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Grade 6 Music

  Grade 6 Music  Many resources are available at www.musicplayonline.com No password is required! November We are reviewing reading notes on the treble clef staff. We are reading rhythms while we move to pop hits and movie music with body percussion activities.   Check out the google classroom for the winter concert that will be streamed in-school like our Remembrance Day assembly.   Code: Great job on the handbells for our our Remembrance Day song, Sing for Peace .    Lewis: Great job on the guitars and pianos for our song for Remembrance Day,  Shalom . October Students explored the definitions of harmony and melody. Body Percussion feature: Sevens  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izMkPLtt99Q Code:   Students are preparing a musical piece for the Remembrance Day Assembly on the handbells.  Lewis:   Students are preparing a musical piece for the Remembrance Day Assembly on guitar and keyboard.  Pop and Blues chord progressions. September Students reviewed rhythm and pitch concepts from
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Grade 5 Music

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 Grade 5  Please visit www.musicplayonline.com sing, play, and read many of the songs we use in music class.  There is no password required at this time.  Students are assigned instruments and will be rotating units throughout the year as we are not sharing instruments this year. At this time we are not singing due to covid-19 restrictions but we can hum with our masks on. October  review of grade 4 rhythms  introduction to the treble clef  lines and spaces have names space note names spell FACE  September Key Concepts and Skills  review of rhythm and pitch notation from grade 3  ASL (sign language alphabet and Oh Canada Brown's class -Djembe unit introduction to the djembe from West Africa (history/ how is it made/ basic patterns) Robb's class  introduction to the ukulele ( history/ parts of the ukulele, string names, and numbers/ playing basics) Tretchka's class introduction to percussion (pitched ex. xylophone/non-pitched instruments ex. hand-drum) body percussion
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Grade 4 Music

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 Please visit www.musicplayonline.com sing, play, and read many of the songs we use in music class.  There is no password required at this time.  Students are assigned instruments and will be rotating units throughout the year as we are not sharing instruments this year. At this time we are not singing due to covid-19 restrictions but we can hum with our masks on. October  introduction to grade 4 rhythms  introduction to the treble clef  lines and spaces have names space note names spell FACE  September Key Concepts and Skills  review of rhythm and pitch notation from grade 3  ASL (sign language alphabet and Oh Canada Brown's class -Djembe unit introduction to the djembe from West Africa (history/ how is it made/ basic patterns) Robb's class  introduction to the ukulele ( history/ parts of the ukulele, string names, and numbers/ playing basics) Tretchka's class introduction to percussion (pitched ex. xylophone/non-pitched instruments ex. hand-drum) body percussion
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Grade 3 Music

 Please visit: www.musicplayonline.com  to listen and sing to many of our songs.  There are many activities to practice skills and concepts as well.  No password is required.    October introduction to the orchestra  review of grade 2 pitch introduction of grade 2 rhythm  new songs: No Robbers, Shake the Papaya Down  improvised (on the spot) and composed (pre-planned) rhythm phrases body percussion  Frazer's class is playing the bucket drums Prigotzke's class is playing hand chimes and boomwhackers Gloge's class is playing xylophones and metallophones  September review of grade 2 rhythm and pitch names and concepts  playing pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments  review of favourite grade 2 songs 
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Grade 2 Music

Most songs can be found at the grade 2 tab at www.musicplayonline.com . No password is required at this time.   Students use personal music packs during class that include: egg shaker, rhythm scrapers, rhythm sticks, scarf, and rhythm flash cards. October introduction to grade 2 rhythm symbols  introduction to grade 2 pitch name 'do' compose rhythm patterns listening and responding through movement  studying so-mi-do pitch patterns  September review of grade 1 rhythm and pitch (la, so, mi) echo rhythm patterns by clapping/ using percussion instruments  listening and responding through movement  reviewed classroom favourite songs from last year I am a Pizza, Marmalade and Vegimite (Scooby-doop), Let's go Walking
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Grade 1 Music

 Students in Grade 1 use personal music kits during class.  There's an egg shaker, rhythm cards, scarf, and rhythm scrapers.  Most of the music we use in class can be found at  www.musicplayonline.com  there is no password to use at this time.   October compose rhythm patterns  songs of the season and celebrations identifying environmental sounds responding to music through movement  September  echo rhythm patterns  copy and construct rhythm patterns with manipulatives (popsicle sticks) musical element analysis focus: (fast/slow) (loud/quiet)  
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Kindergarten Music

Welcome to the Kindergarten Music Blog! In Kindergarten Music we move, play instruments, and explore our voices and sounds around us.  We play instruments from our personal music kits that include a scarf, egg shaker, rhythm sticks, scrapers, and pre-reading rhythm cards. We analyze music by identifying musical elemental opposites such as rhythm (some notes are long and some notes are short).   Musicplayonline  is a great website that has lots of music educational games and most of the songs we use in kindergarten.  October songs and stories about animals  musical opposites (loud/quiet) percussion instruments fall season and celebrations  review of September concepts September keeping a steady beat echo rhythms  ASL (sign language) alphabet  musical opposites (fast/slow)  listen to our fun dance music! using percussion instruments (shakers/scrapers) lots of stories! 
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