Holiday thoughts and silliness

Reflecting on the Holiday rush....

Kindergarten - Celebrations Hannukah, Kwaanza and Christmas
First Grade - Christmas Around the World (with First Grade Teachers)
Second Grade - Nutcracker Ballet (We attend the week before Christmas, do a written reflection and do movement, art and music activities)
Third Grade - Holidays Around the World (Hannukah, Kwaanza, Christmas, La Posada, Diwali, and then in January Chinese New Year)
Fourth Grade - Holiday Musical (this year Christmas at the O.K. Corral from Plank Road Publishing)
Fifth Grade - Precorder Arranging Project (see previous post)

Resources used:
All Around the World
Story of Hannukah (3rd grade)
Kwaanza
Kwaanza (Sesame Street)
Diwali
Las Posadas

Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia

How to Draw A Nutcracker
Trepak Percussion
Trepak Boomwhackers
Waltz of the Flowers percussion

December Songs We LOVE
Reindeer Pokey
Christmas, If You're A Kid
Crazy Santa - Just Dance
Little Snowflake (We LOVE to sing this one)

Las Posadas: Will we retain anything other than Pinata's and Feliz Navidad??

Fun to work with this crazy guy, Mr. Sutton, and his crazy outfits!!

Comments

Hallway wall for everyone!!

I am soooooo excited about the music staff in my hallway at school. The caption is "Each of us a single note, together we create a masterpiece at DSE!" Each note has a student's name and each color is a different class. I am thinking I will leave it up the whole year as a teaching tool, but we will see how that goes.

Anchor charts

So... I'm not sure if anchor charts are for the students or serve as a visual reminder for me. I love the active listening one I made and can refer to to correct or redirect students, it hangs near where I stand in the room. The other chart reminds me what to have the kids look for when examining a new piece of music.

Centers

More Music Room Centers!!! My students love doing centers!!!! Cuptastic Each student in the group has one cup and the group must come up with a pattern to pass the cups. Pitch Reading Practice Picked up this little tool at the convention last week! Student groups for centers are right now leveled by their pitch reading capabilities. At this center, right next to me, students can practice reading bass and treble clef. More pitch reading fun!! Students use their recorder or the xylophone and play the pitches on the cards. Fifth graders use these cards. Fourth grade students use other cards. Music Madness A board game I made years ago to practice treble clef pitch reading. Musical Pairs Buy It Here Rhythm Rockets Artie Almeida Music Proficiency Pack See It Here Don't Break The Ice Music Symbols on the ice cubes. Students draw a term, typed on paper, and tap out the matching symbol. Found the id...

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