• Loose Tooth

    Now that we have some masks off, I'm starting to see some toothless grins......so cute.  We learned this poem and added body percussion and instruments to the shaded words.  

    All Day Long is a song we sang to help us practice steady beat.

    v1.  Heart keeps a-beating, all day long.  Beating and repeating, all day long.  All day long...all day long.   And I keep a-singing, all day long.  (pat hand on chest)

    v2. I keep a-breathing, all day long.  Spider keeps a-weaving, all day long.  All day long...all day long.  And I keep a-singing, all day long.  (rub open palms together)

    v3.  Clock keeps a-ticking, all day long.  Ticking and a-clicking, all day long.  All day long...all day long.  And I keep a-singing, all day long.  (snap fingers)

    v4.  Rain falls on Sunday, all day long.  Rains again on Monday, all day long.  All day long...all day long.  And I keep a-singing, all day long.  (tap fingers on head, table or floor)

     

    We demonstrated loud and quiet through movement and games.  First graders will enjoy showing their listening skills moving to Johann Strauss's Radetsky's March

     

    It's past Halloween but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy guessing these Halloween sounds.  Have fun!   

    Guess the Halloween Sound

  • rc

    To prepare our voices for singing, we warm up our vocal muscles and find our 'head voice' with exercises like the rollercoaster voice warm up.

      

     

     

  • First grade was all about spiders this session.  It's so fun to watch first graders work so hard to get the finger play going.  (It's challenging!)  Have them show you while they sing along with this sweet version of Itsy Bitsy Spider by Carley Simon.  We also practiced keeping a steady beat with Little Richard's Itsy Bitsy Spider.  Hang on!

     

    spider

  • Aiken Drum

    In addition to experiencing same/different and demonstrating steady beat, the students had fun learning the names of some of the unpitched instruments found in our music classroom by putting together Willie Drum (Aiken's brother) while they were singing about him.  Each class was creative in their interpretation of what Willie looked like!

    Mr Decker's class

    1D

     

    Ms Petrini's class

    1P

    Ms Gearheart's class

    1G

     

     Ms McGibbonen's class

    1M

     

First Grade Music Skills