Gina Sapp

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Briarwood Elementary students really like playing rhythms, syllables of words, and with songs on musical spoons.

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Fourth, 5th, & 6th Graders at Briarwood Elementary played soprano recorders in music class. Note reading, breathing & tonguing technique, and recorder history were learned.

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Students at Briarwood Elementary moved to classical music utilizing scarves.

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Briarwood Elementary students have been practicing rhythm patterns with musical spoons.

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Briarwood Elementary students have been learning about world drumming, and practicing rhythm patterns on the Conga, Djembe, Timbau, and Tubano drums.

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Briarwood Elementary students playing acoustic guitars in January; utilizing the SMSD district guitar lab.

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Briarwood Elementary students manipulating ribbons with Lunar New Year music in February.

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Briarwood kindergartners moving with choreographed music.

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Briarwood Elementary students playing chords and songs on hand chimes (funded by the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation).

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Older students at Briarwood Elementary are playing hand chimes while rehearsing the Veterans Day program song.

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Older students at Briarwood Elementary are playing various songs on boomwhackers. "Ghostbusters" is a favorite this time of year.

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4th -6th grade students at Briarwood Elementary just finished a treble clef 🎼note reading unit in music classes.

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Briarwood 5th & 6th grade choir sang BEAUTIFULLY (along with Belinder, Corinth, Highlands, Prairie, Tomahawk, & Westwood View choirs); during the East Area Choral Festival on Tuesday evening, October 24th. 🎶🎶

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In honor of Constitution Day, older Briarwood students sang "Fifty Nifty United States" holding large state pieces during the alphabetical roll call of states. Classes were timed to see how quickly they could put the state pieces together.

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Younger Briarwood students sang, marched, and waved flags with the song "You're A Grand Old Flag". 🇺🇸 Other patriotic songs were also sang in honor of Constitution Day in music classes.

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Older students at Briarwood Studied Hip Hop, since this year is it's 50th anniversary. A lot of AMAZING Hip Hop & Break dance moves were demonstrated in music class 👋.

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Briarwood Elementary 6th graders have been playing hand chimes in music classes. They're sounding mellifluous!

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Briarwood Elementary students in SMSD are learning music concepts & theory while enjoying playing the district's digital pianos. They're collaborating, composing, and recording their compositions into Garage Band.

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Briarwood students enjoyed playing the acoustic guitars-utilizing the district’s guitar lab. They played chords, as well as melodic playing in the frets.

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Briarwood students performing a dance with instrumental music.