I've Got Rhythm!

Students in Ms. Basra's class did a great job practicing and performing quarter note and eighth note rhythmic patterns for their individual assessments. Students read selected rhythms by speaking them and showing what the patterns looked like with their hands.

There's a Little Wheel A-Turning in My Heart

Second graders in Ms. Casey's class had a fun time expressing themselves through song and movement to this traditional African-American spiritual. Enjoy the first verse! Can you create other verses that would match the style and mood of this song?

Writing and Reading!

First graders were working hard to notate and read some of their original compositions using quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests. They then took turns performing in front of their peers!

ABCs

Students in Ms. Lund's class did an awesome job singing, moving, and finding the first letters of their names to different versions of "The Alphabet Song" in music today.  

Line Dances!

Here are some fifth graders from Ms. Hart's class showing off their fancy dance moves to "Galopede," a piece of English folk music. We moved the dance from the music room to the hall to create two long parallel lines for fun and for extra space to move safely. We look forward to trying it again with another folk dance in the next few weeks!

Over the River and through the Wood

Fourth grade classes learned and performed the traditional American Thanksgiving song "Over the River and through the Wood." Each class took turns critiquing their work to think about what worked well and what they would strive to improve the next time they sang this song or a similar one. It was a fun exercise and here is one of their "works-in-progress" that we hope you enjoy listening to, as well.

See the Rhythms of the Seesaw

Check out some first graders reading, responding, editing, and performing rhythmic representations of music symbols (quarter notes and eighth notes) in different patterns!