QCSS K-5 Music

We are brave and encouraging learners experiencing music through many different activities! Follow us to see what we’re up to in music class

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3rd grade instrument circle

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This week and last week we have been learning and completing activities using the song “Obwisana” from Ghana! We have played stick passing games and are working on instrument circles this week! @QueenCitySTEM

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Today we had a really special visitor! As we were listening to a Native American lullaby, a giant hawk landed outside our window. He got closer as we listened. Students tiptoed to the window and see him up close. He helped us have excellent conversations about respecting nature

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Check out this awesome video from one of our scholars!
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This week our virtual scholars are doing STEM at home-building their own instruments using items they have around the house! Check them out below! I will share more as they are submitted!

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This week our virtual scholars are doing STEM at home-building their own instruments using items they have around the house! Check them out below! I will share more as they are submitted!

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This weeks lessons follow a pumpkin theme. Here students practice “Pass The Pumpkin” showing off their new cross-hands pattern while playing an ostinato on mallet instruments! Scrapers, egg shakers, & drums (for dramatic effect!) complete our ensemble. ⁦@QueenCitySTEM⁩

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Check out this week's Special Area Snapshot via @SmoreNewsletter https://t.co/8JiIPvleL7

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This weeks activities for second grade are all based around the book “Monsters Love Underpants” by Claire Freedman. Here you can see some of the rhythm compositions students made using words describing different underpants from the book!

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In kindergarten each week we travel to our imaginary farm where we meet a new animal friend and play a new instrument! This week kindergarten scholars “met” the pig and played the drums! @QueenCitySTEM

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In kindergarten each week we travel to our imaginary farm where we meet a new animal friend and play a new instrument! This week kindergarten scholars “met” the pig and played the drums! @QueenCitySTEM

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3rd grade students are creating ABA compositions using three line notation for sol, mi, and la and rhythm notation for class room percussion instruments

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As we wrap up our unit on Rondos, students work together in a “station rotation” format to create group rondos that they will eventually perform for the class! @QueenCitySTEM

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First graders are using this activity to practice audiation, ABA patterns in music, and steady beat! @QueenCitySTEM

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This weeks edition of the Special Area Snapshot! https://t.co/mWfuX9ntDO

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This week in music these students are learning about Rondo form by listening to and analyzing examples, and by playing one of their own!

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It is SO good to be in the music room together again! If you’d like to help us grow our learning resources, please visit our Amazon wishlist! https://t.co/oppQXFKR2v

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Happy Groundhog Day, everyone! Please enjoy this Groundhog Day “Carol” performed by some of our K and 1st grade students, with special guests!

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We also practice musical form!

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We may not be together in our music classroom, but our students are hard at work reinforcing and stretching their musical abilities! Check out some examples below!

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Reading rhythms out loud helps us get ready to sing them or play them on instruments.