What a Show!

Wow is all I have to say about each and every performance at our concert last night. From the Dancers to the Recorders, the Drummers to the Videos and all of the performances in between our Olympic Opening Ceremonies was a huge success! Thank You to everyone who worked so hard to make this concert so special for our school. Now it's time for holidays! Enjoy and rest and we will see you next year!!

Olympic Opening Ceremonies Information!

10 days to go! We are all getting very excited and practicing very hard for our concert on Thursday December 19, 2013 at 1:30 and 7:00! There have been some questions about costumes but what I have told everyone besides the Kindergarten (reindeer)is that you could wear nice clothes, wintery clothes or your grades sport/Country themed clothing! Really whatever you want!! We just want you to be there and be and ready to sing and dance. Please be in your classrooms at 6:30 the night of the concert and let me know if you aren't going to be there! If anyone has questions please feel free to email Mrs. Dueck at kdueck@pembinatrails.ca. Keep reviewing your words and actions, dance moves and instrument parts to keep it fresh in your mind!

The Sweep Song

The Grade Three's are getting ready to perform their songs about curling at our Olympic Show. To sing along and practice at home here is the video with "The Sweep Song".

LM's Olympic Opening Ceremonies!

It is that time again!! Time to start preparing for our Holiday Concert on Thursday December 19th at 1:30 and 7:00 PM. This year our theme is something very different and unique. The Winter Olympics in Sochi

are coming up in February and I have always been fascinated and excited by the opening ceremonies that each country puts on. I thought it would be fun for our school to put together a concert a lot like this. Be prepared for a multidimensional musical concert with singing, instruments, movement and everything we work so hard to learn in our music classroom!

Halloween Songs

I am very excited to have a link for you to check out some of the recordings we have made this week with our Halloween Orff pieces and songs. Just click on the link and listen to your class perform. Please share this with your family so they can hear what you have been learning in music class. The website is called Soundcloud. http://soundcloud.com/user36767831/sets/halloween-songs-1/s-06gI7

There was an old lady who wasn't afraid of anything!

The Kindergarten students have had fun this week singing songs for Halloween. We read the book "The little old lady who wasn't afraid of anything" by Linda Williams. They enjoyed it so much, we found the song and story on youtube and recreated it in our classroom using non-pitched percussion instruments, body percussion and movement. We learned about faster and slower and the names of some of the instruments in our classroom. Enjoy watching this video at home to get in the Halloween spirit.

Down by the Bay

This week in Grade 1, we have been singing "Down by the Bay" and making up our own verses to the song. Sometimes they can be quite funny! We have had a lot of fun making the verses rhyme and make sense as well as drawing a picture to match!In the end, we made a beautiful book that can be viewed at tri-conferences next week!