1st Grade Choir Concert

The 1st Grade Choir Christmas Concert is THIS TUESDAY December 16th.
It starts at 6:00pm in the CES Lunchroom.
Choir members need to be there by 5:45.
Please wear choir t-shirts, jeans, Santa hat, and some Cool Shades (Sunglasses).
If needed you can wear a white or black long-sleeved shirt underneath.

See you at the concert tomorrow!

1st Grade Choir Field Trip & 2nd Grade Christmas Tree Lighting

1st Grade Choir Field Trip

Wednesday December 3rd.
We will be singing for two nursing homes, Merrywood and Autumn Place.
Choir members please wear choir t-shirts, jeans, and Santa hats.
We will leave at 9:00 and return just before 11:00 for lunch.


2nd Grade Choir sings for Millbrook Christmas Tree Lighting

The Christmas Tree Lighting is Thursday night December 4th.
The tree lighting starts at 6:00 and we will sing at 6:30.
Choir members wear choir t-shirts, jeans, and Santa hats. Depending on the weather you may want to dress warmly since we will be outside for a while.
*I encourage you to stay for the whole Tree Lighting Ceremony. There will be more music after we sing and the lighting of the tree*

Lesson 5 October 13-24, 2014

Lesson Plan for Lesson 5  October 13-24, 2014

Kindergarten

• March in to Mr. Drum - practice keeping a steady beat
• Learn new welcome song "Everybody Have a Seat"
• Voice Pathway cards - students will follow a curved line with their voices moving high and low to match
• Discuss a steady beat.
• Listen to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and copy the teacher's steady beat
• Sing "Goin' to the Farm"
• Sing and play cow bells with "Listen to the Cows"
• Sing and move to "We are Scary Skeletons"

1st Grade

• March in to Mr. Drum - practice keeping a steady beat
• Voice Pathway cards - students will follow a curved line with their voices moving high and low to match
• Echo sing on Sol and Mi - matching pitch and using a good singing voice
• Sing with the story "Skeleton Hiccups" - after every part, the students will respond by singing Hic, Hic, Hic
• Sing "The Muffin Man"
• Learn about the rest - a music symbol that means to be quiet on the beat.
• Play the muffin man game from last week. When a student removes the muffin, it will be replaced with a rest.
• Learn about Ta - a music symbol that mean to make one sound on the beat. Students will take turns erasing rests and they will be replaced with a Ta.

2nd Grade

• March in the Mr. Drum - practice keeping a steady beat
• Voice Pathway cards - students will follow a curved line with their voices moving high and low to match
• Echo sing on Sol and Mi - matching pitch and using a good singing voice
• Discuss the composer Edvard Grieg
• Listen to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg while keeping the steady beat in different ways
• Review quarter notes, eighth notes, and rests.
• Practice reading rhythms with rhythm flash cards
• Learn song "Must Be Halloween"
• Students will take turns composing 'ghost' rhythms while the class sings "Must Be Halloween". After each student is done composing we will read each students rhythm.

Special Needs

• March in to Mr. Drum - practice keeping a steady beat and starting a stopping
• "What is your name?" song by Hap Palmer - practice saying names
• "Jelly Beans" song - move different body parts to the music
• Listen to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" - practice keeping a steady beat on different parts of the body
• Play drums to the steady beat of the drumming Jam Alongs CD
• Sing song "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" and keep a steady beat on various instruments
• Move colorful scarves to gentle pan pipe music
• "Time to Go" song for clean up and goodbye