This week in music, Grade 1/2 students continued to solidify their learning of ta, titi, and rest (quarter note, eight notes, and quarter rest) rhythms. They played a game called Rhythm Train which assessed both their ability to read and to listen and identify rhythms. We also continued our movement/story activity to Mussorgsky's "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks" from Pictures at an Exhibition, finishing with a rhythm matching activity (complete with broken eggshells!).
Grade 3/4 students also shared their rhythm skills by completing a rhythm dictation quiz. They began learning about the orchestra through an interactive game featuring Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. They continue to work on My Paddle as well as several singing games in preparation for new rhythmic and melodic concepts. Kindergarten had a short music class this week due to it being the last day of Sibbald U. We learned that music can tell a story as we sang a picture song together. We also reviewed the musical terms forte and piano (loud and soft) as we played a favourite singing game Grizzly Bear.
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Grade 1/2 students were busy putting their knowledge of rhythm to use, using ta, titi, and rest to identify a mystery song and to play the game "Poison Rhythm". They also explored movement and lyrical singing in The North Wind Doth Blow while discovering that music can be used to express sadness and hardship as well as feelings of happiness and celebration. We also listened and moved to "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks" from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition as linked to a story by Deborah Lyn Ziolkoski of Fun With Composers.
Grade 3/4 students began singing the traditional Canadian folksong My Paddle with movement as well as the folksong Black Snake in preparation for new rhythmic concepts. They also worked on compiling their written work from music in their new music Duo-Tang folders. They especially enjoyed learning a cup passing rhythm pattern which we attempted to perform to Zoltán Kodály's "Viennese Musical Clock" from his opera Háry János. The students did well for their first time through this challenging exercise! Kindergarten students learned a new singing game, Charlie Over the Ocean which provided opportunity for solo singing and lyric improvisation. They also performed movement to the song Diddle Diddle Dumpling, preparing to work in partners next class. They continue to work on in-tune singing and pitch matching as well as moving to a steady beat. This week in music, Grade 1/2 students worked with ta (quarter note), titi (eighth notes), and rest (quarter rest) using popsicle sticks. They completed several four beat rhythm dictation patterns and played a game called "Poison Rhythm". They also worked to identify the higher and lower sounds in the song Sea Shells and discovered that the musical names for these higher and lower sounds are "so" and "mi". We also learned the hand signs that correspond with these sounds and watched another So-Mi story to reinforce their learning.
In Grade 3/4 we completed a Listening Log while listening to Brahm's Hungarian Dance No. 1 and discussed the different elements that make up a composition. We also agreed that some of the impressions and visualizations we associate with a particular piece of music are quite individual, while other things we listen for (such as instruments, tempo, and texture) are more absolute. These students are also working on performing body percussion rhythms in canon, as well as singing in canon. Kindergarten students performed Slavonic Dance by Dvorak with instruments, acting out the Fun with Composers barnyard story that we began last week. They continue to work on pitch matching and moving to the beat. |
AuthorMrs. Bishop teaches music at Andrew Sibbald School. She is passionate about music making and about music literacy. Archives
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