Happy Halloween!

As an elementary teacher, Halloween is such a fun day! Costumes, candy, and trick-or-treaters: so fun!

In honor of Halloween, I came up with my top 5 must-have Halloween songs. 

5. 5 Little Pumpkins: This is our FAVORITE Halloween song in Kindergarten.

4. Purple People Eater: We have been freeze dancing to this goofy Halloween tune!

3. La Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens: The perfect song to set a spooky mood!

2. Dies Irae from Requiem, Mass in d minor by Mozart: One of my favorite pieces from when I sang with the Central College A Cappella Choir and a perfectly spooky song for Halloween!

1. Thriller! This Halloween light show is a fun way to watch this spooky song (a little less scary than the music video).

Have a fun and safe Halloween! 

-Mrs. Walker

Mood

Music can effect the way you feel. We have been learning this in 2/3 music the past couple of weeks. 

We have asked ourselves:

How does this music make me feel?

How did the person who wrote this feel?

How does the music I sing make people feel?

We have done a fun activity- here is the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/mood01.shtml

Have a great week!

Presto/Largo

We have been learning all about presto (fast) and largo (slow) in kindergarten and early primary music! We remember presto and largo with this fun movie!

How it's made

We have been learning about the instrument families in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade music! We finished the mini-unit up last week with a great "How it's made" video all about the piano. Did you know that the main thing that hold a piano together is glue?! Neither did we :).

Here is the video if you'd like to see it or see it again!

Have a great week!