Boomwacker Composition

The Grade 5's enjoyed working together in groups to come up with some amazing boomwacker compositions! I was impressed by the complex rhythms and the way they were respectful of everyones ideas. Here is one example of the work they did. Compositions are a great way to use everything we have learned together in our music classroom. I have really enjoyed teaching you guys!!

Canada Day

Only 15 days to go and we are still working hard! The choir is practicing to get ready for our annual Canada Day Assembly on the last day of school. We will be singing "I Believe" the song you will have probably heard when we had the Olympics here in Canada. It was originally sung by Nikki Yanofsky. In case anyone else would like to sing along with us that day, here is a video for you to sing along to! The words repeat alot so its pretty easy to catch on. We will hopefully have the lyrics up on the screen for everyone as well. Thanks to all my committed choir students!!! I know the weather is nice and I really appreciate you sticking with it! Here we goooo!!!! So excited for the Olympics!

Alphabet Action Songs

For the past few month the Kindergarten students have been learning a song for every letter of the alphabet. The program is called Alphabet Action Songs. For each letter, a phonics song AND an action song were learned. The kids loved them so much and even started to use them in their writers workshop strategies for sounding out words. Research has demonstrated that the use of music and movement will really help the students to learn the letters and the sounds that the letter makes. The songs are so much fun that the students didn't even realize how much they were learning!

Naming Notes

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/namethatnote.htm I would like to draw attention to one of the games in the music links section of the blog. The grade Three's will start learning the names of the notes on the treble clef staff in the coming weeks and the Grade Four's and Five's are always needing to review this skill as well so they can read their notes even faster. We have been playing a downloaded game called Staff Wars on our smart board but thought I would highlight this website so that students can practice at home. As always if you are needing help with anything come and see me for an appointment! Have Fun!

Wonderland Animoto

Take a Look! Lots to Celebrate!

Music Monday

Congratulations to everyone who was in or helped make "Wonderland" as grand success. We are so proud of each and every one of you!! Now on to the next bit of excitement at our school. Music Monday is on Monday May 7th this year and we will be celebrating in our school along with everyone else in Canada!! It is so exciting to think that everyone in Canada will be singing "Tomorrow is Coming" at the same time! With all the different time zones we will be singing the song at 11:00 loud and strong. There will be more performances by the music students at our school. A day of celebration that we have music in our schools and many children do not have this opportunity. We are very lucky!

Wonderland!

Wonderland is only 2 weeks away and the buzz around the whole musical is that it is going to be AMAZING!! Make sure you get your tickets and bring your family to come and see this wonderful musical. Fun for everyone! The students have worked so hard on acting, singing and dancing to make this a performance to remember. Performances are April 17th at 7:00, April 18th at 1:15 and April 18th at 7:00.Get your tickets now!!