Violin Assignment

Good afternoon!  Just popping in to let you know that the violin assignment for this week is to work on the new concert music!

All lesson groups have reviewed "Song for Christine," "Frère Jacques," "Mozart Melody," and the B part for "Oh, Suzanna."  Reminder:  the grace note is a short and quick note that is played just before the beat.  If you are uncomfortable with playing the grace notes, you can skip them and play just the high D :)

Finishing our books!

This week, the first graders are finishing their Peter and the Wolf books.  Each book includes pictures of the instruments that are featured in the music, and the students drew the characters to go along with them!  The listening maps they completed two weeks ago are also in their book.

When your child comes home with their book this week, you can ask them to tell you the story of Peter and the Wolf!

Weekly Review 3/24 - 3/28

Due to the PARCC testing this week, 1st graders attended music with 5th graders, 2nd grade with 3rd grade, and we even had a day where 3rd, 4th, AND 5th came at the same time!  This crazy schedule allowed us to take a small break from our regularly scheduled lessons, and show the students a fun movie :)

We watched Frozen, and it was delightful to hear many of the students singing along!  The children who were watching this movie for the first time seemed to enjoy themselves as well.  Frozen was nominated for and won many awards (including Best Original Song), so it was the perfect choice to show in music!

Have a lovely weekend!