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Archive: 2014-2015









Mrs. V's Musichology 

(the wonderful world of Elementary Music and Technology) 

Tuesday (9/25/14):

Fifth grade collected their data from their Lunar Lander findings and posted them on their Prezi documents. They worked hard to get this done, and then comment on each other's Prezi. We discussed the importance of online citizenship and to T.H.I.N.K. before we post. T-is it True? H-is what I'm posting helpful? I-is what I'm posting inspiring? N-is what I'm posting necessary? K-is what I'm posting kind? Tomorrow students will post pictures of their Lunar Landers on their Prezis.

Fourth grade calculated the cost of their Dream Vacation. They had to budget 

  • plane fare
  • accommodations
  • taxi service
Tomorrow students will budget food costs. 

Ms. Beedy's second grade class

  • Learned about Johann Sebastian Bach. 
  • Viewed: http://www.pianolessons4children.com/composers/bach.php
  • Listened to: Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ (one of the most famous of Bach's pieces)

  • Reviewed Do, Re, Mi
  • Discussed So, La, and Mi
  • Played Acha Backa

Mrs. Naessen's class worked on Do Re Mi and postures: 
Ms. Snyder's class  played the Solfa game:
 If I sing "so la mi" in that exact order, they do not echo.
All students stand. If they echo correctly with hand signs to the best of their ability, they keep playing. If not, they are out. If anyone even begins to sing after I sing "so la mi," he/she is out. I tell everyone not to argue and not to tell on anyone else. We play this game for only a few minutes, and I minimize any winning and losing. I tell them it doesn't really matter. We are just practicing our singing.
Third graders also played "Clock Rhythm." Place rhythms around a drawn clock and play the rhythms at each hour. Students guess which "hour" is played. When one guess, he/she becomes "it" and then they clap a rhythm. It chooses a person to tell them which "hour" was clapped.

Mrs. Parmenter, Ms. Ferden, Mrs. Hollinshead's classes learned what a drum major does in the band. We practiced following what the "leader" did with our instruments. We also learned about Bach as did the other classes today.

Mrs. Baker's Pre-school worked on keeping a steady beat. We marched around the classroom with rhythm instruments, to the tune of Stars and Stripes. We marched and clapped.
We also sang:

  • Wheels on the bus
  • Rags
  • Put Your Finger In The Air
  • If You're Happy And You Know It

Monday (9/29/14):

Fifth grade had their final activity with the physical Lunar Lander. Students dropped each Lunar Lander from 1, 1.5, and 2 feet drops. They marveled at their engineering, what could have been improved. They learned that "appearances" had no affect on the effectiveness of their Lunar Lander's performance. Data was gleaned and recorded on team Prezis.







Fourth grade learned how to access rainfall tables for their Dream Vacation. Students discussed what impact rainfall would make on their decisions to travel. They posted their results on their team Prezis.

Ms. McVittie's and Mrs. Farlee's second grade class

  • Learned about Johann Sebastian Bach. 
  • Viewed: http://www.pianolessons4children.com/composers/bach.php
  • Listened to: Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ (one of the most famous of Bach's pieces)

  • Reviewed Do, Re, Mi
  • Discussed So, La, and Mi
  • Played Acha Backa

Mrs. Postema's and Mrs. Nurenberg's classes worked on Do Re Mi and postures: 
Mr. O'Rourke's and Mrs. Joll's classes played the Solfa game:
 If I sing "so la mi" in that exact order, they do not echo.
All students stand. If they echo correctly with hand signs to the best of their ability, they keep playing. If not, they are out. If anyone even begins to sing after I sing "so la mi," he/she is out. I tell everyone not to argue and not to tell on anyone else. We play this game for only a few minutes, and I minimize any winning and losing. I tell them it doesn't really matter. We are just practicing our singing.
Third graders also played "Clock Rhythm." Place rhythms around a drawn clock and play the rhythms at each hour. Students guess which "hour" is played. When one guess, he/she becomes "it" and then they clap a rhythm. It chooses a person to tell them which "hour" was clapped.


Friday (9/26/14):

Fifth grade worked on Moby Max which is aligned with Core Curriculum. They scored quite positively as reflected in the chart below.
Fourth grade worked diligently on their Dream Vacation. They worked to answer three questions:
  1. What is the country's capital?
  2. What are the names of two major cities in this country?
  3. What are the names of two major airports in this country?
Once they had completed these questions, they too, were able to sharpen math skills on Moby Max.

