Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 7

Great work today!

We started with some worksheets at the start of class reviewing note values and rest values.
We then reviewed many musical terms. I introduced you to a few new ones for some of you:

Crescendo -gradually getting louder
Diminuendo or Decrescendo - gradually getting softer
Allegro- quick, happily
Andante- slowly

Here is what was on you list to do in class:

• C + scale ascending and descending
• key quest game, review note values

PIANO PLAYER PIECES
1. Row Row Row Your Boat
2. Pop Goes the Weasel
3. On Top of Old Smokey
4. Get up. learn NEW!
You did very well today. If I sent any worksheets home, please bring them back for me to mark next Friday. Thank you!

To Practice at Home
I would like everyone to please go to the following links and practice these games before our next lesson.

1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl


Below are links to all of your pieces which you can click on and print at home!
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf


Anthony

• C major scale
• F major scale
• G major scale
• Roman numeral review
  
• Theory Thinker 2-2 "accidental review"
  
• Theory Thinker 2-4 "dotted notes and ties"

PIANO PLAYER SONGS
Lightly Row
10 Little Indians

Practice both of these hands separately first.

Maple Tree Montessori Wk 1 and 2

Hello everyone! Welcome!

I hope you are all enjoying your piano lessons so far.
We have completed Level 1 and Level 2. You now know all about high bird notes, low whale notes and middle C. Don't worry if you forget where middle C is, we will keep practicing!

Your teacher is Mr. Beethoven. Can you remember what I told you about him?
After learning in Mr. Beethoven's lessons, we go to Miss. Melody's classroom to practice what we have learned.

To end our lesson this week, we got to play the same two games from last week only this time we were to play the highs, lows and middle "C". You are doing a great job!
See you Friday.

BLT Wk 4

Good job today!

Here is what we learned:

• Review: C Major Scale ascending
• Theory Thinker 1-3 "The Bass or F Clef"
• Theory Thinker 1-7 "Notes Below Middle "C" in the Bass Clef"
• Theory Thinker 1-4 "The Grand Staff"

Piano Player Pieces
Try:
Pop Goes the Weasel

Here are 2 of the pieces that we have learned so far! You can go to these links and print the songs. I would recommend going to Printer Settings and clicking Properties and changing Normal to Fast Draft. This will save printer ink.
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf


To Practice at Home
You can practice your C + scale ascending at home. Try to keep your fingers in a nice rounded position and keep your fingers close to the keys. You can also go over the song print outs that I sent home with you.
Here are some links that I would like you to try:

1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 8

We had a new teacher this week!

In Lesson 10 we played songs starting from really high, or really low and played notes skipping down to C. You all did very well with this.
We then got ready for our new teacher, Mr. Joplin. I read you an interesting story about his life before starting are lesson. For the last few minutes of class you started to play your new game. Next week we will finish Lesson 11 in the practice room with Miss. Melody.

I taught you a saying today that went like this.
"The notes on the keyboard go like this: C-D-E-F-G-A-B"
To Practice at Home
Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Music of the Week
Winter from the the Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Sunflower Slowdrag by Scott Joplin

Halifax Independent School P-2 and 3-6 Wk 5

We are making great progress in this class!

P-2
Today we started Lesson 9. In this lesson we learned how to play notes higher and higher and lower and lower. You can practice this at home if you have a piano: start on middle C and go high, and higher with your right hand. Then try with your left hand: play middle C and then play a note lower, and then lowest. We had a new game called cliffhanger. This is a game that you can practice at home. Get someone in your family to play you two notes either going up or down and you tell them which one it is.

Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Music of the week
St. Matthew Passion by Bach
Four Season's: Fall by Vivaldi

3-6 Will

You started by reviewing the notes in the bass clef staff. Our new lessons in Theory Thinker were 3-1 "Time Signatures" and 1-4 "The F or bass clef" At the end of the bass clef lesson, you did all 8 "Things to Practice exercises" and got 100% on all of them. Great work!

We also learned the C + scale(8 notes) ascending.

Songs
Old Grey Goose
Twinkle Twinkle
Pop Goes the Weasel

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf

To practice your note placements. I would like you to go to the following link:
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 7

We are starting to get closer to our end class and preparing for our assessment.

Today we reviewed the C+ scale ascending in the right hand and descending in the left hand.
I then talked to you about time signatures which you learned about last week in Theory Thinker 3-1. We can now play songs in 4/4 and 3/4.
Some time was spent practicing note placement in the "Key Quest Game " before going to our songs.

Songs
Old Grey Goose
Row Row Row Your Boat
Pop Goes the Weasel
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf

Today after practicing these we put the metronome on to help us get a steady tempo. This is frustrating at first, however practice makes perfect, and it is worth it in the long run.

Practice at home
If you are able, please print the song links above and practice them!
You should also review your C + scale ascending and descending.

For homework this week, I would like you to go to the following links:
1. For this first one, go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 7

Good work today.

