Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 4

Congratulations on all your hard work today.
We had some re-arranging of seats today for a few people. I realize that this may not be what we would prefer, especially if we were with our close friends; however it is better for your learning experience. It is very important that we try and pair ourselves with someone with similar piano experience so that we can all excel to our full potential. Thank you for being so co-operative and kind with your new partners!

Today was a long class for most of us but a very important one. We spent a lot of time drilling the notes on the staffs with the "Key Quest" games. Starting with the treble clef lines: "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" and then learning the spaces "F-A-C-E" We then went on to the bass clef lines "Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always" and the spaces:"All Cows Eat Grass" These phrases will come in handy at all times when we are learning new songs. We also played "Key quest" spelling words with the notes on the keyboard for a few short minutes.

If you have the program at home here are the lessons we did.
Theory Thinker: 1-3 "The bass clef" with exercises
1-5 "Lines and spaces above middle c" skipping exercises
1-7 "Lines and spaces below middle c" skipping exercises

Josh and Hannah
You also reviewed the notes on both staffs and then went on to :
Theory Thinker 2-2 "accidentals"
Next week we will review the notes in the bass clef and go on to :
Theory Thinker 2-3 "key signatures"
Theory Thinker 3-1 "other simple time signatures"


Once again great work today! Now that we are learning where the notes are, we will be able to start learning familiar songs!