Sunday, March 26, 2017
I Sang for Someone I Love!
As part of our Music In Our Schools Month celebration, students were sent home with an "Ask Me" sheet that contained one of the songs they have been working on in class. If the student sang for someone they love at home and that someone sent a note back telling me they sang to them or commenting on their singing, the student would receive a sticker and the note went up on the "I sang for someone I love" bulletin board, so that the students could feel proud of their singing! This is the first year we've done this celebration, and we filled up a 4x4 board with sweet notes from loved ones! I can't wait to see how this grows each year!
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Composer of the Month: Camille Saint-Saens
Our composer for March is Camille Saint-Saens! Composer Camille Saint-Saëns was born on October 9, 1835, in Paris, France. He began learning the piano at age two, and composed his first piece of music for piano at age three! Because of his early talent, he was often compared to Mozart as a youth and declared as a child prodigy. He gave his first formal recital as a child in 1846. He studied organ at the Paris Conservatory and played for the Church of the Madeline in Paris for 20 years. He was once called by one of the most famous pianists in the world, Franz Liszt, "the greatest organist in the world" for his organ playing at the Church of the Madeline. He helped found the National Society of Music in 1871. He is best known for his opera Samson et Dalila, his chamber work Carnival of Animals, and his symphonic poems. He died on December 16, 1921. To study our composer of the month, second grade will be listening to and writing about Carnival of the Animals in their own listening journal that they will get to take home at the end of the month!
Music In Our Schools Month!!!
March is Music In Our Schools Month!
Music In Our Schools Month or MIOSM is the National Association for Music Education's annual celebration which engages music educators, students, and communities from around the country in promoting the benefits of high quality music education programs in schools.
Music In Our Schools Month began as a single statewide Advocacy Day and celebration in New York in 1973, and has grown over the decades to become a month-long celebration of school music across the country.
To celebrate MIOSM, Banks County Primary will be doing a whole bunch of activities!
Each week, a music trivia question will be announced on the Morning Show, the morning news show that the principal hosts every morning, on Monday. Students from each grade will try to answer the question correctly by putting their answers in the ballot boxes by Friday of that week. I will draw two names of students with the correct answers from every grade to win a prize the following Monday when I announce the next trivia question!
This month, students will go home with 2 "Ask Me" sheets as part of the "I sang for someone I love!" program! If the student brings a note back from 2 people that they sang their "Ask Me" to, they will get a sticker!
March 23rd is our First Grade Program, titled "Our Musical Traditions," where our awesome first graders will be singing and dancing traditional folk dances from across the country!
The last week of march is our music informance week; it is officially "Bring Your Parent to Music Class" week! Parents are welcome to join their children in their music class to sing and dance and see exactly what it is we do in music each week! I can't wait to see you then!
We have a month packed full; I can't wait to get celebrating music in BCPS this month!
Music In Our Schools Month or MIOSM is the National Association for Music Education's annual celebration which engages music educators, students, and communities from around the country in promoting the benefits of high quality music education programs in schools.
Music In Our Schools Month began as a single statewide Advocacy Day and celebration in New York in 1973, and has grown over the decades to become a month-long celebration of school music across the country.
To celebrate MIOSM, Banks County Primary will be doing a whole bunch of activities!
Each week, a music trivia question will be announced on the Morning Show, the morning news show that the principal hosts every morning, on Monday. Students from each grade will try to answer the question correctly by putting their answers in the ballot boxes by Friday of that week. I will draw two names of students with the correct answers from every grade to win a prize the following Monday when I announce the next trivia question!
This month, students will go home with 2 "Ask Me" sheets as part of the "I sang for someone I love!" program! If the student brings a note back from 2 people that they sang their "Ask Me" to, they will get a sticker!
March 23rd is our First Grade Program, titled "Our Musical Traditions," where our awesome first graders will be singing and dancing traditional folk dances from across the country!
The last week of march is our music informance week; it is officially "Bring Your Parent to Music Class" week! Parents are welcome to join their children in their music class to sing and dance and see exactly what it is we do in music each week! I can't wait to see you then!
We have a month packed full; I can't wait to get celebrating music in BCPS this month!
First Grade Program Practice Recordings
I've recorded either myself or other classes singing some of the songs for the First Grade Performance that the kids might not be completely certain on. This way, they can practice with me or other students singing with them! Enjoy!!
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