If you would like to watch the winter show again, you can find the recording below. Congratulations to all these young and talented performers! I am a very proud teacher!
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The EC4 students have started preparing for their winter show. They are very enthusiastic to learn winter songs about reindeer, jingle bells, snowflakes or mittens and gloves. You can take a sneak peek at one of the songs we have been learning, Mittens and Gloves, by watching the video below! In the last few weeks we have been working on exploring body and untuned percussion instrument sounds and playing untuned percussion instruments in time with a beat. The small group framework allowed for the active involvement of all the members of the group, the deepening of the the students'knowledge, as wells as for differentiating according to their skills or interests. In the examples below you can see how the same activity using the big gathering drum was developed differently by each small group. In music classes, the EC4 students have been working on building a basic movement/dance vocabulary. They have brainstormed and explored movements at different levels: low, middle and high and then they worked in groups to develop their own movement patterns. Next, they used their drawing skills to record the movement patterns on paper so that they can remember, practice and share them with their peers. Overall expectations Music is the study and exploration of sound and the expressive use of musical elements through the singing of songs and playing of instruments. Children will join together in musical activities, using their voices and simple instruments to develop concepts about sound and musical awareness. They will participate both individually and in groups in games, songs and creative movement activities. Children will develop musical ideas in composition using musical notation. They will begin to develop an awareness and appreciation of music from different cultures. During the first two weeks in EC4 we sang songs (old favorites and new ones) we played with rhythmic and melodic patterns and we moved creatively to music. Here are some pictures from our class: |
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