tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40479795478553489102024-03-13T08:03:54.701-07:00Lincoln MusicAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-35702592631478138982016-09-29T08:12:00.002-07:002016-10-31T11:38:41.792-07:002016-2017 Music Program Schedule now available!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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The 2016-2017 Lincoln grade level music program schedule is now posted on the Program and Concert schedule tab at the top of this page. I'll be adding in the Band, Orchestra, and Chorus dates later this week so that you have a quick list of programs and concerts. <br />
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<b><u>March 13, 2017</u>:</b> 5th Grade will be presenting a musical called <b><i>Off Their Rockers</i></b>, which takes place in a senior center. It's a quiet place until the center director decides to bring in some music and dance to add some excitement to their lives. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><i>Jill and Michael Gallina, Hal Leonard.</i></span></span><br />
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<b><u>April 24, 2017:</u> </b>1st Grade will present <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Very Lonely Firefly</i>, by Eric Carle. This program will showcase what the students have learned in music class this year while telling the fabulous Eric Carle tale through music.<br />
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<b><u>May 15, 2017:</u></b> <b><i>Lights! Cameras! Action!</i></b> will be the 3rd grade musical this year. It will showcase music from many movies we know and love (i.e. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Shrek </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Polar Express</i>). The 3rd graders will take you on a musical journey through some of Hollywood's favorite children's' movies. <i>John Higgins and John Jacobson, Hal Leonard</i><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-11356994820651556272016-08-23T09:46:00.001-07:002016-08-23T09:46:14.653-07:00Welcome Back!!Welcome back to the Music Room! I am excited to share music class with Lincoln students again this year. Students, get ready to dance, sing, move, read, create, perform, and play music when you come to see me in the music room. I've attached a picture of the latest addition to the music room. To know what it means, ask your child! I'm sure they would be happy to tell you.<br />
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Check back here regularly for information about what's going on in the music room, program dates/times, chorus information, and links to activities your child can do at home. <br />
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Cheers to a great year!<br />
Mrs. PassiniAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-66545706054101822632016-01-15T11:13:00.000-08:002016-01-15T11:13:43.188-08:003rd Grade Music Program in February!The 3rd Grade students began working on their music program for next month. This year, students will be performing <b><i>Destination America!</i></b>, a musical that's all about, well, music! Not just any music, <b><i>Destination America!</i></b> is all about American music and which part of the United States is the center for each type of music. We started this week with Country music and Rock 'n' Roll! <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-40585644340178755662016-01-15T11:09:00.001-08:002016-01-15T11:14:06.014-08:00January Learning ObjectivesHere are our learning objectives for this month!<br />
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Kindergarten: I can sing high and low music.<br />
1st Grade: I can sing, hear, write and read so-mi melodies.<br />
2nd Grade: I can hear and sing rhythms that last longer than one beat.<br />
3rd Grade: I can identify do, re, mi, so and la on the music staff. I can hear and sing rhythms that last for longer than two beats.<br />
4th Grade: I can perform recorder songs that use Low E.<br />
5th Grade: I can perform recorder songs that use Low E and C.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-67789962426957267332015-11-17T11:20:00.001-08:002015-11-17T11:21:05.822-08:00November Learning ObjectivesNovember has been busy! Check out our learning objectives for the start of Trimester 2!<br />
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Kindergarten: I can hear high and low music.<br />
1st Grade: I can hear and sing high and low tones.<br />
2nd Grade: I can compose and perform my own rhythms.<br />
3rd Grade: I can identify Do, Re, Mi, So, and La on the music staff.<br />
4th, 5th, and Level 3: I can rehearse my musical performance for the 12/15/15 music program.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-21405482035820506952015-11-17T10:55:00.004-08:002015-11-17T11:18:32.113-08:00Level 3 Music Program is coming!<br />
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That's right- all of your favorite Chicago sports teams have fight songs or songs that are associated with each team. The Level 3 students have been hard at work learning these songs to share with you on December 15th.<br />
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<u><b>6:30 Performance</b></u>: Students who have Mr. Bower, Mrs. Everett, Mrs. Harte-Naus, and Mrs. Vail<br />
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<b><u>7:30 Performance</u></b>: Students who have Mrs. Brennan, Mr. Klingberg, Mrs. Mason, and Mr. Pindar<br />
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Parents and students, please feel free to dress in your favorite sports team's colors and gear. It doesn't have to be a Chicago sports team- any sports team will do!<br />
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If your student is looking to practice some of our songs, I have added some links to videos on YouTube for practice.<br />
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<a href="http://viewpure.com/dErnlyApjmM">Let's Go, Go White Sox!</a><br />
<a href="http://viewpure.com/2dccJ3MCgU0">Bear Down!</a><br />
<a href="http://viewpure.com/A9XtDyDUjIU">Go, Cubs, Go!</a><br />
<a href="http://viewpure.com/r_Dn9CejwRc">Here Come the Hawks</a><br />
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See you on December 15!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-37162367441156135692015-10-01T12:33:00.004-07:002015-10-01T12:33:45.336-07:00October ObjectivesI have been an absent blogger and I have to apologize. All of the sudden it's October 1st! What happened to September? <br />
Well, it's been busy in the Music Room! We are actively learning, playing instruments, reading stories, moving, dancing, playing games... Check out or objectives for October!<br />
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Kindergarten: I can keep a steady beat (this is the same as September, but it's a skill that serves as the foundation for all music concepts).<br />
1st Grade: I can identify sounds that go up, down and stay the same.<br />
2nd grade: I can find the strong beat in recorded music.<br />
3rd Grade: I can identify instrument families by sound, sight, and name.<br />
4th grade: I can explain the role of a time signature.<br />
5th Grade: I can name rhythms using numbers.<br />
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If you're checking the blog this week, come in and tell me the secret password for a blog-checker prize! This week's password is '<b><i><u>candy corn'</u></i></b>!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-51301248891701116412015-09-04T14:38:00.000-07:002015-09-04T14:38:04.776-07:00Level 3 Drumming begins!Over the past two weeks, Level 3 students have started drumming in the Music room. We have learned to play open tones on the drums and have tried our best to avoid the 'poison patterns' (thank you <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poison-Patterns-for-Preparation-and-Practice-Rhythmic-Set-1-1331971">Aileen Miracle</a>!). Soon everyone will have learned "Annie Ate Jam" (from <a href="http://www.westmusic.com/p/hands-on-826592">Hands On!</a>) and how to play bass tones and open tones on the drum. Be sure to ask your child about it!<br />
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Students! If you read this blog entry, come and tell me the secret password sometime this week (September 7-11). I'll have a prize if you do! This week's password is 'Italy'. See you soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-80861396833311966192015-08-21T09:32:00.000-07:002015-08-21T09:32:22.020-07:00Welcome Back!Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a relaxing summer filled with loads of fun. I had a wonderful summer traveling and spending time with my family and friends. On Monday, we are back to school and back to making music! <br />
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This year, I will be checking in with you to see if you have been reading the blog! There will be little mini-incentives for checking out the blog and telling me about what you saw. I will let you know exactly when it starts. It's so exciting!<br />
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Here are our objectives for the first few weeks of school:<br />
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Kindergarten: I can keep a steady beat.<br />
1st Grade: I can sing alone and with the group.<br />
2nd Grade: I can read and perform rhythms with ta and ta-tee.<br />
3rd Grade: I can sing So-Mi-Do melodies.<br />
4th Grade: I can play 3 note recorder songs.<br />
5th Grade: I can describe and analyze music.<br />
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I can't wait to see you! Enjoy the last few moments of summer vacation :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-88276734873122704642015-04-10T14:00:00.002-07:002015-04-10T14:00:39.202-07:00Jazz in Level 3We have been studying form and order again in Level 3! This time, we worked with one of my favorite jazz pieces called "Potato Chips" by Slim Galliard. I used a sequence I learned from Marcie Kumor at an institute day several years ago with the students to create our motions to go with the form of the song. Students had to remember what music went with what stick patterns. Students also had to improvise a section of the music by using the names of different kinds of chips (i.e. crunchy cheesy, cool ranch, sour cream and onion, etc.). You can hear several of the students (and sometimes me) speaking the different chip names during the videos. You'll also see some stick tricks which were tricky but super fun to learn!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-69642938803348930972014-11-25T07:53:00.000-08:002014-11-25T07:53:29.247-08:00Thanksgiving Dinner FunIt's the week of Thanksgiving and we are all dreaming of the plate we will construct for Thursday's dinner. Whatever your favorite, everyone's plate looks just a touch different even when the same dishes are on the table. Level 3 students used Thanksgiving Dinner Rhythm Cards <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Dinner-Beat-Strips-Composition-Cards-for-Rhythm-Practice-925822">(click here for the TPT link)</a> to create a rhythmic Thanksgiving dinner to perform for the class. <br />
