We've been working hard in 4th grade! We've been learning rhythms with a poem called Hot Dogs, where students learned about quarter note, 8th note, half note, and whole note. We've also been working on singing some rounds with songs like To Stop the Train and Let Us Chase the Squirrel. Coming up, we're going to be using xylophones and hand drums to accompany ourselves while we sing Let Us Chase the Squirrel and Rain Dance!
I have been loving getting to know my 4th graders in this first week of school! We played a name game called Ickle Ockle, played a steady beat chanting game called Hello There, and started a song called the Follow Your Own Instructions song. I'm looking forward to playing on instruments, singing lots of rounds, and learning to read, improvise, and compose with new rhythms with 4th grade this month!
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February 2016
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