I was so glad to see so many people come to music rooms at CSE and Evergreen during Open House these past 2 weeks! If you weren't there, he's what you missed. I had a bunch of questions for you all to ask your kiddos about things we're doing in music class. Here's a picture of the whole board. Here's what you can still do at home! Kindergarteners just learned about fast and slow. We have been preparing to learn it over the past several weeks by relating different speeds in different songs and rhymes to a turtle and a bunny. This past week, we decided when a train goes up a hill, it goes slow, and when it goes down a hill, it goes fast. Ask your kindergartener to recite Engine, Engine #9 for you. You can also ask them about this awesome book, Over in the Meadow, and about the Ice Cream Sundae. 1st and 2nd Grade both are currently learning about rhythm. Last year we learned about the steady beat, and now we are seeing how they are different. We recently began relating rhythm to short and long sounds. The red and blue lines you see below are showing the rhythm of a music room favorite, Engine, Engine #9. The circles are showing the rhythm of a new song, called Bounce High, Bounce Low. Things are getting tricky in 3rd Grade to prepare us for learning to play the recorder. We are currently learning about meter. Meter groups strong/weak beat patterns into measures with barlines. Have your 3rd Grader read you the rhythm below. 4th Grade is working on a new low pitch in the solfa (or solfege) scale. We also are working on different things in Chorus. Check it out. That's all for now! Check back soon for more updates on what is going on in the music room!
Musically yours, Mr. Verno
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Over the first few months of school, I've taken many pictures of different music room activities, but I haven't had much time to post to the blog! Here's a quick recap of the first quarter of music and a little of the second quarter. KINDERGARTEN
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3RD GRADE4TH GRADEIt's Not Long As a review of known rhythms, 4th Grade learned this fun rondo and added in their own creativity along the way. After breaking up into small groups, we read the rhythms from the board and played them on different unpitched percussion instruments. Then, as each group practiced their rhythm, they add their own movement and voice sounds. Here's what Mr. Catone's class came up with. Concert Preparation - Winter Fantasy As we learn our repertoire for the annual Winter Concert, sometimes we listen to ourselves to help improve our singing. He is a short preview of what you will hear in next month's Winter Concert at Evergreen and CSE! That's all I have for now! Check back soon for more tidbits from the music room! OR, now follow @csemusicroom or @evmusicroom on Twitter!
Musically yours, Mr. Verno For the first several weeks of school, 3rd Grade has been working on the folk song and play party "Great Big House." Play parties are a fun way of connecting music to our American history. Smithsonian Folkways explains play parties below: "To evade the religious prohibition against dancing in certain American communities, young people in the 19th century devised an ingenious solution—they adapted children’s games, which were permitted. The result was so-called play parties. Participants sang creative songs to cue movements, and the events were great “mixers.” The only element lacking was instrumental music." While learning this song, we reviewed how to read and notate quarter notes and eighth notes. We also learned a new rhythm, the quarter rest. Here's a shot of the notation from Beth's Music Notes. You can also listen to a sample recording of "Great Big House" and other play parties at the link below: http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=19300 OR you can listen to Dr. Levine's class form CSE performing the song and dance in this video! This was a very tricky dance to learn, and other classes had some difficulty. Dr. Levine's class did a fantastic job! Congratulations to them! Check back soon for more peeks into the music room!
Musically yours, Mr. Verno JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT THE EVERGREEN MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH CONCERT IS TONIGHT!
The program begins at 7:00pm. 4th Grade students should report to the chorus room at 6:15pm. Just follow the signs. 3rd Grade students should report to the chorus room at 6:30pm. Just follow the signs. I'm very excited and can't wait to see you there! Please take pictures and send them to me at [email protected]! JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT THE CSE MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH CONCERT IS TONIGHT!
The program begins at 7:00pm. 4th Grade students should report to the band room at 6:15pm. 3rd Grade students should report to the band room at 6:30pm. I'm very excited and can't wait to see you there! Please take pictures and send them to me at [email protected]! |
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