October 28th – 31st

 This week in music …

TASC

-       Continued practicing keeping a steady beat using the hand drums

-       Explored rubbing their hand on the hand drum

-       Used the file folder song “Brown Bear, Brown Bear”

Kindergarten

-       Talked about a slow beat and a fast beat

-       Practiced standing still for “O Canada”

Grade 1

-       Continued moving to a slow, medium and fast beat while playing the beat on the boomwhackers

-       Played the game “Farmer in the Dell” by using a Halloween theme

-       Continued working on vocal development by practicing our songs for Remembrance Day

Grade 2

-       Continued working in small groups on boomwhacker songs and focusing on playing simple rhythms

-       Continued working on vocal development through singing in tune and doing simple echo activities

Grade 3

-       Listened to a classical song called “Spring” by Vivaldi and talked about what they noticed in a classical song vs a pop or country song

Grade 4

-       Did a pre – assessment on different instruments and classical music focusing on talking about music from the past and different composers

-       Continued work with the boomwhackers