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/