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Thursday, November 17, 2016
Kindergarten Christmas Program
Over Thanksgiving Break, I will be sending home a lyrics sheet with all of the Kindergarten students so that they may practice all of the songs they've learned and can practice singing in front of people! If they lose the lyrics sheets, the words are all under the "Program" tab on here. Parents, if you could go over the words with your children or allow them to sing and dance for you, this would be a fantastic opportunity for your children to share with you what they are learning in music class each day! It would also help get them ready to sing and dance in front of an audience and not just me! I hope you have a fantastic break, and your little ones put on awesome shows for you this week.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Studying Dvorak!
In first and second grade we have begun our study of our Composer of the Month for November, Antonin Dvorak. For their first introduction to the composer, students learned a little bit about him, and had an activity afterward to do!
First grade listened to the second movement of the symphony he wrote while visiting America called "The New World Symphony," and colored a cartoonized picture of Dvorak.
Second grade is working on a word search that includes words from the provided biography of Dvorak, while also listening to the second movement!
First grade listened to the second movement of the symphony he wrote while visiting America called "The New World Symphony," and colored a cartoonized picture of Dvorak.
Second grade is working on a word search that includes words from the provided biography of Dvorak, while also listening to the second movement!
We are all having so much fun learning about our new composer and listening to the music he wrote while visiting our country!!
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Composer of the Month: Antonin Dvorak
For the month of November, our first and second graders will be taking a look at the composer Antonin Dvorak. Dvorak was born in the Czech Republic in 1841 and died in 1904. During his life, he was able to make the trip across the Atlantic and visit The United States of America during it's early years as a country! While in America, he discovered
African-American and Native
American music. This became
mixed with his longing for his
home country. Together, these
sounds meshed into a fresh,
inviting sound that has lasted
through the ages. The piece he wrote based off of these sounds was called a symphony, or a large musical composition made up of four parts or movements, and was nicknamed "The New World Symphony," after the country he wrote it in. While in class, the students this month will listen to each movement of the piece and do a small activity based on each movement.
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