A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Second and Third Graders;

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Happy Valentines Week!

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite "school" holidays! I love how happy the kids are and how we celebrate friendship!

Here are a couple of great Valentine's Songs we have loved singing this month!

Have a fantastic, fun, love-filled week!

Mrs. Walker

World Music Song Creator

First, Second, and Third Graders---

Here is the link for the fun Maya and Miguel world music creator.

http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/games/globalgroovin/game.html

Have fun! :)

-Mrs. Walker

Mrs. Walker's Top Ten Christmas Songs!

I think the best way to spread Christmas Cheer is through MUSIC! Here are my top 10 christmas songs! My Christmas songs are all over the place: some from when I was younger, some from now, some from my college choral concerts, everything!

10. Angels We Have Heard on High, Pentatonix

9. Prologue from Hodie by Vaughan Williams 

8. O Holy Night, Glee Cast

7. What Christmas Means to Me, Stevie Wonder

6. Happy XMas, Adam Levine

5. Wintersong, Sarah McLaughlin and Ingrid Michaelson

4. The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole

 

3. O Magnum Mysterium, by Morten Lauridsen

2. White Christmas, Bing Crosby

1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Diana Krall

I can't believe we are in our final week of school for 2013. What an awesome year! December (as always) has flown by. I am so thankful and grateful for my wonderful kids here in Forest City. Have a merry, safe, and fun Christmas! See you in 2014 :).

November is flying by!

We are having fun in music during the month of November!

In 4th/5th grades, we are learning all about musicals through watching Annie. We will sing songs from the musical and learn about what makes a musical different from other movies. It is really fun to get to watch the musical on the Smart Board- it's like a movie theater!

We are busy in 1st/2nd/3rd/Primary getting ready for our big programs! Be on the look out for an information sheet to come home this week!
As a reminder:
2nd Grade- December 5 at 6:30 PM
3rd Grade- December 5 at 7:45 PM
1st Grade- December 12 at 6:30 PM
Primary- December 12 at 7:45 PM

Kindergarten and Early Primary are spending time on Thanksgiving music and learning about high and low.

Happy Monday!

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!