Mrs. Niu - niu@bpsk12.org Mrs. Rzasa - rzasa@bpsk12.org
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Saturday, March 24, 2018

Weekly Review 3/19-3/23

We finally made it to a full week of school! Here is what we accomplished in music this week.....

First grade students performed "Peter and the Wolf." Students acted out the 7 different characters while other students performed their four beat pattern. We performed by class. Enjoy!




The second grade students celebrated St. Patrick's Day by making up their own folk dances to accompany the Irish Washerwoman song.   Due to the snow days, we will be performing them next Tuesday and Wednesday. We began to rehearse patriotic music for the Memorial Day Assembly, which will be on May 25th. We learned, "You're a Grand Old Flag." 

The third graders have been doing an amazing job on their recorders and in the recorder centers!  Many of them have started the green belt (Lucy Locket), so we are now working on low E.  We also played a fun, interactive game called, "Staff Wars." It practices note reading in a fun way!

Just as a reminder, if you need extra help or would like to get tested on your next belt song, Mrs. Niu will be available on Tuesdays from 8;10am-8:30am and Mrs. Rzasa will be available on Fridays from 8:10am-8:30am.

Our fourth grade students completed and performed their ABA compositions. Here are their compositions by classes: ABA Compositions

Our fifth grade students completed and performed their RONDO form compositions. Here are their performances by classes: RONDO form compositions.


** Due to MCAS schedule conflicts, our 4th and 5th Grade Spring Concert is now on Wednesday, May 2nd.

In chorus, we worked on Cumbia Del Sol and the Yellow Submarine.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend!



ABA Form

The fourth grade students have been working on compositions in ABA Form.   In ABA form, the beginning and end of the composition are the same, and it the B theme is different.  "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" is an example of a popular tune in ABA form.

The compositions must:

  • be in ABA Form
  • have 4 measures in each section
  • have a 4/4 time signature
  • use half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests
The students then selected hand percussion instruments for their performances.  Please check out some of their videos!





Rondo Form Compostions

Our 5th grade students have been working on a RONDO Form composition (ABACABA) with their partners for the past few weeks. Each section was two measures long and contained four beats. Students used either quarter notes (du), half notes (d^u), eight notes (du-de) or a quarter rest. After students composed their composition on staff papers,  they performed their composition using percussion instruments.

We hope you enjoy their creativity!

Here is Mrs. Burn's class: