2011+Elementary+Music

May 10 & 11 __Froggy Plays in the Band __ Mrs. Secrist's class put music and literature together to tell the story of Froggy. We used Garageband and SMART Notebook interactive whiteboard to create the project. It will be presented to the Kindergarten classes next week with reading comprehension questions to follow. media type="youtube" key="pdxyxVTR8ic" height="315" width="420"

April 26 & 27 Freddie the Frog and the Bass Clef Monster 

Concentration game with Bass Clef cards then play the note on the Bass Xylophone media type="youtube" key="armHAXx-5NY" height="251" width="448"

April 19 & 20

Musical Math Discuss how notes are divided 

whole note = 2 half notes half note = 2 quarter notes quarter notes = 2 eighth notes Worksheet drawing whole, half, quarter, eighth, quarter rests, dotted half notes

Rhythm Dice Game <span style="color: #05c9c9; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mrs. Ooten

<span style="color: #05c9c9; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">VS the class! <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">April 12 & 13

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">TCA Composers <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Each student created a 4 beat rhythm using Beat strips and markers <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Each student then gave each rhythm note a melodic note (B, D, E, G, A, B, D, E) - <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">we left out Freddie and the C notes. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Using Finale Songwriter we put all our measures together added a drum groove and created a class song! <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click Below to hear Mrs. Gray's class song media type="file" key="GRAY.mp3" width="240" height="20" <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click Below to hear Ms. McDonald's class song <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="file" key="WILLIAMS.mp3" width="240" height="20" <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.2px;">Click Below to hear Ms. McDonald's class song <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click Below to hear Mrs. Ezell's class song media type="file" key="LOONEY.mp3" width="240" height="20" <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click Below to hear Mrs. Lambert's class song media type="file" key="LAMBERT.mp3" width="240" height="20" <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click Below to hear Ms. Secrist's class song <span style="color: #800035; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="file" key="Secrist.mp3" width="240" height="20"

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<span style="color: #aa087a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">March 29 & 30 <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Beat Chairs / Time Signatures <span style="color: #e63d0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Using chairs and students discussed <span style="color: #e63d0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Quarter notes = 1 beat <span style="color: #e63d0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Pair of 8th notes = 1 beat <span style="color: #e63d0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Half note = 2 beats <span style="color: #e63d0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Whole note = 4 beats

<span style="color: #e63d0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Finale: Rhythm Rocket Game BLAST OFF!!!

<span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">March 22 & 23 <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Continuing our adventures with Freddie as he and Eli visit TEMPO Island. <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">We reviewed fast/slow tempos- Presto! and L a r g o <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">media type="file" key="07 Presto_Largo.m4a" width="300" height="50" <span style="color: #101bc3; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">We also moved to the Beat of the Drum on this song:

<span style="color: #cf0976; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In pairs students made up a 4 beat rhythm using beat strips, quarter notes, and eighth note pairs <span style="color: #cf0976; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">and performed it on rhythm sticks (Tiki Tiki Birds) <span style="color: #101bc3; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #cf0976; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The other partner kept the beat on a drum (Purple Elephant). <span style="color: #cf0976; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Students chose the tempo and performed for the class.



<span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**March 15 & 16** <span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Freddie the Frog and the Mysterious WaHoooooo <span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3rd Adventure: Tempo Island <span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">TEMPO = how fast or slow the music is <span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #ff00bc; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Largo - Slow <span style="color: #ff00bc; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Andante - a walking pace <span style="color: #ff00bc; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Allegro - Fast <span style="color: #ff00bc; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Presto - very fast <span style="color: #ff00bc; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Accelerando - gradually get faster <span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Ritardando - gradually get slowe r <span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">BEAT versus RHYTHM

<span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Mrs. Lambert's Class <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="file" key="medium.m4v" width="300" height="300"

<span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">March 1 & 2

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<span style="color: #7208aa; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Thursday classes (Howard/Williams/Secrist) with Freddie and Friends....

<span style="color: #7208aa; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">February 16 & 17 <span style="color: #7208aa; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">More Freddie Adventures <span style="color: #7208aa; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Freddie the Frog and the Secret of Crater Island <span style="color: #7208aa; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Adding the remaining notes on the treble clef D- Damselflies B - Beetle Bugs G - Geckos D - Dolphin Bay C - Crater Island B - Blowhole media type="file" key="03 Damselfly Feelin'.m4a" width="300" height="50" <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">March has been officially designated by the <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">National Association for Music Education (NAfME) <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">for the observance of Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM®), <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the time of year when music education <span style="color: #08aa08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">becomes the focus of schools across the nation. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">February 9 & 10 <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Freddie's Favorite Song <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">"Froggie Went a- Courtin"

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Literature + Music = Success! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Learn the sequence of the story as well as identify notes on the staff and play on melodic instruments: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Notes A=Azaleas F= 's Tree House <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Orff Arrangement

<span style="color: #e6270a; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">For Fun activities and coloring pages visit: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">www.freddiethefrog.com <span style="color: #fd95ef; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Coloring Pages Below!

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">February 2 & 3 <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">"Freddie the Frog" by Sharon Burke <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Part 2 <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Add notes on treble clef <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">high E (Eli's vacation home) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">low F (Freddie's vacation home)



<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">January 26 & 27 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Eric Karle <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Very Hungry Cterpillar <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Book and Video <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Literature and Music

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">January 19 & 20 <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">"Freddie the Frog" by Sharon Burke <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Part I

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Treble Clef Island. media type="youtube" key="ih2Twpkyblg?rel=0" height="266" width="491" align="right"

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Learn notes <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">E (Eli) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">A (Azaleas) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">C (Crocodile River) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">F (Freddie's House)

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">January 12 & 13 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">SMARTBoard Presentation and Lesson on Martin Luther King, Jr <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Song: "Free at Last" media type="file" key="04 Free At Last.m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">January 5 & 6 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">"Ring in the New Year" making resolutions - playing instruments <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="file" key="14 Ring In The New Year.m4a" width="300" height="50" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">