Weekly Review 9/17-9/21

Fall is just around the corner. Here is what we did in music this week.....

First grade learned their first two solfege tones:  so and mi.  We tossed around a ball to help us practice singing those pitches. When the ball was tossed in the air everyone sang "so," and once it was caught everyone sang "mi."  They also finished their "Lucy Locket" game from last week.  Then we made soup for our home room teachers.  All were chefs and participating in making the soup by adding their own ingredients.  As each child added an ingredient, we performed the "Chop, Chop, Chippety Chop" chant. 

The second grade students continued to play the "Grizzly Bear" game to reinforce the dynamics-  piano and forte.  We also played "Ickle Ockle." One person was the "Ickle Ockle" and had to give another friend a "high five" after the song ended. The other students have to find another friend to give a "high five" too. The last student without a partner becomes the new "Ickle Ockle."

Our third grade students had so much fun performing "Tideo" last week that we decided to play the game again. Here is a video and picture of Mrs. Cyr and Mrs. Ferullo's class:

We also finished the  "Thread Follows the Needle" song and activity that they started last week.  The class was lined up in two rows, and each row had a child designated as the needle, a child as the knot, and the rest all held hands to make up the thread!  The needle led the thread in and out (and under the arms of their classmates) to create cross stitches as they sang!  It was so much fun!   In addition, we started to learn an awesome calypso song called "Four White Horses." It is a 3rd grade favorite! Next week we will learn the hand routine.

The fourth and fifth graders both played a stick game using the songs that they learned last week.  The fourth grade sang "Rocky Mountain," and fifth sang "Sansa Kroma." They played a stick passing game and students were eliminated each round until we had a winner!  They had to the stick on a steady even beat. We also extended the game but adding different color sticks to the game. If a student received a red stick, they were out. If they received a green stick, the person to the right of them was out. We had so much fun playing this game!

It was also our first week of chorus. We discussed our theme of Music and Literature and listened to the song to see if we could figure out what book it was from.

We hope you stay warm and happy first day of fall!