Ms. McVittie's and Mrs. Farlee's classes worked on Keyboarding lessons today. We recorded their one minute timings on a Google Doc. Second grade has a goal of 5 words per minute. We will work each week to reach and exceed this goal.

Mrs. Postema and Mrs. Nurenberg's classes worked to enhance their keyboarding skills by once again exploring the Dance Mat Typing web page. Each level is recorded weekly to monitor progress.

Mrs. Joll's and Mr. O'Rourke's classes worked toward their third grade goal of 10 words per minute. They posted their scores on Google Docs so that each week they can observe their progress.


Thursday (9/25/14):

Fifth grade continued work on their Lunar Landers. They have to be careful not to constrict their astronauts to the capsule by any means. This takes some careful engineering! 
Students worked on individual assessment through Moby Max, and later earned a few free minutes on Mrs. V's Tech Page.

Fourth grade worked on their Dream Vacation assignment. They looked up some places online. Then they began researching their choice destination. Their behavior also dictated that they were able to change their Dojo Avatar. They especially enjoyed this!

Ms. Beedy's class worked on Edmodo, and began their "Back To School" assignment in which they detailed items about themselves to their classmates. They used Edmodo to sent text to each other. This was an enjoyable activity!

Mrs. Naessens' class worked on 

  • learning to log onto Edmodo (this is a big step learning Usernames and Passwords!)
  • keyboarding: http://www.powertyping.com/rain.shtml
  • preparing for Kindergarten students coming in next, in the computer lab
Mrs. Hollinshead, Mrs. Parmenter, and Ms. Ferden's classes worked on Mouse Manipulation. We:

Ms. Snyder's class brainstormed idea for "My Box" a Next Day collaboration lesson. We used Popplet to do this. We are creating a project in which we are going to dream up an imaginary project that will benefit our community.

Wednesday (9/24/14):

Fifth grade worked on their Lunar Landers. They brainstormed what needed to be done to drop their Landers without the Landers breaking apart. Marshmallows are representing astronauts, and one group of students opted to use a rubber band for a safety belt!



Fourth grade worked on their Dojo points again, and attempted to change their avatars as they've earned enough points to do so. Tomorrow they will be able to spend more time on this, but with the abbreviated schedule today, it was impossible to get to. We did get into teams as we worked on our "Dream Vacation" project in which we will find out how to budget money for a dream destination.

Ms. McVitte's and Mrs. Farlee's classes:

  • viewed their Dojo points as behavior dictated
  • logged onto Edmodo
  • continued their "All About Me Project" on Prezi (where they type in information about themselves)

Tuesday (9/23/14):

Fifth grade began a collaborative assignment in which they will be engineering a "Lunar Lander" using household items. They are using physics as they design their object. Today they brainstormed their Lunar Lander.
Fourth grade began a "Next Day Lesson" via Edmodo. Their assignment entails going to a destination of their choice with a set amount of money. Today they completed a "Rank and Reason" activity in which they gave reason to why they would choose a country. They compared their ranking with classmate's reasoning's.

Monday (9/22/14):

Fourth and Fifth grade continued their work on Typing Web. They posted their scores online. They explored typing games to increase their skills and were thrilled with the increase in their speeds and accuracy.

The following classes worked on instrument recognition:
  • Mrs. McVitti
  • Mrs. Farlee
  • Mrs. Postema
  • Mr. O'Rourke
  • Mrs. Nurenberg
  • Mrs. Jolls

Friday (9/19/14):

Fourth and Fifth grade continued their work on Typing Web. They posted their scores online. They explored typing games to increase their skills and were thrilled with the increase in their speeds and accuracy.

The following classes worked on instrument recognition:
  • Mrs. McVitti
  • Mrs. Farlee
  • Mrs. Postema
  • Mr. O'Rourke
  • Mrs. Nurenberg
  • Mrs. Jolls


Thursday (9/18):

Fourth and Fifth continued work on their understanding of music.

Ms. Beedy's Mrs. Naessen's, Mrs. Hollinshead's, Ms. Snyder's, Mrs. Parmenter's, and Mrs. Ferden's classes learned songs for the "Salute The Soldier" ceremony at this year's Homecoming.

Wednesday (9/17):

Fourth and Fifth grade reviewed Bass Clef line and space notes.

Mrs. McVitte's, Mrs. Farlee's, Mrs. Hollinshead's Ms. Snyder's Mrs. Parmenter's and Mrs. Joll's, and Mrs. Wahey's classes learned songs for the "Salute The Soldier" ceremony at this year's Homecoming.

