Off and Running!

Hi everyone! We sure are off to a great start in music this year!

• K5 is learning about objects that have a steady beat and which ones don't. This week we'll be "Going to the Farm" and follow the ducks (rhythm sticks)! 
• My 1st graders are showing the many ways they can use body percussion, move their bodies, and even are playing the steady beat with instruments.
• 2nd Grade is taking the steady beat and grouping them together in measures. We call this "Meter". 
• The 3rd Grade has stepped up their game and is learning to use a meter sign or also called, meter signature. They are reviewing simple rhythms by reading, writing, and even playing these rhythms.
• 4th graders are leaning about "Triplets". No, not a set of 3 siblings - but three sounds to a beat. They are reading these tough rhythms and playing them on the tubanos.
• After the Labor Day weekend, the 5th graders are defining "Patriotic" songs and listing ones they know. Did you know there was a South Carolina State Song? There is, (Carolina) and the 5th graders are learning how to sing it!