We spent the start of class reviewing for our assessment test which is coming up in our 10th lesson. Next week I will hand out our practice written tests and you will be practicing your songs.

Here is what we did:

• C major scale ascending and descending
• Play backs
• Review notes and values
• Review rests and values
• Review intervals *remember to count the lines and spaces!*
• Using the treble "G" clef and bass "F" clef and landmark notes to find other notes.
  (this can be easier sometimes than remembering all of our phrases)
  

Songs
Pop Goes the Weasel
On Top of Old Smokey

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf

Your homework for the week is to practice you scales and review. I am posting some sites with games that I would like you to go to to review. That's right, your homework is games! So click on the links below.
1. For this first one, go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl


Hannah and Josh
You reviewed scales: G + and C pentatonic
Today you learned the F scale and F Pentatonic. Great work.
I gave you work sheets where you learned about roman numerals and practiced adding note values. Josh you learned something new about dotted notes.
Unfortunately, your computer was not working for the end of class and you were not able to practice your songs! I am sorry that this happened.
You two are learning so quickly! I am very impressed.

Mount Edward Elementary P-2 Wk 6

Well done today!

We were on Lesson 9 today! We're almost at the end! In Lesson 9 we learned about notes that go higher and higher and lower and lower. Our new game today was called "Cliffhanger" It is a very short game which tests intervals going up or down. Parents can play this game at home by playing two note intervals going up in the treble clef or going down in the bass clef. The notes should be fairly close together-no more than 5 notes apart. Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

At the end of class, we all got to take turns giving rhythms to the class with the wood block. You were great!

New
We learned today what the words legato and staccato mean.
We also learned the letter names of the notes on the keyboard. Here is the saying I taught you. "The notes on the keyboard go like this: C-D-E-F-G-A-B"

Practice at home
If you have a piano at home, you can do what we did today: Start on middle C with your right hand and play C, then a higher note and then an even higher note! Do the same with your left hand: start on middle C and then go to a lower and even lower note. These 3 steps are like a ladder.

Music of the week
St. Matthew Passion by Bach
Four Season's: Fall by Vivaldi

Kennedy
You finished Level 6 today and started the practice for lesson 7. Next week you will do Lesson 7 with Mr. Bach and move on to lesson 8.

Taylor
You finished Level 7 today and 8! Way to go!

Breana
You are moving right along! Today you went on to level 10. In this lesson you learned to play notes from very high, down to middle C and notes from very low, to middle C.
Music of the week (lesson 10)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
The Four Seasons: Winter by Vivaldi

See you all next week!

Ocean View Elementary 3-6 Wk 6

You are doing very well everyone!

Here is what we did today:

• Play backs
• Clap backs
• C major scale
• 2-1 Theory Thinker "Musical Rests"
• 3-1 Theory Thinker "Time Signatures"
• Reviewing notes and their values

Things to Practice
1. If you have a piano at home I would like you to practice your C + scale in the Right Hand. Here is the fingering: 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5. Remember to tuck your thumb under on F after 1-2-3
(thumb)
Also try to keep your fingers nice and curved.
2. Here is a link with the note values and rest values which we learned in class. Please go to this link and review. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp303-05.pdf
This will help you on your assessment at the end of our classes.
Here is a link to some music games as well. You need to have Flash Player and can download it at the bottom of the page. http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Songs
Row Row Row Your Boat
Pop Goes the Weasel

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
Great work today! NO CLASSES NEXT WEEK NOVEMBER 26
See you in December!

Ocean View Elementary P-2 Wk 6

NO CLASS NEXT WEEK NOVEMBER 26

Our new lesson this week was Lesson 9 "Higher and Higher and Lower and Lower"

There were no classes last week because of Remembrance Day so we started our class by reviewing Lesson 8 holding notes. Thank you for taking turns and sharing the keyboards so that you could each play each song all by yourself!
In Lesson 9 we learned to play notes with the right hand that go higher to highest and in the left hand notes that go lower to lowest. You all did great on this lesson!

Today I introduced to you two terms: Legato and Staccato. Legato means to play smoothly and Staccato is when you play detached. (like pop corn) Why don't you show your parents at home how we say legato and staccato? We practiced saying legato while waving our arms smoothly through the air. When we say Staccato we clapped very sharply "Sta- cca-to!"

Our new game this week was called Cliffhanger. To help us with this game I sang notes up or down " do -re-me" and you sang them back to me. Then , I played some notes on the piano and you told me if they were going higher or lower. We also played our live version of Bongo Girl. I played a rhythm, and you played it back on middle C.
To Practice at Home
Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Music of the week
St. Matthew Passion by Bach
Most of you found this music a bit strange and difficult to listen to.

Four Season's: Fall by Vivaldi
You remembered listening to Spring in one of our previous lessons! I am impressed!
If you would like to see someone play this piece click here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-MIDDfckw&feature=related

Fantastic playing today!
There are no classes next week. So I will see you in December!!!