Tuesday (9/16):

Fourth and Fifth grade worked on Typingweb.com. They posted their scores. Fifth grade's goal is 20 words per minute. Fourth grade is 15 words per minute.

Ms. Beedy's and Mrs. Naessens' classes worked on music creativity. They listened to the book: "The Day The Goose Got Loose" and chose instruments that described the animals in the story.

No other classes met in the afternoon as the teacher was required to attend Mrs. Naessen's class due to an emergency.

Monday (9/15):

Fourth and Fifth grade reviewed their note name recognition by playing tic tac toe--while building words.

Mrs. McVittie's, Mrs. Farlee's, Mrs. Postema's, Mr. O'Rourke's, Mrs. Nurenberg's and Mrs. Joll's classes learned about instrumetn families while reading Orchestranimals.

Friday (9/12):

Fifth grade continued their work on Typing Web. They posted their scores online. They explored typing games to increase their skills and were thrilled with the increase in their speeds and accuracy. Their behavior earned them free time online.

Fourth grade worked on Typing Web. They posted their scores online. They explored typing games as did the Fifth grade. Their class earned 20 Dojo points which earned them the privilege of customizing their Dojo avatar. 

Mrs. McVitte and Mrs. Farlee's classes met in their classrooms as the computer lab is being used for testing. These second grade classes did whole group activities intended to reinforce regular classroom instruction. Classes explored these web page:

  • http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do
  • http://www.funtotype.com/


Thursday (9/11):

Fourth and Fifth grade worked on their Treble Clef note recognition. They went to the following pages:

Ms. Beedy's class logged onto Edmodo for the first time this year. They went http://www.abcya.com/ when they got logged on. Because it took so long to get the entire class onto Edmodo, we were unable to begin the "Back To school" assignment that the other second grade classes began yesterday.

Mrs. Naessen's class logged onto Edmodo for the VERY FIRST TIME today. 
They enjoyed exploring:

Mrs. Parmenter's, Mrs. Hollinshead's, and Mrs. Ferden's classes:

shared workstations with the partners we chose last week observed their behavior gauged by Classroom Dojo.com  introduced letters on the keyboard with these two sites:
  • http://www.abcya.com/cup_stack_typing_game.htm
  • http://www.abcya.com/make_a_cake.htm
Ms. Snyder's class logged on to Edmodo and began the "Box Assignment." This is a next lesson assignment with 10 steps. Students will work collaboratively on this.

Wednesday (9/10):

Mr. O'Rourke's and Mrs. Joll's classes logged on to Edmodo and began the "Box Assignment." This is a next lesson assignment with 10 steps. Students will work collaboratively on this.

Mrs. Postema's and Mrs. Nurenberg's classes logged onto Edmodo for the VERY FIRST TIME today. 
They enjoyed exploring:




Mrs. McVitte and Mrs. Farlee's classes:
  1. Logged on.
  2. Went to Edmodo.
  3. Reviewed their progress on Back To school
  4. Checked off step one
  5. We reviewed what we had done for the summer
  6. We wrote online messages to our class (in Edmodo) about what we did for the summer
Fourth and Fifth grade worked on music notations. They drew their notes on Treble Clef. They took part in an online poll where they shared their opinions about music notation. Each class earned guided free time on the web.

Tuesday (9/9):

Fifth grade:

  1. Logged on.
  2. Went to Edmodo.
  3. Reviewed their progress on Marvelous Music
  4. Checked off steps one and two
  5. Went to Prezi where they demonstrated their understanding of Treble and Bass Clef
  6. Their behavior earned them enough Dojo points to have five minutes of free time at the end of class
Fourth grade:

  1. Logged on.
  2. Went to Edmodo.
  3. Reviewed their progress on Marvelous Music
  4. Checked off steps one and two
  5. Went to Prezi where they demonstrated their understanding of Treble Clef
  6. Their behavior earned them enough Dojo points to have five minutes of free time at the end of class

Ms. Beedy's Class:

  • I'm In the Mood For Singing
  • B-I-N-G-O
  • Autumish Feelin'
  • Autumnal Equinox
  • God Bless America
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • You're A Grand Old Flag
They practiced their steady beat understanding. They clapped rhythms.

