“Welcome Back to School” – keeping a steady beat with large motor skills, reinforced

following directions

            “Five Little Monkeys” – worked with different vocal registers, steady beat, fine motor

skills, subtraction

            “Two Little Apples” – steady beat, correlation with Johnny Appleseed

            “Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands” – steady beat, following directions, listening skills, large

motor skills

            “I Think Music’s Neat” – steady beat, leadership/imitation skills

            “Hickory, Dickory, Dock” – steady beat with body and untuned percussion, movement,

large motor skills, play ascending and descending glissandos on instruments

Developed song into n A-B-A form

            “Monkey See and Monkey Do” – rhythm, leadership/imitation/improvisation skills

            “Look at Me” – singing So-Mi, imitation

            “Sing Me Your Name” – singing So-Mi, independent singing for evaluation

            Listened to “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – kept steady beat

on non-pitched percussion instruments

            “Saw, Saw, Saw Away” – reinforcing rhythm, actions using large motor skills,

sharpening listening/imitation skills

            “The Muffin Man” – steady beat

            “Engine Engine” – kept steady beat while playing on body percussion and barred

instruments on a bordun

            “Snail, Snail” singing So-Mi

            “The Music Time Is Over” – imitation of good vocal qualities through imitation

            “Line Up Chant” – keep steady beat with voice and feet

            “Posture Chant” – students reminded of proper posture

            “The Grand Old Duke of York” – listening/imitation skills

            “The Wheels On The Bus” – song with large and fine motor skill movements and playing

instruments

            “Apples and Bananas” – working on vowel sounds

            “Counting Song” – reinforcing counting and rhyming sounds

            “Goin’ to Kentucky” – Spanish words, movement, leadership/imitation/improvisation

skills

            “Jack and Jill” – singing scale and using the body to interpret the scale

            “Ten in the Bed” – interpretation skills, subtraction, motor skills

Do you like being involved in your students’ projects?  As part of “Music In Our Schools Month” we will be making maracas in March.  All students will need 2 clear cylindrical bottles with long necks and your choice or combination of beans/uncooked popcorn/uncooked rice.  Additionally, students will need a scouring pad, rubber “electrical” tape or bicycle grip tape.  We need some parents to help coordinate this event.  Please let me know if you are available to assist with this project on the first two Tuesday afternoons in March.

All students need a binder, spiral notebook, and pencil for music class.  These supplies will be kept in the music room.  Binders and spiral notebooks will also be used in future years.

It would be appreciated if you send a box of Kleenex in with your child if you have not yet sent it in.  Thanks!