Notes from Mrs. DeLong October 18, 2016 The calendar says it’s fall, but those warm summer temperatures seem to be hanging on for a little while longer. Autumn is one of my favorite seasons – I love the cooler temperatures and beautiful colors. We’re in our ninth week of school already. Mrs. Averbeck-Dace’s class is doing pretty well. I’m hearing some wonderful singing voices in the class, and we’ve even been singing our welcome song in a round! We will explore music concepts through singing, playing instruments, moving, and poems throughout the year, so your student is expected to be actively involved in all class activities. There will be some activities that will be new and challenging at first, but students will grow and get better as they persevere and put forth their best effort.

• LearningtoUseOurGoodSingingVoices

• LearningOurHelloSongandaClassWelcomeSong

• MovingtotheSteadyBeatoftheMusicinSetsof8’sand4’s

• UsingMovementtoShowOurUnderstandingofLoud/SoftSounds

• GuidingtheClassThroughaLoud/SoftActivityUsingaHobermanSphere–ithelpsus“see”loudandsoft

• PuttingtheWordsofaPoemonHandDrums–rhythm!

• InsertingaPoemintoaStory–thestorywasaboutasneakyrabbit(TopsandBottoms)

• CreatingRhythmChainsUsingVegetableNamesandSeedPackagestoConnecttoTopsandBottoms

• SingingaSongaboutaRabbitandAddingOurRhythmChainstoMakeaSecondSection–exploringmusicalFORM

Form

Musical form is the overall plan of a piece of music. It describes the layout of the piece as divided into sections.

Musical FORM with Old Mister Rabbit and Vegetable Rhythms A Section = Song Old Mister Rabbit, You have a mighty habit Of jumping in my garden And eating all my cabbage. B Section = Rhythms Chant: What did the rabbit eat Other than your cabbage? (students created rhythms using pictures) Carrots, lettuce, radishes, corn. Carrots, lettuce, radishes, corn.