Our Weekly Info: | The Buzzword last week was SOTTO VOCE and it means, "quietly." Thank you to Johana (3) for being our big Buzzword participant last week! She found out exactly what the word means :) Nice researching Johana!! This week, the Buzzword is SONATA. Do you know what sonata means? Can you find out? Take a card and let the games begin :) We also welcome this month's "Maestro of the Month" is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as we listen to his music and learn facts about his life before our play practices. Check your child's go home folder for this month's composer fact sheet as well as the directions for how to become a "music detective" and have their work featured on the bulletin board outside the music classroom and on the Music Website! |
General and Performance Music:
Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 students will be busy connecting music to their classroom letters and themes.
Kindergartners and First Graders will be learning the building blocks of music and working with a mix of melody and rhythm days where we will use the Rhythm Band Curriculum and the Pre-School Prodigies Curriculum to build our musical vocabularies and skills!
Second Grade is busy adding new recorder karate songs to their repertoire! Students will take their Green Belt Test today, Monday, January 28th, to show mastery of the song, "It's Raining, It's Pouring" and prove that they can play eighth notes and the low E on their recorders! Students will also have the opportunity to perform the song as a solo for the class and take home a special Recorder Rock star Recognition Award!! Then, on Wednesday, we'll be introduced to our new Purple Belt Song!!! What will it be, I wonder...make sure to ask your child when they come home on Wednesday and check out the Recorder Resources tab on their page to help with your at home practice :)
Third Graders and Fourth Graders will be back in action as their class Orffestra, mastering a new song and some special new skills this month!!
In the instrumental music world, we've got some super exciting things going on!!
Fifth and Sixth Grade Concert Band students are working through their repertoire for this year's Spring Concert. Check out the practice resources on their class web page and let's get back into practicing!! Also, a reminder that the Band Karate Belt Challenge stills stands... can anyone besides Natalie (6) achieve Black Belt this year??????
Fourth graders will be continuing their work as the Amagansett School Beginning Band and moving forward with their work in Band Brilliance. They will also be beginning their first ever complete band piece!!
Chorus class will also be seeing the introduction of repertoire for our Spring Concert in May.
Festival season is beginning which has necessitated large changes to our music lesson schedule to accommodate lessons for NYSSMA, SCMEA, and HMEA. Parents are encouraged to check their child's lesson schedule and go over lesson days with their child so that everyone can be prepared for each and every lesson :)
Recess Drama Club: | We are excited to announce that there was enough interest to order Cinderella Kids! and we will be hosting auditions for all students who signed up on February 4th!!! Can't wait to see the amazing auditions I'm sure you all will prepare!! Didn't sign up and now catching the acting bug??? It's OK...come see Mrs. Kamp BEFORE AUDITIONS and I will get you an audition packet :) |