Ice Skating in the Music Room with K4

We were inspired by the icy weather last week and turned the music room into an ice skating rink!  Students were working on their slow and smooth movements so that their skates would glide across the "ice."

Assembly Dance Mob!

Check out the whole school dancing to "Sing" by Pentatonix at our PBIS celebration assembly!

https://youtu.be/sL89kQJo1yI

"SING" Dance

Students at Stormonth have been learning a dance to the song "Sing" by Pentatonix!  Here is the music to practice with at home:

3rd Grade "Sleigh Ride"

3rd graders are learning about a musical form called Rondo.  We compared Rondo form to a double-decker sandwich:


We listened to a piece that is in rondo form, The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson.  (The typewriter is an instrument in this piece!)

We listened to another piece by Leroy Anderson that is in a variation of Rondo

Here is the orchestra playing this piece:

Next, we added body percussion to the song to help our bodies feel when the form changes.  Here is a class performing "Sleigh Ride!"

2nd Grade "Jingle Bells" Dance

2nd graders are learning about the musical forms Binary, Verse/Chorus, and Ternary. 

Binary: 

Verse/Chorus:

Ternary:

Next we learned a "Jingle Bell Polka" that is in verse/chorus form!

The Benefits of Studying the Arts!

Please take a moment to read this article from my alma mater, Michigan State University.  They have research linking childhood participation in the arts to patents generated and businesses launched by adults!

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/a-young-picasso-or-beethoven-could-be-the-next-edison/

Concert-Wear

What should my child wear to the concert?!

Since each grade is highlighting a different Disney Classic, each grade will also have different colors to wear!  If your child has a costume that fits with the grade level theme, they may wear that costume (ex: a 2nd grader who has a fish costume, a K4 who has a Cinderella dress).

4th Grade - Beauty and the Beast

All students should wear Red, Yellow, or Blue!

 

3rd Grade - Aladdin

All students should wear Blue, Purple, or Yellow!

2nd Grade - The Little Mermaid

All students should wear Blue, Green, or Purple!

1st Grade - Frozen
All students should wear Blue or White!


K5 - The Lion King
I will be providing students with costumes!


K4 - Cinderella
All students should wear Blue, White, or Yellow.
I will be providing mouse ears for all of the boys, and girls are encouraged to wear princess dresses!

Costumes Needed!

Costumes Needed for Disney Concert!

I am in search of some Disney costumes to use in the Stormonth concert on November 22nd.  If you have any of these costumes and would be will to let us borrow them for the concert, we would be very grateful!  E-mail me at smurn@foxbay.org if you would be willing to let us borrow a costume!

4th Grade - Beauty and the Beast

• Belle's yellow ball gown
• Beast costume
• Gaston costume
• Lumiere (candelabra)
• Mrs. Pots (tea pot)

3rd Grade - Aladdin

• 4 turbans (Aladdin, Genie, Sultan, Jafar)
• Aladdin costume
• Jasmine costume
• Genie Costume

2nd Grade - Little Mermaid

• Various mermaid "fins"
• Flounder costume (yellow and blue fish)

1st Grade - Frozen

• Elsa costume
• Anna costume
• Olaf costume

3rd Grade Practice Music

Arabian Nights:

One Jump Ahead:

Friend Like Me:

Prince Ali:

Save the Date!

Stormonth Students are Proud to Present…

Join us on November 22nd for a concert full of your favorite Disney songs!

There will be two performances of this concert.  Please attend according to your last name:

10 AM Concert:

K4 AM Parents

and

Parents with Last Names A - M

2 PM Concert:

K4 PM Parents

and

Parents with Last Names N - Z

4th Grade and 1st Grade Song Updates

I have found that some concert songs do not fit the student's voices as well as I would like.  

I have decided that we will not sing "Gaston" in 4th grade and that we will not sing "Love is an Open Door" in 1st grade.  

By making this change I think that students will feel more confident on stage!

Concert Solos!

During the week of October 31st - November 4th I will be holding solo auditions during music class!

I will be looking for students who can sing the correct rhythms and pitches, those who have memorized their part, and someone who acts as the character while performing. 

4th Grade Concert Songs

Here are the 4th grade concert songs to practice at home!  

Belle Little town It's a quiet village Every day Like the one before Little town Full of little people Waking up to say Solo 1: Bonjour Solo 2: Bonjour Bonjour Bonjour Bonjour There goes the baker with his tray, like always The same old bread and rolls to sell Every morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this poor provincial town Solo 3: Good Morning, Belle Solo 4: 'Morning, Monsieur 3: Where are you off to 4: The bookshop. I just finished the most wonderful story about a beanstalk and an ogre and a 3:That's nice. Marie, the baguettes hurry up Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question Dazed and distracted, can't you tell Never part of any crowd 'Cause her head's up on some cloud No denying she's a funny girl that Belle

Bonjour Good day How is your family Bonjour Good day How is your wife Solo 5: I need six eggs Solo 6: That's too expensive There must be more than this provincial life Solo 7: Ah, Belle 4: Good Morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed 7: Finished already 4: Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new 7: Ha Ha! Not since yesterday 4: That's all right. I'll borrow, this one 7: That one? But you've read it twice 4: Well, it's my favorite! Far off places, daring sword fights magic spells, a prince in disguise 7: If you like it all that much, it's yours 4: But sir 7: I insist 4: Well, thank you. Thank you very much

Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar I wonder if she's feeling well With a dreamy far-off look And her nose stuck in a book What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle Girls: Oh, isn't this amazing? It's my favorite part because you'll see Here's where she meets Prince Charming But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three Now it's no wonder that her name means "beauty" Her looks have got no parallel But behind that fair facade I'm afraid she's rather odd Very diff'rent from the rest of us She's nothing like the rest of us Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle Solo 8: Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston, You're the greatest hunter in the whole world! Solo 9: I know. 8: No beast alive stands a chance against you. Ha ha ha and no girl, for that matter. 9: It's true, LeFou. And I've got my sights set on that one

8: Hmm the inventor's daughter 9: She's the one - the lucky girl I'm going to marry 8: But she's The most beautiful girl in town. 9: I know, but That makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best 8: Well, of course! I mean you do, but Boys: Right from the moment when I met her, saw her I said she's gorgeous and I fell Here in town there's only she Who is beautiful as me So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle Girls: Look there he goes Isn't he dreamy Monsieur Gaston Oh he's so cute Be still my heart I'm hardly breathing He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute Solo 10: Bonjour Solo 11: Good day Solo 12: You call this bacon Solo 13: Some cheese Solo 14: One pound

Solo 10: Bonjour Solo 11: Good day Solo 12: You call this bacon Solo 13: Some cheese Solo 14: One pound Solo 15: I'll get the knife Solo 16: This bread Solo 17: It's stale Solo 18: Madame's mistaken 4: There must be more than this provincial life 9: Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife Look there she goes a girl who's strange but special A most peculiar mademoiselle It's a pity and a sin She doesn't quite fit in 'Cause she really is a funny girl A beauty but a funny girl She really is a funny girl That Belle

Be Our Guest Solo 20: Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents - your dinner! Be our guest! Be our guest! Put our service to the test Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie And we'll provide the rest Soup du jour Hot hors d'oeuvres Why, we only live to serve Try the grey stuff It's delicious! 20: Don't believe me? Ask the dishes They can sing, they can dance After all, Miss, this is France And a dinner here is never second best Go on, unfold your menu Take a glance and then you'll Be our guest Oui, our guest Be our guest! Beef ragout Cheese souffle Pie and pudding "en flambe" 20: We'll prepare and serve with flair A culinary cabaret! You're alone And you're scared But the banquet's all prepared No one's gloomy or complaining While the flatware's entertaining

20: We tell jokes! I do tricks With my fellow candlesticks And it's all in perfect taste That you can bet Come on and lift your glass You've won your own free pass To be our guest 20: If you're stressed It's fine dining we suggest Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Solo 21: Life is so unnerving For a servant who's not serving He's not whole without a soul to wait upon Ah, those good old days when we were useful... Suddenly those good old days are gone Ten years we've been rusting Needing so much more than dusting Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills! Most days we just lay around the castle Flabby, fat and lazy You walked in and oops-a-daisy! Solo 22: It's a guest! It's a guest! Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed! Wine's been poured and thank the Lord I've had the napkins freshly pressed With dessert, she'll want tea And my dear that's fine with me While the cups do their soft-shoein' I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing I'll get warm, piping hot Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot? Clean it up! We want the company impressed We've got a lot to do! Is it one lump or two? For you, our guest! She's our guest! She's our guest! She's our guest!

Be our guest! Be our guest! Our command is your request It's been years since we've had anybody here And we're obsessed With your meal, with your ease Yes, indeed, we aim to please While the candlelight's still glowing Let us help you, We'll keep going Course by course, one by one 'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!" 20: Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest Tonight you'll prop your feet up But for now, let's eat up Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Please, be our guest!

Something There

Girls:

There's something sweet and almost kind

But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined

And now he's dear and so unsure

I wonder why I didn't see it there before

Boys:

She glanced this way, I thought I saw

And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw

No it can't be, I'll just ignore

But then she's never looked at me that way before

Girls:

New and a bit alarming

Who'd have ever thought that this could be?

True that he's no Prince Charming

But there's something in him that I simply didn't see

23: Well, who'd have thought?

24: Well, bless my soul

25: Well, who'd have known?

23: Well, who indeed?

24: And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

It's so peculiar.

We'll wait and see

A few days more

There may be something there that wasn't there before

25: You know, perhaps there's something there that wasn't there before

There may be something there that wasn't there before

Beauty and the Beast

Tale as old as time

True as it can be

Barely even friends

Then somebody bends

Unexpectedly

Just a little change

Small to say the least

Both a little scared

Neither one prepared

Beauty and the beast

Ever just the same

Ever a surprise

Ever as before and ever just as sure as the sun will rise

Ever just the same

Ever a surprise

Ever as before

Ever just as sure

As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time

Tune as old as song

Bittersweet and strange

Finding you can change

Learning you were wrong

Certain as the sun

Rising in the east

Tale as old as time

Song as old as rhyme

Beauty and the beast

Tale as old as time

Song as old as rhyme

Beauty and the beast