Mrs. Naessen's class:
  • I'm In the Mood For Singing
  • B-I-N-G-O
  • Autumish Feelin'
  • Autumnal Equinox
  • God Bless America
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • You're A Grand Old Flag
They practiced their steady beat understanding. They clapped rhythms.

Ms. Snyder's Class sang:
  • You're A Grand Old Flag
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • School Is Back In Session
  • Forever Learning
  • Rag Mop
  • God Bless the USA
They reviewed whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes. They clapped and played rhythms.
They enjoyed this comical clip explaining quarter note. 

Mrs. Ferden's, Mrs. Parmenter's and Mrs. Hollinshead's classes: 
  • You're A Grand Old Flag
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • If You're Happy And You Know It
  • This Old Man
  • The Wheels on the Bus
  • Johnny Works With One Hammer
  • Itsy Bitsy Spider
  • The Wheels On The Bus
  • Five Little Pumpkins
We discussed steady beats being like a Grandfather Clock. We sang Hickory Dickory Dock while playing instruments.

Monday (9/8):
Fifth grade:
  1. Logged onto the server.
  2. Logged onto Edmodo.
  3. Began a project entitled Magnificent Music
  4. They created a Prezi account
  5. They drew Treble Clef on Prezi
  6. They labeled lines and spaces on the Treble Clef.
Fourth grade:
  1. Logged onto the server
  2. Logged onto Edmodo
  3. Began Music review
  4. Watched a video explaining Treble clef: appearance, lines, and spaces
  5. They created a Prezi account
  6. They drew Treble Clef on Prezi
  7. They labeled lines and spaces on the Treble Clef.
Mrs. McVitte's and Mrs. Farlee's classes sang:
  • I'm In the Mood For Singing
  • B-I-N-G-O
  • Autumish Feelin'
  • Autumnal Equinox
  • God Bless America
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • You're A Grand Old Flag
They practiced their steady beat understanding. They clapped rhythms.

Mrs. Joll's and Mr. O'Rouke's classes sang:
  • You're A Grand Old Flag
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • School Is Back In Session
  • Forever Learning
  • Rag Mop
  • God Bless the USA
They reviewed whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes. They clapped and played rhythms.
They enjoyed this comical clip explaining quarter note.

Friday (9/5): Every Friday is Keyboarding!

Fourth and Fifth grades:
  • logged onto their own workstation
  • began work on Edmodo
  • creating Typingweb accounts
  • posted their scores online
Mrs. McVittie's, Mrs. Farlee's, Mr. O'Rourke's, and Mrs. Joll's classes took keyboarding tests. They posted their scores online. 

Mrs. Postema's and Mrs. Nurenberg's classes demonstrated their keyboard skills on Dance Mat Typing.

Thursday (9/4):

Fourth and Fifth grades:
  • logged onto their own workstation
  • began work on Edmodo
  • went to Think Central where they used web sites that reinforced math skills at their grade level

Ms. Beedy's, and Ms. Snyder's classes:
  • chose partners 
  • created Edmodo accounts
  • designed personal avatars
  • observed their behavior gauged by Classroom Dojo.com
Mrs. Parmenter's, Mrs. Hollinshead's, and Mrs. Ferden's classes:

Wednesday (9/3):

Fourth and Fifth grades 
  • learned their new passwords, and were able to log onto the servers with the new Windows 8 machines.
  • went to Edmodo.com where they created new accounts for themselves. They also created Avatars that creatively display themselves. 
  • reviewed some music theory
  • Fourth grade created accounts with their Dojo usernames for behavioral charting
Mrs. McVitte's, Mrs. Farlee's, Mr. O'Rourkes, and Mrs. Joll's classes:
  • chose partners 
  • created Edmodo accounts
  • designed personal avatars
  • observed their behavior gauged by Classroom Dojo.com
 Mrs. Postema's and Mrs. Nurenberg's classes:

Tuesday (9/2): 

Computers were not functioning so classes played P.U.L.S.E. (Music Bingo) in fourth and fifth grades.
Ms. Beedy's class sang several new songs. They are concentrating in patriotic songs as students may be included in this year's Salute the Soldier event at Homecoming.
Mrs. Naessens class continued in the same venue as Ms. Beedy's class. 
Students enjoy viewing their participation gauged on Classroom Dojo.
Mrs. Hollinshead's, Mrs. Parameter's, and Mrs. Ferden's classes sang: 

  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm, 
  • Put Your Finger In The Air, 
  • First We Wave Our Hands Up High, 
  • You're My Bud, 
  • The Wheels On The Bus, 
  • Five Little Pumpkins. 
We discussed steady beats and compared them to our heart beats.
Ms. Snyder's class worked on songs:

  • Forever Learning
  • School Is Back In Session
  • Rag Mop
  • You're A Grand Old Flag
  • Star Spangled Banner
  • Positive
They sang patriotic songs as students may be included in this year's Salute the Soldier event at Homecoming.

