Kindergarten: What can you do when it snows? Make a snowman or perhaps a snowangel. Last week we listened to a variety of music about snowy days, read a snowy book and made snowangels!! Well... we imagined we made snowangels.
Third Graders: We have been working hard to learn about the staff and reading the notes on the treble clef."A, B, C, D, E, F, G
The musical alphabet stops at G.
If you want to name a space,
think F-A-C-E FACE.
If you want to name a line,
think Every, Good, Boy, Does, Fine.
A, B, C, D, E, F, GIf you want to name a line,
think Every, Good, Boy, Does, Fine.
The musical alphabet stops at G."
We used the Promethean Board, individual white boards, pipe cleaners, a giant staff, beanie babies and paper and crayons to drill the notes on the staff. I also had the students create their own poems to remember the name of the line. The most popular one was "Even Good Boys Do Fart" yeah. That one got lots of laughs. But hey! If it works, what are you going to do!?!?!?
Fourth Grade: In fourth grade we have been learning how to play B-A-G on the recorders. We also spent some time reviewing where B, A, and G were on the staff. We played "Concentration" (Memory) with snowman plates and two rounds of "Name that Note" on the Promethean Board. During the first round the girls beat the boys. But the boys put up a fight the second round won! Everyone had a lot of fun with the review!
The fifth graders have been working very hard on their latest project -- Composer Reports a la Voki. You can check them out here. or Voki Project -- click here!
