a unit on singing and playing instruments. There will be a barnyard theme to their songs, so by the end of November you can ask your child how the farm is sounding in music class. You may have seen a special little slip of paper come home with your child. The kindergarten classes have each had a chance to sing a "solo" in music class-a simple call and response song with the teacher. Every child takes a turn, and then takes home a note with them to show their family. I think they are great reminders for the kids to tell Mom and Dad what they have been doing outside the regular classroom.
The first graders have finished their percussion unit. From drums to shekeres, guiros to tambourines, claves to the piano...they have played more than 20 instruments in the past month. Rotating through stations has been fun for them, and they were able to experience many percussive sounds. They know that percussion instruments are played by striking, shaking, and scraping. They will be working on singing sol-la-mi songs in November to increase their pitch matching skills.
The BIG news is that the second graders have a program coming up this month. They will be performing on the night of November 15th. They each have a special job -singing, speaking, playing, or dancing- in the program. You won't want to miss their fabulous fall music.
The third and fourth graders are looking forward to their music reading sessions for recorder and voice. They will be ordering recorders for this year very soon. Look for the note in their backpacks. If your child already has one, they do not need to order one. A recorder is a small instrument used for reading music. The third and fourth graders will be doing an extensive amount of pitch identification, sight reading, and notation work in the next two months.
And now... the fifth graders. They are looking forward to a season of some of the best music I've ever challenged 5th graders to learn. Two of the classes of Fry School will be making a trip to Peoria in January to perform at the Illinois Music Education Conference. Music teachers from all over the state will hear the perform. I am so excited to share their talents with our great state of Illinois. Today they learned that 5 Dugger and 5 Horton have been selected to make the trip to Peoria. (More information will be coming home in the next month for permission forms and details on the trip.) All the students in 5th grade will be learning the same music, regardless of which sections are attending the field trip.
Thanks again for checking into the music blog. Have a great month!
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