Short but Busy

Hello,
Welcome to our very short week. Third and Fourth graders are still working on recorder songs. First and second graders had a chance to work on beat and patterning with an egg shaker passing game. Ask your student if they can show you the pattern to 'shake, shake, pass.' Kindergarten students began exploring tempi by walking different speeds, trying to find their own natural speed and then trying to identify who was walking the speed that matched the music from the piano. This appeared to be a tough task. We'll work more on it through the end of the year. A snow day and parent/teacher conferences cut our time a little short. I was happy to meet a few of you during conferences. I am looking forward to the Vowles BEST celebration that had to be postponed from Wednesday. Twenty-three students of all ages have signed up to come to the music room for a session of drumming. Next week, we will all get to try a snare drum as well. We will be including activities that refer to stories as we enter March for reading month. March is also Music in Our Schools Month which features the concert from the National Association for Music Education with our fourth graders. If you can't wait to see it, check it out on the district web page. You can view it (and sing along) from there.