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.