This week in music, Kindergarten students grew in their knowledge about the beat of the music. Like the heartbeat in our bodies or the ticking of the clock, they discovered that this pulse keeps the music alive and moving. We also moved to music by performing a simple dance with partners (Diddle Diddle Dumpling, My Son John) and learned a new song called Mr. Rabbit.
In Grade 1/2 classes, students played a game called Messenger which provides opportunities for individuals to perform rhythm patterns on their own. The students are truly growing in their ability to recognize different rhythm patterns and to perform them to a steady beat. We used this knowledge to identify the theme to the Surprise Symphony by Haydn from a mystery rhythm pattern written on the board. These students also discovered the melodic pitch la, a sound higher than so, in a well known song Bounce High, Bounce Low and continue to learn about strong and weak beats and how beats can be grouped in twos. Grade 3/4 students continue their study of the orchestra and its different instrument families as well as the attributes that affect each of their sounds. For example, a longer tube makes a lower sound and a shorter tube makes a higher sound (in woodwind and brass instruments) or the sounds of a plucked string are much different than a bowed string. These students continue to expand their rhythm knowledge by performing rhythm patterns in canon and discovered the syncopated rhythm pattern ti ta ti (or syncopa) in a well-known song Black Snake. Students in Room 18 enjoyed playing the singing game Bounce High, Bounce Low and learned about how we show higher notes and lower notes on the music staff. They continue to enjoy working with the Boomwackers, reviewing the theme from Pirates from the Caribbean and learning a new song Sunny.
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AuthorMrs. Bishop teaches music at Andrew Sibbald School. She is passionate about music making and about music literacy. Archives
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