Wednesday (6/11): Half Day/Last Day:

Ms. Mayle's class completed the following URL's and submitted them via Edmodo.


    Mrs. Newkirk's class finished their "Destination Vacation" assignment. They voted on their favorite "Destination Vacation." They had time on Funstuff (a web page created by Mrs. V), and their choice of academic sites.

    Mr. Gordeneer's and Mrs. Farlee's classes enjoyed reviewing their instruments of the orchestra via a BINGO game.

    Tuesday (6/10): Half day:

    Ms. Mayle's class completed the following URL's and submitted them via Edmodo.

    Mrs. Newkirk's class finished their "Destination Vacation" assignment and completed the URL's listed above. We also participated in a Fire Drill at 9:20 a.m.

    Ms. Beedy's and Mrs. Naessen's classes enjoyed reviewing their instruments of the orchestra via a BINGO game.

    Monday (6/9):

    Ms. Mayle's class worked on math sites.
    Mrs. Newkirk's class worked on their "Destination Vacation" project. Today they worked on this site to get an idea for a price of their trip.

    Mr. Gordneer's and Mrs. Farlee's classes didn't meet in Music Class today due to a Student Council (All-School) assembly.

    Mrs. Postema's, Mr. O'Rourke's, and Mrs. Joll's classes enjoyed reviewing their instruments of the orchestra via a BINGO game.

    Mrs. Nurenberg's class reviewed old lessons, and chose special songs to sing as this was our last music class together.

    Friday (6/6):

    Mrs. Newkirk's and Ms. Mayle's classes worked on their keyboarding skills. They worked on their Typing Web accounts to improve Word Per  Minute goals.

    Mr. Gordeneer and Mrs. Farlee's classes worked on their keyboarding and posted their scores on their keyboarding pages.
    Mrs. Postema's and Mrs. Nurenberg's classes improved their keyboarding skills by working on Dance Mat Typing. Each week we work on this and get stickers when we achieve completion of levels.

    Thursday  (6/5):

    Ms. Mayle's class finished their measuring project. They posted their findings on this document. 

    Mrs. Newkirk's worked on their "Dream Vacation" project, in which they decide if they were given $1,500.00:
    • where would they go?
    • what would they do while they were there?
    • how would they get there?
    • who would they take?
    Ms. Beedy's and Ms. Snyder's classes presented their: "This Day In History" reports.  This created a lot of class discussion and learning about world events.

    Mrs. Naessen's class met in her room as we prepared for the School Picnic. We visited these sites as a class:

    Mrs. Hollinshead's and Mrs. Paremtner's classes visited these sites (in alignment with Common Core Curriculum for Kindergarten math)

     

    Wednesday (6/4):

    Mrs. Nurenberg's class visited these sites (in alignment with Common Core Curriculum for Kindergarten math)
    Mrs. Jolls and Mr. O'Rourke's classes continued their: This Day In History assignment. They are preparing to do a one-minute presentation about the date of their choice. They visited This Day In History (web site).
    Mrs. Postema's class visited three sites:
    1. http://www.abcya.com/computer_vocabulary.htm
    2. http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
    3. http://www.tvokids.com/games/keyboardclimber


    Mrs. Farlee's class enjoyed a Keyboarding party. Their keyboarding scores reached in the hundreds, so they enjoyed time on "Fun Stuff."

    Mr. Gordeneer's class worked on finishing their research of: This Day In Hisotry.  They practiced their delivery of their findings.

    Mrs. Newkirk's class began creating a "Dream Vacation." They'll be budgeting $15,000.00 (imaginary) for a Dream Vacation of their choice with one parent.

    Ms. Mayle's class worked on their understanding of measurement. They measured each other's height and then translated measurements to inches.


    Students in  also commented on Mrs. V's blog (see their comments below).

    Tuesday (6/3):

    Mrs. Newkirk's and Ms. Mayle's classes worked on music concepts with MUSIC BINGO.

    Ms. Beedy's class worked on music notes and reviewed their understanding through music 7Up.

    Mrs. Naessens' class worked on their soft music understanding with a pantomime game.

