Veterans Day permission slip

Be on the look out for this Veterans Day program permission slip. It should arrive home this evening or tomorrow. If your child will be participating, please sign and return the bottom section of the note to me before Nov. 10.

Veterans Day preparations are underway

In music class we have been learning lyrics to our patriotic songs and reading about the history of Veterans' Day and the branches of our military.  We also have been making decorations to post at our Veteran's Day program and writing letters to present to our veterans at the show.

We are off to a great year!

This week all music classes worked on creating our social contracts, practicing drills and thinking about what music classroom jobs we may need this year.  In the coming weeks we will begin to write our mission statement for music class this year.  We will be learning and practicing the school song as well as begin our preparations for the annual Veteran's Day program.  

Remember there is no school on Monday due to the Labor Day holiday.

Have a restful weekend!

Auditions were in full swing this past week and a half. Here are some of our Golden Ticket winners who made it through to the show on Thursday May 21st.

Talent Show 2015 --Sign Up Now!

 

 

  

Sign up:  April 23-May 1, 2015

  in the music room 7:30-8:00 and during clubs

Music:  must have appropriate language and subject

    must be approved by Mrs. Ripps and the panel of judges. 

 

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS MAY 1ST

NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Permission slips :  will be sent home soon

must be signed and returned by May 1

Students who have NOT turned in a signed permission slip 

will not be allowed to tryout.

Auditions will begin on May 4.  Your child MUST be prepared to audition on May 4th .  If auditions are not completed May 4, they will continue daily until completed.  All participants should be prepared to be called on to audition on daily basis until completed.

Talent Show Date: Thursday May 21, 2015

Times:  First show at 9:00 am    Second show at 1:00 pm

4th graders are researching the Instruments of the Orchestra in the media center. Our next step will be to use the Chatterpix app on the Ipads to create characters who will then share instrument facts with the rest of the class. Can't wait to see the end products!

3rd grade performing Rondo Form

3rd grade Collaboration- creating rhythms using syncopation. Students then used these patterns to perform "Shake the Papaya Down" in Rondo form

Boomwhacker Club

We just started a new session of clubs.  Our Boomwhacker club is having fun discovering what kind of sounds these colorful plastic tubes can produce.  They've also been exploring the xylophones and metallophones and learning to read the music notation and transfer that onto the instruments. 

Today they practiced Old MacDonald and Jingle Bells. 

Having fun with our Orff instruments

We learned about 16th notes in this lesson.  We learned the song "Tideo" and transferred the 16th note pattern into a body percussion activity with movement.  Then layered on top of that, we added our xylophone  arrangement and practiced an ostinato pattern.

2nd grade is practicing writing quarter notes, eighth notes and rests on their ipads. The class performed their rhythms afterward.

Brand new instruments for the music room!

The students have been anxiously anticipating the arrival of our set of Orff instruments. We are SO excited to have a set of Orff xylophones and metallophones in our music room for the first time!  Lots of fun and exciting learning awaits us!

Second grade is practicing keeping a steady beat as they play Bee Bee Bumble Bee. There was lots of excitement and laughter!

Candy bar rhythms

4th grade practicing their candy bar rhythms before performing them for the other groups.