Wednesday, December 21, 2016

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."







Monday, December 19, 2016

Assembly Dance Mob!

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


Thursday, December 8, 2016

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




Thursday, December 1, 2016

The Benefits of Studying the Arts!

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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/
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

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!
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3rd Grade - Aladdin
All students should wear Blue, Purple, or Yellow!
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2nd Grade - The Little Mermaid
All students should wear Blue, Green, or Purple!
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1st Grade - Frozen
All students should wear Blue or White!
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K5 - The Lion King
I will be providing students with costumes!
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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!
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

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

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

3rd Grade Practice Music

Arabian Nights:


One Jump Ahead:


Friend Like Me:


Prince Ali:


Friday, October 21, 2016

Save the Date!

Stormonth Students are Proud to Present…
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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
Thursday, October 20, 2016

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. 
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

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

 

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