    Mrs. Hollinshead's and Mrs. Parmenter's classes created sound effects using instruments to tell a story. They used instruments they estimated as appropriate for the sound of the object.  Each students was given opportunity to play an instrument.

    Ms. Snyder's class worked on  playing: Pop Goes The Weasel. They learned that the song originated in the British Isles where shoe and hat makers would use the "weasel" (a tool) they used in making their wares. Third graders were given the opportunity to play toned bells.

    Monday (6/2):

    Mrs. Newkirk's and Ms. Mayle's classes worked on Tenmarks. 
    All music classes practiced their music understanding with the game 7Up. 

    Friday (5/30):

    Mrs. Newkirk's and Ms. Mayle's classes worked on their keyboarding skills. They worked on their Typing Web accounts to improve Word Per  Minute goals.

    Mr. Gordeneer and Mrs. Farlee's classes worked on their keyboarding and posted their scores on their keyboarding pages.
    Mrs. Postema's and Mrs. Nurenberg's classes improved their keyboarding skills by working on Dance Mat Typing. Each week we work on this and get stickers when we achieve completion of levels.

    Thursday (5/29):

    Ms. Mayle's and Mrs. Newkirk's classes continued their review of music. Then they worked on Common Core Curricula aligned for their grade levels on Sokikom, Magnahigh, and Tenmarks

    Ms. Beedy's and Mrs. Naessen's classes met in their rooms, to accommodate MAP testing in the lab. These classes sang patriotic songs.  They learned about the Alto Saxophone, as demonstrated by Mrs. V.

    No classes were held in the computer lab in the afternoon, as we had: All Fitness Day. We were outdoors doing:
    • Zumba
    • Poms
    • Track
    • Eating snack
    • Playing soccer

    Wednesday (5/28):

    Ms. Mayle's and Mrs. Newkirk's classes reviewed these music pages:
    Remaining time was spent on Sokikom and Tenmarks.

    Mr. Gordeneer's and Mrs. Farlee's classes met in their rooms, to accommodate MAP testing in the lab.
    These classes sang:
    • The Star Spangled Banner
    • America
    • Taps (we listened to this)
    • The Cat Came Back
    We learned about the Alto Saxophone, as demonstrated by Mrs. V.

    Mrs. Postema's class met in the lab. They worked on "Summer Resolution" with a rank and reason activity. This activity gives immediate feedback for a student's reason for ranking a certain activity as they did.
    Mr. O'Rourke's and Mrs. Joll's classes finished their "Million Dollar" report, and then engaged in their "Day In History" Report. Students decided on dates that interested them. They will give a one-minute presentation documenting their findings.

    Mrs. Nurenberg's class continued with their Common Core math aligned web sites below:

    Tuesday (5/27):

    Ms. Mayle's and Mrs. Newkirk's classes reviewed music pages below:
    To increase their math skills, they resumed their activity on Tenmarks.com.

    Ms. Beedy's and Mrs. Naessen's classes met in their classrooms to accommodate MAP testing in the lab.

    First graders sang:
    • Take Me Out To The Ball Game
    • Start Your Day With A Song
    • Hey May!
    • I Like My Bike
    • Yellow Daffodils
    • and practiced their part in: Bear Hunt.
    Ms. Beedy's class sang:
    • Take Me Out To The Ball Game
    • Polly Wolly Doodle
    • The Cat Came Back
    • Once An Austrian Went Yodelin
    • Oh Mr. Sun (we learned about the repeat symbol, quarter rests, eighth rests,  and guitar cords).
    Mrs. Hollinshead and Mrs. Parmenter's Kindergarten classes played the game: As Quiet As. Students take turns naming the quietest thing they can think of. As each thing is name, the teacher writes it on a card. During the playing of the recording the teacher quietly calls the various cards and the students quietly dramatize them.
    Their song repertoire included:
    • I'm A Little Teapot
    • Take Me Out to The Ball Game
    • Lemonade
    • Higher Than A House
    • I Can Do That
    • My Hands
    • Rags
    • The Wheels on the Bus
    • Hickory Dickory Dock
    • Surprise Symphony
    • Five Little Pumpkins
    • See Saw
    • Ready to Start The Day
    Ms. Snyder's Class met in the lab for music! They reviewed their Treble Clef notes and then played on online game as a class to reinforce their understanding. Click here to view the game.
    They also worked on various song, with Move, Move, Move being the newest in the repertoire.

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