We are getting off to a GREAT start at Maple Lake in the Music Classroom. I have K, 1st, and 2nd Grade musicians this year who are all working hard and having fun!
Kindergarten:
In Kindergarten Music, we are focusing on finding our singing voices. We do this by vocalizing from high to low and back again. I have a Bumble Bee friend who visits our class daily to help us vocalize our voices. We follow our Bee friend's path up and down with our voices on a "bzzzzzzz" sound. The students love our little Bee friend and I love how well we are finding our head voices (the upper register of the singing voice)
We have also started to explore vocal timbre, or the tone color and quality of our voice, by visiting the farm! Students are showing me their best barnyard animal impressions with a few friends to help us! Pig, Duck, and Dog are in the classroom to help us remember which animal sound to make at what time! Students are also suggesting different animals sounds to make while we work on the different qualities of our voices!
We continue to learn our Rules and repeat them each day after our Welcome Song!
Our classroom has 5 simple rules to make sure we can play, sing, dance, and learn safely and effectively. The classroom rules also help us spell M-U-S-I-C so we know exactly where we are and what we are about to do, Make MUSIC! :)
I use a different form of classroom management to help ensure we can learn as efficiently as possible. Whole Brain Teaching is a new kind of management style what kinestetically teaches rules, expectations, and procedures. Each week brings us a new piece to our Whole Brain Teaching puzzle. So far, we know our attention getter - "Class! Yes!" and our focuser - "Hands, Hands, and Eyes!"! We will continue to add to our puzzle in the following weeks with our teaching tool and live mirror concepts.
Kindergarten is SUCH a smart class! They are learning very quickly and having a Great time! We will soon be learning about and putting a name to the pulse of music, i.e. the Steady Beat!
!Stay tuned for more on Kindergarten from the Elementary Music Classroom!
Musically Yours,
Mrs. Hoselton
***1st and 2nd Grade parents, remember to stop by next week when we explore what your students are doing in music class at the beginning of this year!