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I found these fantastic music clouds on Cherie Herring's blog Just a Little More <a href="http://www.cphmusic.net/2012/02/musical-clouds-on-the-ceiling.html">(click here for link)</a> and placed them on my ceiling this year. The students cloud watched for the melodies I sang (all included So, La and Mi- the three notes we have been studying this trimester). Then the students partnered up and cloud watched together, taking turns finding and singing the melody or rhythm found on the cloud.</div>
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High and low are a skip apart on the music staff, so the students used their risers as their staff. Each group did a beautiful job skipping the step between our high sound and our low sound. Some students wrote the song "See Saw" while others invented new songs during our writing activity.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-59755574005674581742014-11-12T09:54:00.001-08:002014-11-12T09:54:30.575-08:00UPDATE!!! Miss Mary Mack IS Back!!!We have exciting news to share about our question 'How can Lincoln's 3rd Grade keep hand clapping games alive on our playground?'<br />
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We have been collecting data during lunch recess about hand clapping games. Our questions included the following:<br />
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<li>Number of kids playing in the group</li>
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The first two times we went out, we saw not a single student playing hand clapping games. The 3rd grade started to play games we learned in class out on the playground during lunch recess and would you believe, that we are starting to see these games catch on? This week, we have seen as many as 10 groups playing and the students playing are from all grade levels! This is exciting to see on our playground! <br />
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We've learned that hand clapping games are fun, but we do not know enough games to keep them from growing stale. Each group of 3rd grade students (4-5 in a group) have been given the task of creating a new hand clapping game to present to our playground. We have been working hard and are ready to show our work!<br />
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3rd graders are busily prepping for a practice presentation at the end of this week. Hopefully, we will all hear some good feedback as to what is going well and what needs some attention. We will present our new games to some experts on December 4th. Our experts include music teachers, local college music professors, playground supervisors, and administration. Wish us luck! Check out some pictures of our work in progress:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-78620802029750017232014-10-30T22:20:00.002-07:002014-10-30T22:20:33.266-07:00Level 3 "Thrills"Level 3 student have been studying the form of Michael Jackson's 1982 hit song, "<i>Thriller</i>". Instead of working with pictures on a page, we studied the form using movement. I found the choreography on music educator Tracy King's blog <a href="http://mrskingrocks.blogspot.com/2012/10/simple-thriller-dance-video-and.html">mrskingrocks.blogspot.com</a>. The students and I had a great time learning the moves, performing as a large group (almost 100 kids at a time!) and learning the form to this popular song! Check it out in the links below.<br />
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Since we started learning these games, we've started to wonder how many kids are playing these on the playground during lunch recess. So far, we have found ZERO!!! So now we are wondering how we can get students on our playground to play these fantastic games and keep oral tradition alive here at Lincoln. We watched this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K-FpmUUc7U" target="_blank">Sesame Street video</a> as to how to teach one another how to play and then went out to give it a try! We'll do more research in the coming weeks and will report it on our website <a href="http://missmarymackisback.weebly.com/">missmarymackisback.weebly.com</a>. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-69119013654102388072014-10-03T13:05:00.003-07:002014-10-03T13:05:54.356-07:00Things are getting Spooky!October is a spooky month, so why not celebrate with some spooky songs in music! First grade is currently working with a song called "Mrs. White had a Fright" to learn about music syllables (rhythm). We are working with this adorable set of ghost pictures made by Emily at The Sweetest Melody (<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mrs-White-Ghostly-Mini-Lessons-356264" target="_blank">click here to link to the TPT store</a>). <br />
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Level 3 is working on reviewing sixteenth notes and sixteenth/eighth note combinations with Aileen Miracle's Ghost Rhythms (<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ghost-Patterns-Bundled-Set-924142" target="_blank">click here to link to the TPT store</a>). <br />
