As Valentine approaches, students in grades K-2 get to sing a song about making friends. They also coordinate hand clapping patterns and dance movements!
VALENTINE VALENTINE
Valentine, valentine,
Won’t you be my valentine?
Valentine, valentine,
Won’t you be my friend?
Will you be? Will you be?
Will you be good friends with me?
Will you be? Will you be?
Will you be my friend?
Grades 1/2 have been working on keeping steady beat as an accompaniment for a song called "Lemonade". It is actually harder than it seems! Sometimes we are tempted to play the rhythm instead of a steady beat because we are singing at the same time.
Kindergarten has also been singing old and new songs, all which require executing dance choreography from memory! Our songs require students work on finding a friend or a partner - all social skills adults have internalized and don't need to think about! Younger students must remember eye contact, smiling, looking for a partner, and then immediately dancing the moves!
Kindergarten also continues to work on recognizing instrument families by just sound, and later we will be identifying non-pitched percussion instruments by sound and then grouping them into their families (drums/metals/woods/shakers and scrapers).
Grades 3/4 have been learning different songs using the notes B, A, and G, and they are memorizing notes on the musical staff without labelling them! Students are allowed to take their recorders home to practice their new songs.
Grades 5/6 beginners have started their recorder lessons, and intermediate/advanced students will start next week. At the same time, students are working on a Google Slides presentation where they will introduce three different genres of music to their class. I'm excited to learn about some of the new genres out there!
Families, have a wonderful long weekend!
Mrs. Lim
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