2010-2011+This+week+in+Music

What are we doing this week?? ** June 6, 2011 ** It's all about favorites this week! We have a CRAZY week this week. Regular classes M-W, Field Day on Thursday and then a half day for our LAST day of school! Are you ready for summer? In addition to visiting some of our favorite lessons from 2010-2011, we'll be learning a few new summer songs. It's on the 'favorites' list include... Pete the Cat t'smidje dance The Aliens are Coming and Aliens Love Underpants Jumpbands Draw A Bucket of Water and more!!! To find out more about our favorite activities check out our wallwisher sites. The links to the wallwishers can be found on the home page -- Click Here! To find and download some of your favorite songs go to Music K-8 Kid Tunes Here you can find songs like...
 * Pizza Love
 * School Is Coming To An End
 * Rhythm of the Season
 * My Peeps
 * Be Nice Today
 * In Like A Lion
 * Wheels On The Bus
 * Uno, Dos, Tres
 * and more!

I hope you ALL of a wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL summer!!! I will miss your smiling faces and look forward to seeing you all in August. Remember to be responsible, be respectful, be safe and HAVE FUN!!! ~Ms. Scott

Rising 5th graders (4th graders this year) -- if there is enough interest we WILL have Recorder Club afterschool next year! We will probably start back up in October. Practice a little of your recorder karate music to keep your mind working! :)

** May 31, 2011 ** It's time to bring out the campfire! :) This week all classes will spending some time sitting around the campfire singing some of our favorite camp songs.  ** May 23, 2011 **  I am so proud of ALL of the TPE students. K-2 you did suck a nice job staying quiet and being respectful to the testers. 3-5, you all worked so hard -- and it shows in your scores! Way to go!!!   This is the week that you have been waiting ALL YEAR for!!!! This week students in all grade levels will be playing musical games on the Wii.   Wii Music -- Handbell Harmony and Pitch Perfect   Major Minor's Majestic March   ** Bonus! Friday May 27 is Water Day during resource classes. Woo Hoo!! **   ** May 16, 2011﻿ **  EOG Week is here! Best of luck to all of TPE's amazingly smart third, fourth and fifth graders! I know you will all do a fantastic job on your tests! Take your time, read carefully and remember to breathe! ﻿   Out of respect for our testers, K-2 will be having 'quiet' music classes this week. First and Second Graders will be going on a Musical Mystery Tour Click here to go on it!﻿  Kindergarten will be re-reading __Aliens Love Underpants__. After that we will listen to Gustav Holst's //The Planet's Suite// and draw our own planets and aliens. Third, Fourth and Fifth Graders will also be having 'quiet' lessons aw we wait for our friends to finish testing. We will be playing a few rounds of Instrument Bingo. ** May 9, 2011﻿ ** All classes have been having fun playing on the Orff instruments. Students have been working on several of the activites and lessons found in the Mallet Madness book. One of the things I use Mallet Madness for is to create a connection between Music and Literacy. Activities and stories can be adapted to fit almost any grade level. This week students worked on a few of the following music-literacy connections using the following books:﻿ Kindergarten: Jump, Frog, Jump!, The Aliens are Coming Kindergarten - Second Grade: [|Aliens Love Underpants] 1st Grade - 5th Grade: Old Black Fly Students in all grade levels were introduced to a wide variety of instruments including:﻿﻿ Bass Xylophone, Alto Xylophone, Soprano Xylophone, Alto Metallophone, Soprano Metallophone (3), bongos, ratchet, castanet, djembe, cabasa, shakere, Alto Glockenspiel, wind chimes, egg shakers (2), claves, small set of temple blocks and a frog guiro. **May 13, 2011﻿** During the enrichment time, students in K-2 continued their study of the instruments above. 3-5 worked on Jumpbands. Jumpbands are a fun and active way to practice keeping the beat and working on patterns.