Hunting for Half Notes

We have been learning to recognize, read, and write half notes in music. One of our half note learning activities was to hide half notes in our artwork. We talked about how we could incorporate half notes into our work by using the notes as the feet of an animal, the stem of a flower, or head lights on a car to name a few examples. Our students were quite creative with their work! Here are some great examples of hiding half note artwork. Can you find the half notes hidden in these pictures?

Cate used half notes both on her beautful butterfly and her flowers. Even the butterfly's antennae are half notes!  



Damian used half notes as the players on his football field.
Kaden drew a jar of lolliops with half notes hidden amongst the lollipops.




A closer look at Damian's half note football players.



Really Reading Rhythms!

My friends have been working hard this week to be rhythm readers! We matched the rhyhtm of the words in our Valentine songs and chants to the number of beats in quarter notes and pairs of eighth notes. Then we played these rhythms using drums and sticks. We had to use our smart reading eyes to read the words and ryhthms at the same time! Here is a sneak peak into rhythm reading with Mrs. Gilmore's class.

Green Pod PTA Performance

Green pod did a dazzling job at their PTA performance. Their performance included several songs about apples, pumpkins, and leaves in celebration of their theme for the year, The Great Outdoors. Here are a few photos from their very fabulous fall performance. Enjoy!



The fabulous fall decorations provided by our wondeful PTA helped us feel like we really were in a Pumpkin Patch during our Pumpkin Patch song!




Sweet friends singing 'you can rest your head on me' in the song "Under a Shady Tree".




"Would you like an apple on a stick?"




Some of S. Jones' friends and their smiling faces at the close of a terrific performance!



Center Time!

The last few days in music, my friends have been enjoying center time as a reward for their good behavior! This is a wondeful time for our students to practice their creative thinking skills as they listen, build, read, write, create and draw together in the music room. Here are a few snapshots from a few of our centers!

Ladies reading Five Little Monkeys and Dooby, Dooby Moo at the Reading Center.

A friend offering me a milkshake that he made using egg shakers and rhyhtm cups at the instrument building center.



Friends creating and composing at the keyboards, our most popular center!




A friend listening to the Bop It  Game for her next instructions at the listening center.



You're a Grand Ol' Flag

We have been working on several patriotic songs in music lately. One of our favorite things to do while we sing our America songs is to march to the steady beat and wave our flags! Here are some images from a couple of Tuesday classes. These friends in Mrs. S. Jones' class and Miss Mangum's class are marching proudly while celebrating their freedom and their country!

Oh I Love America!

This week, we are singing songs to celebrate America in the music room! Some of our favorites include, "My Country Tis of Thee", "This Land is Your Land", "The Star Spangled Banner", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Oh I Love America". Mrs. Sanders' class from the Orange Pod sang "Oh I Love America" so beautifully today, we decided to share our sweet voices with everyone here on the music room blog! Notice what a nice job they are doing spelling A-M-E-R-I-C-A!

We hope you enjoy!

One of our Favorites!

One of our most favorite things to practice with our rhyhtm sticks in music class is the "Days of the Week" song. This version of "Days of the Week" is brought to you by Ms. Whitt's class from Blue Pod. You will notice this tune sounds a bit like the Adams Family theme song!

This favorite activity helps us to practice playing on the steady beat, resting in the appropriate places, and of course helps us learn all seven days of the week!