Shana Tovah to all of our families who celebrated Rosh Hashanah Monday and Tuesday!
Our Weekly Info: | Last week's Buzzword was ARCO. It means "A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way" A special "Thank you" to all of the students who participated in last week's challenge! I hope you enjoyed your Buzzword Surprises! The Buzzword for this week is PIZZICATO. Do you now what it means?? Can you find out?? I'll give you a hint....it's meaning has something to do with our newest music program and is something students in 1st and 2nd grade will start doing very soon :) Check the Buzzword board each week to find out the new word...grab a card and write the word down. Head home and look up the definition of the word. Bring it back to Mrs. Kamp and receive a prize on Friday :) looking forward to playing this game and watching your musical vocabularies grow every week!!! We began celebrating our next Composer of the Month, Franz Liszt as we listen to his music and learn facts about his life each class. You can see the facts that they learned about Mr. Liszt on display outside the music room or on the home page of this website :) 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 Music:
**Pre-K 3 and 4 will not have class this week due to the Rosh Hashanah holiday. Check back next week for some exciting October fun!
**Kindergarten also continues to explore the world of music, learning our hello routines and songs, experimenting with the different classroom instruments. We have begun incorporating our Pre-School Prodigies lessons with Mr. Rob and our Rhythm Band Curriculum into each class visit...making music a VERY Exciting place to be!
**First Graders are exploring the very many ways that music can be....loud / soft...fast / slow, etc. We're having fun with songs, games, instruments, dancing, and some pretty cool surprises as we build our music vocabularies and learn to speak the language of music. We will be incorporating all of these musical elements into some special spooky Halloween fun as we prepare for the Halloween season!
**Second Graders have mastered their first song, "Hot Cross Buns" and will be taking their white belt tests this week! After we test, make sure you check the class page HERE to hear a recording of the whole class' performance :) And now it's on to begin preparing our Yellow Belt song, "Gently Sleep!" Parents, you can find more information about the recorder program HERE along with some helpful links for at home practice :)
**Third Graders are "putting it all together" as we take all of the material we learned since Kindergarten and incorporate it into performing in our classroom "Orffestra!" Want to learn more about the Orffestra....click HERE.
Our Recess Music Program is also up and in full swing! I encourage you to share the recess offerings with your children and remind them that they can come in to any of the activities whenever they want :) What a wonderful way to add more diversity to our schools music offerings! |
Performance Music
Band Classes:
If you're interested in learning more about our school's Instrumental Music Program, follow these links to the band's individual websites:
CONCERT BAND (FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES)
Check out the new Instrumental Lessons Schedule here and be sure to mark your child's new lesson date and time on your family calendar.
Chorus Classes:
String Classes:
Parents and parent involvement is an essential part of a students success in music, particularly in the Suzuki style of teaching. Although we can't have parents attend each and every one of our class meetings, it will be very important for your child's success that they begin practicing at home and that they see you excited and enthusiastic about all of their violin playing.
Be sure to check your child's string class page often. I will be posting videos, handouts, songs, and other helpful materials there for each of our classes to help build this bridge from violin at school to violin at home!
Mrs. Kamp :)