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On the less spooky side, Second grade is singing a song about Columbus and adding in the notes they know on the xylophones (so, la and mi) while singing the song. <br />
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I'm hoping to post some pictures and video of the fun soon. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-8910534829586631962014-09-26T13:57:00.002-07:002014-09-26T13:57:58.590-07:00Roller Coasters in Music?Who doesn't like a roller coaster? Even if you don't like to ride them, looking at them and following their track is super fun. So, when it came time to start listening for High and Low sounds, the 1st graders and I began with vocal roller coasters! These roller coasters are visuals with curvy, curly lines for us to sing. Each one has a sound, word, or series of words to sing while following the track of the roller coaster. My favorite is the "Oh YEAH" roller coaster! We will continue to explore the vocal roller coasters while the 1st Graders are learning to listen for high and low sounds in songs they know. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-86978101191329268522014-09-19T06:47:00.000-07:002014-09-19T06:47:24.911-07:003rd Grade becomes composers!The 3rd graders are transforming themselves into composers this week. Their assignment is to create a rhythm composition using prescribed rhythms with a partner and be prepared to perform it for the class. Once their rhythms have been written, the students began to work with our new "Composition Menu" to make their piece more interesting. It is like adding adjectives to a writing project to make it more pleasing to the ear. Choices on the menu included dynamics (loud or quiet) and expressions (choppy or smooth). Students will be performing their compositions for their classes starting today! By the middle of next week, all students will have performed their compositions for the class. Be sure to ask how it went!<br />
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Have a great weekend everyone!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-42986894121035750192014-09-12T13:46:00.002-07:002014-09-19T09:55:57.712-07:00What is a beat buddy?I bet many of the K-1 parents are wondering what beat buddies are. Every class in K and 1 used beat buddies this week to keep the steady beat. In short, beat buddies are beanie babies! We use them to keep the beat on our knees, toes, nose, hands... The students love the beat buddies and love seeing which beat buddy will be theirs for the day.<br />
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Now that we are back to school, I can tell you that the blog is easily accessible this year! Simply go to the Lincoln School webpage, click on Staff Directory, scroll down to find my name, and click the word "WEB" to be instantly linked to the blog! It's that simple. Once you've done that, bookmark the blog to your browser's toolbar and you can check it anytime!<br />
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Our concert and open house schedule should be coming my way soon. As soon as I have that, you will have your program dates for 1st grade, 3rd grade, and Level 3 (Kindergarten and 2nd grade do not have music programs). Please contact me anytime with questions or comments! <br />
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Happy Tuesday!<br />
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The program will begin at 6:30pm in the New Gym. Open House will follow from 7-8pm. </div>
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We hope to see you all there!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149051438310874628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047979547855348910.post-80719937694854831502014-03-25T10:21:00.001-07:002014-03-27T14:07:38.769-07:00Yankee Doodle Comes to Music!Level 3 students have been learning about the Revolutionary War in Literacy this trimester. In Music, the 4th graders have extended our learning about that era with a Yankee Doodle project. The students learned several verses of the song and a hand-clapping game to play while singing the song. Students also learned about the use of drums and drummer boys during the Revolutionary War. We took these two parts and created an AB pattern (first sing and play the game, then march to find a new partner).<br />
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After this, we created a C section to our pattern by adding in I and V chords to play along with our singing. But this wasn't enough for us, so we added in two sets of circle dances to perform when singing and playing chords on the instruments.<br />
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A = hand clapping game and singing<br />
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The students have worked very hard and were excited to create these videos for you! In one music class, we were able to take one video, critique that video, discard that video, and make another one that made most of us happy with our performances. Enjoy the final products!<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOcDypdBiY8" target="_blank">Mr. Bower's 4th Grade</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7WxbHWyJc8" target="_blank">Mrs. Everett's 4th Grade</a><br />
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