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
2ND GRADE
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
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Hello again! I have a bunch of pictures from activities from earlier this year that I did not post on the grade level blogs before I deleted them. So, I decided to have a few "Flashback Fridays" to share some of the things we did earlier this year. But… it's actually Saturday right now. I missed Friday. Oh, well. It's the thought that counts. Today I'm going to feature something all the way back from Halloween! Throughout the K-4 elementary grades, we are always working on vocal development. This means different things at different ages, but in Kindergarten and 1st Grade, and sometimes even into 2nd Grade, we work on vocal exploration. Really, we're just exploring the different ways we can use our voices. 1st Graders learn to differentiate our 4 main voices: whispering, speaking, shouting, and singing. Of course, we can make lots of other sounds too. To develop our singing voices, we often make high pitched sounds and slide our voices around in several ways like a siren. This past Halloween, 1st Grade worked on creating Ghost Pathways. First, I drew a line on the board, and the class would slide their voices following the line lower and higher. Later, individual students came to the board to create their own ghost pathways. On another week, students worked in small groups creating several different shapes to try out together. It's been awhile, but I bet if you ask your kiddo to draw a shape and follow it with their voice, lots of fun will take place. We had a blast, and I'm sure you will too.
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